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G-CON Manufacturing, Inc.`s prefabricated, turnkey cleanroom systems represent a significant transition to forward thinking in pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical processing. G-CON Manufacturing, the innovator of autonomous cleanroom PODs, turned the challenges experienced by the biopharmaceutical industry into readily deployable, flexible, mobile and scalable cleanroom solutions. PODs are ideal for multi-product sites, rigorous containment needs, and on demand scaling of production and laboratory space. Building on its first design in 2009, G-CON now has a wide array of cleanroom PODs in their product portfolio to accommodate the increased demand from the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and cell therapeutic industries. Moreover, G-CON`s patent portfolio continues to grow which will effectively preclude imitators from copying G-CON`s initial and more recent innovations. At G-CON, we will continue to evolve and grow with the industry to provide a comprehensive cleanroom solution that truly is flexible, scalable and fast, all for a fair and known price from the time the contract is signed.
Acasti Pharma Inc. is an emerging biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research, development and commercialization of innovative proprietary active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) for the management of cardiometabolic disorders, from prevention to treatment, through a novel superior approach to lipid regulation. To carry out this mission, Acasti is advancing its portfolio of bioactive ingredients, by purifying and concentrating krill-oil extracts through innovative technology, to produce products targeting the prescription drug and medical food markets.
Kezar co-founder Christopher Kirk, Ph.D. began his work on the unique function of the immunoproteasome at Proteolix in 2005, while working on the compound that would become the successful multiple myeloma drug KYPROLIS™ (carfilzomib). As VP of Research at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, which acquired Proteolix in 2009, Christopher led the efforts to develop the first selective inhibitors of the immunoproteasome and designed multiple studies demonstrating their profound immunomodulatory effects. In parallel with this work, Christopher and Kezar co-founder Jack Taunton, Ph.D. collaborated on several research projects involving protein secretion. This collaboration inspired a belief in the strong synergies between protein degradation and protein secretion, two fertile areas for drug discovery with platform potential. In 2014, Christopher and Kezar co-founder John Fowler began developing the business plan for Kezar, acting on a longstanding desire to work together and build a world-class company. In 2015, John and Christopher raised $23M and negotiated a worldwide, exclusive license agreement with Amgen for the Onyx immunoproteasome inhibitor patent estate. Now underway, John and Christopher are excited to leverage their complementary skill sets to build Kezar into a leader in small molecule drug development.
Kinnate Biopharma Inc. is a clinical-stage precision oncology company focused on expanding on the promise of targeted therapies for those battling cancer. The company is developing medicines for known oncogenic drivers where there are no approved targeted drugs and to overcome the limitations of marketed cancer therapies, such non-responsiveness or acquired and intrinsic resistance. Kinnate has two lead clinical programs being studied in solid tumors with RAF, NRAS and FGFR-driven alterations, and is rapidly progressing a pipeline of additional small molecule drug candidates as part of the Kinnate Discovery Engine.