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Artios is a leading DNA Damage Response (DDR) company focused on developing first-in-class treatments for cancer. The Company is led by an experienced leadership team with world class scientific capabilities and proven expertise in DDR drug discovery, including the identification and development of the PARP inhibitor olaparib. It has a unique partnership with Cancer Research UK (CRUK), and collaborations with leading DNA repair researchers worldwide, such as The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London, the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) and The Francis Crick Institute, London. Artios is building a pipeline of next-generation DDR programmes to target hard to treat cancers which will move into Phase 1 clinical studies in 2021. These include ATR inhibitor ART0380 for treating DDR defective tumours and the first-in-class Pol theta inhibitor ART4215 for mono therapy and combination treatments. In December 2020, Artios entered into a global three-year strategic research collaboration with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany to identify and develop precision oncology medicines targeting nucleases. Artios is backed by blue chip investors including: AbbVie Ventures, Andera Partners, Arix Bioscience plc, IP Group plc, Life Science Partners (LSP), M Ventures, Novartis Venture Fund (NVF), Pfizer Ventures and SV Health Investors. Artios is based at the Babraham Research Campus in Cambridge, UK, with an office in New York City, USA.
Fusion MD Network is a Montreal, QC-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. develops and manufactures human cells in the United States of America, Europe, Japan, and internationally. The company’s proprietary iCell Operating System comprises human cells in multiple cell types (iCell products), human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), and custom iPSCs and iCell products (MyCell products). It offers iCell Cardiomyocytes, which are purified human heart cells that beat in a dish and behave just like the heart cells found in the human body for in vitro drug discovery, toxicity testing, and chemical safety, as well as in vivo cellular therapeutics research and development, and stem cell banking; and iCell Neurons that are purified human neurons typical of the forebrain for pre-clinical drug discovery, neurotoxicity testing, and disease modeling for Alzheimer’s diseases, Parkinson’s diseases, Huntington’s diseases, and others. The company also provides iCell Endothelial cells, which are interior surface blood vessel cells for use in vascular biology research, such as angiogenesis, atherosclerosis, inflammation, and other life science research; and iCell Hepatocytes that are human liver cells for pre-clinical drug discovery, hepatotoxicity testing, disease modeling, and other life science research. In addition, it offers MyCell products for making iPSCs for stem cell banking, cell modeling of specific ethnic or disease populations, and genetic engineering for in vitro research; and media and reprogramming kits for making iPSCs for limited research use. The company serves biopharmaceutical companies, government research institutions, academic and nonprofit research institutions, contract research organizations, and stem cell banks. Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.
Unum is a Cambridge, MA-based cellular therapeutics company ushering in a new wave of innovation in cancer immunotherapy. Unum has built an antibody-coupled T-cell receptor (ACTR) platform that, when combined with tumor-specific antibodies, directs an individual’s cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) to kill tumor cells. In contrast to other approaches that hit a single target and treat a narrow set of tumors, Unum’s approach is not restricted by antigens and may have applications for treating many types of cancers. Our lead program based on ACTR technology is expected to enter Phase I clinical testing soon to assess safety and efficacy in certain forms of leukemia and lymphoma. In parallel, we are actively seeking partners interested in using the ACTR technology to arm novel proprietary antibodies with a T-cell to improve their therapeutic potential. Working initially to pre-clinically validate antibody-ACTR combinations with partners, we expect to rapidly advance multiple proprietary combinations into clinical testing within the next few years.
Tishcon Corp is a Salisbury, MD-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.