| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Jason Kawata |
Vice President of Technology, Food Division | Profile |
Lumos Pharma, based in Austin, Texas, is an early stage biotechnology company created to develop and commercialize a novel treatment for the rare disease Creatine Transporter Deficiency. Lumos Pharma is the exclusive licensee of technology and discoveries made in laboratories at the University of Cincinnati and has partnered with Key Opinion Leaders in the field and the United States National Institutes of Health to ensure success in developing a treatment for Creatine Transporter Deficiency.
We are a biotechnology leader that discovers, develops and delivers innovative therapies to improve the lives of patients with neurodegenerative diseases, hematologic conditions and autoimmune diseases. Patients worldwide benefit every day from our medicines for multiple sclerosis (MS) and hemophilia. Founded in 1978, we are one of the world’s oldest independent biotechnology companies. Our development pipeline is focused on areas of high unmet medical need, as we pursue new therapies for patients suffering from diseases with few or no treatment options. These include programs for secondary progressive MS, Alzheimer’s Disease, spinal muscular atrophy, lupus and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), amongst others. With more than 7,500 people worldwide, we are truly a global organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is also home to our research operations. Our international headquarters are based in Zug, Switzerland and we have world-class manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Denmark. We offer therapies globally through direct affiliate presence in 30 countries and a network of distribution partners in over 50 additional countries.
Gradalis, Inc. is a fully integrated biotechnology company based in Dallas, Texas that focuses on the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of drugs, vaccines, tools, and diagnostics primarily in the area of cancer. Gradalis has its own GMP manufacturing facility along with highly skilled technical leadership and staff and a strategic partnership with Mary Crowley Cancer Research Centers for clinical development of Gradalis products. The Company has two primary platforms, one centered on personalized autologous vaccines and a second focused on bifunctional short hairpin RNA (shRNA) to enable specific protein knockdown. In addition. Gradalis has numerous partnerships and joint ventures that provide it with access to other cutting edge clinical and pre-clinical stage programs.
ITOCHU Chemicals America is a White Plains, NY-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
RareCyte is a company focused on characterizing and isolating rare cells from blood.