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Savara Inc. is an orphan lung disease company. Savara`s pipeline comprises: Molgradex, an inhaled granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, or GM-CSF, in Phase 3 development for PAP, and in Phase 2a development for NTM lung infection; and AeroVanc, a Phase 3 stage inhaled vancomycin for treatment of MRSA infection in cystic fibrosis. Savara`s strategy involves expanding its pipeline of potentially best-in-class products through indication expansion, strategic development partnerships and product acquisitions, with the goal of becoming a leading company in its field. Savara`s management team has significant experience in orphan drug development and pulmonary medicine, in identifying unmet needs, developing and acquiring new product candidates, and effectively advancing them to approvals and commercialization.
Black Diamond Therapeutics is a next-wave cancer precision medicine company. Black Diamond pioneered the development of selective medicines for patients with genetically defined cancers driven by oncogenes activated by allosteric mutations. Using its mutation, allostery, and pharmacology (MAP) computational and discovery platform, Black Diamond is uncovering new ways to functionally assess the mutational landscape of individual oncogenes – to discover and validate new targets and develop novel approaches to creating highly selective therapeutics. Black Diamond was founded by David M. Epstein, Ph.D., Elizabeth Buck, Ph.D., and Versant Ventures, and is the first new company to emerge from Versant`s Ridgeline Discovery Engine in Basel, Switzerland.
GW was co-founded in 1998 by Dr. Geoffrey Guy and Dr. Brian Whittle, two well-known entrepreneurs in the UK biotech sector. In setting up GW, Drs. Guy and Whittle worked closely with both the UK Home Office and the UK`s medicines regulatory authority on establishing necessary licences and procedures so as to facilitate the progress of GW`s cannabinoid research program.
Nightstar is a private biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies for retinal dystrophies. The Company’s lead programme is a retinal gene therapy for choroideremia, a rare inherited cause of blindness that affects around 1 in 50,000 people. Gene therapy has the potential to be an effective treatment for choroideremia and a range of other retinal dystrophies. The Company’s lead investors are Syncona LLP and NEA Inc. Syncona is an evergreen investment company, taking an active role in identifying, supporting and developing technologies with the potential to impact significantly the healthcare market of the future. NEA is a global venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies.
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