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Bridge Medicines biotech company launched in partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medicine, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. and healthcare investment firms Bay City Capital and Deerfield Management. Our mission is to move breakthrough research to the patient by bringing the best in modern drug discovery to the service of academic medicine.
Type 1 diabetes (T1D), formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is a chronic, life-threatening disease that affects millions of people worldwide. In the United States, 30,000 new cases are estimated every year with half of those cases diagnosed in young children. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the patient`s immune system goes awry and attacks and destroys the pancreatic beta cells. Beta cells are responsible for regulating blood sugar (glucose) levels by producing precise amounts of the essential hormone insulin. The discovery of injectable insulin in the 1920s changed T1D from a uniformly fatal disease with a life expectancy of months to one that could be carefully managed for decades through multiple daily blood glucose measurements and insulin injections. However, insulin injections are not a cure and patients face a lifetime of difficult disease management and serious complications including kidney failure, blindness and nerve damage. Despite nearly a century passing since the discovery of insulin, insulin injection remains the only treatment available to patients. Semma Therapeutics was founded to develop transformative therapies for patients who currently depend on insulin injections. Recent work in the laboratory of Professor Douglas Melton led to the discovery of a method to generate billions of functional, insulin-producing beta cells in the laboratory. These cells develop in islet-like clusters grown from stem cells. Initial preclinical work in animal models of diabetes has shown that transplantation of these cells are sufficient to control blood glucose levels. This breakthrough technology has been exclusively licensed to Semma Therapeutics for the development of a cell-based therapy for diabetes. Ongoing research at Semma Therapeutics is focused on combining these proprietary cells with a state-of-the-art cell delivery and immune protection strategy that can protect these cells from the patient`s immune system and allow the beta cells to function as they do in non-diabetic individuals. Implantation of the beta cell-filled device has the potential to provide a true replacement for the missing beta cells in a diabetic patient and would not require patient immunosuppression. Semma Therapeutics is working to bring this new therapeutic option to the clinic and improve the lives of patients with diabetes.
IDEAYA Biosciences is an oncology-focused biotechnology company committed to the discovery of personalized synthetic lethality medicines targeting DNA damage and repair for genetically defined patient populations and immuno-oncology therapies targeting the tumor microenvironment. Founded in 2015, IDEAYA`s investors include 5AM Ventures (5AM), Canaan Partners (Canaan), Celgene, WuXi Healthcare Ventures (WuXi), Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research, and Alexandria Real Estate. The Company has assembled a world-class drug discovery team and Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) that is represented by a Nobel Laureate and three Members of the National Academy of Sciences. IDEAYA is located in South San Francisco and La Jolla, California.
Agrivida is developing and commercializing solutions that are the next evolutionary step in animal nutrition, using the plant as a factory to produce and deliver highly differentiated products. We are transforming the economics of enzyme and animal feed production through our use of plant-expressed enzymes and plant modification to develop transformational products for monogastric and ruminant animal nutrition.
Clinical trials are designed around endpoints, but its the beginning that sets them up for success—including selecting the best RTSM partner for continuous and flexible support throughout the duration of a trial. With decades of experience, Endpoint Clinical is obsessed with proactive problem-solving, ensuring that issues are anticipated and resolved before they escalate, and any changes are easily incorporated. From day one, we become an extension of your team, seamlessly integrating into your trial operations. We minimize friction, reduce risk, and enable your clinical teams to focus where it matters most—on trial success. Endpoint is headquartered in Raleigh, NC, with offices across the US, EU, and Asia.