| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Melissa Cummings |
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer | Profile |
Steven Leist |
Chief Technology Officer | Profile |
Caleb O'Connell |
Chief Information Security Officer | Profile |
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated is a prominent American pharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing, and marketing medicines and vaccinations for pets and livestock. Established in 1954 as a division of Eli Lilly and Company, Elanco became an independent entity in 2018 and has since grown to be one of the largest independent animal health companies worldwide. The acquisition of Bayer Animal Health in 2020 significantly expanded its size and global reach. Elanco offers a wide range of products aimed at enhancing animal health and productivity. This includes pharmaceuticals and vaccines for livestock and companion animals, nutritional solutions to improve feed efficiency, and data analytics through its Elanco Knowledge Solutions division. The company serves a diverse customer base, including farmers, veterinarians, pet owners, and agricultural stakeholders, all dedicated to improving animal health and food quality. Elancos mission emphasizes the importance of food and companionship in enriching life, reflecting its commitment to animal welfare and innovation in the animal health sector.
Inflammatix, Inc. is a venture-backed startup located in the San Francisco Bay Area that is building novel diagnostics for acute infections and sepsis based on our unique immune biomarkers. Approximately $10 billion / year is spent trying to diagnose acute infections, but current technologies that focus on `finding the bug` are (1) slow and (2) effective in fewer than 30% of cases. Inflammatix has developed a statistically rigorous, extensively validated diagnostic method that `reads` the immune system. Our HostDx™ tests report clinically actionable information on the presence, type (bacterial or viral), and severity of infection in all patients. They have been extensively validated and published in top-tier medical journals. After this initial product, Inflammatix plans to develop and commercialize additional novel diagnostic tests to address significant unmet clinical needs.
BioAssay Works is a Ijamsville, MD-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Minaris Regenerative Medicine is a global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with over 25 years of experience in cell and gene therapies. The company operates advanced facilities across North America, Europe, and Asia, providing comprehensive solutions for advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs). Minaris specializes in clinical and commercial manufacturing, process development, and technology transfer, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards in the U.S., EU, and Japan. The company offers a range of services, including GMP manufacturing for cell therapies, technology transfer, and clinical development support for Phase I-III trials. Minaris has successfully completed over 100 technology transfers and has recently commercialized LYFGENIA, a gene therapy for sickle cell disease. With a focus on collaboration, Minaris serves over 180 biotech and pharmaceutical clients, providing tailored solutions for their specific needs in regenerative medicine. Its facilities include expanded cleanroom capacity and analytical labs to support large-scale production.
PaxVax is a privately held, fully integrated vaccine company, based in Redwood City, California, USA. Established in 2007, in response to the global threat of the H5N1 pandemic, our founders set out to develop and commercialize an innovative vaccine technology in a socially responsible manner for global impact. Our founding principles were to enable geographically distributed manufacturing of affordable, self-administered oral vaccines against infectious diseases such as influenza. Since then, we have expanded our capabilities and technologies to address unmet vaccine needs against endemic diseases in developing countries, for travelers to disease-laden areas and in biodefense. Our clinical stage portfolio today includes vaccine candidates for cholera, avian influenza (H5N1), anthrax, and HIV. We are committed to providing both attractive financial returns and social returns, without a significant trade-off between the two. As a double bottom line business, we will measure our financial success in terms of return on equity and we will assess our social returns by access to our vaccines globally, particularly to the poor and otherwise disenfranchised. We strive to develop and deliver vaccines that are affordable and deliverable anywhere in the world regardless of the state of medical infrastructure or supply chains. We utilize investment capital as well as R&D grants and contracts to fund the development of our vaccines. We exploit the inherent synergies in our proprietary oral vaccine technology platform to research and develop multiple vaccine candidates in a timely and capital efficient manner. We strive to make an impact on infectious disease morbidity and mortality throughout the world and on the global vaccine industry through our successes. To date, we have raised more than $75 million (USD) from investors including Ignition Ventures, Ignition Growth and the Wellcome Trust. We are supported by R&D grants and contracts from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) through both its National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Division of AIDS (DAIDS) as well as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Our most advanced vaccine is a single dose oral cholera vaccine, which entered final or Phase III clinical trials, and whose study should be completed in 2014. Following this candidate is a vaccine ready for Phase II (Pandemic Influenza), two caccines in current Phase I studies (HIV and anthrax), and multiple candidates in preclinical research (HSV, dengue, malaria). PaxVax is headquartered in Redwood City, California and is incorporated in Delaware. Our laboratory and manufacturing facilities and the majority of our 80 employees are located in San Diego, California.