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9 Meters Biopharma is a clinical-stage company pioneering novel treatments for people with rare digestive diseases, GI conditions with unmet needs, and debilitating disorders in which the biology of the gut is a contributing factor. The Company is advancing vurolenatide, a proprietary Phase 2 long-acting GLP-1 agonist, for short bowel syndrome (SBS), larazotide, a Phase 3 tight junction regulator in non-responsive celiac disease, and several near clinical-stage assets.
Spero is a multi-asset, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts dedicated to identifying, developing and commercializing novel treatments focused on unmet needs of patients with multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections. Spero`s lead product candidate, SPR994, is designed to be the first broad-spectrum oral carbapenem-class antibiotic for use in adults to treat MDR Gram-negative infections. Spero also has a platform technology known as its Potentiator Platform that it believes will enable it to develop drugs that will expand the spectrum and potency of existing antibiotics, including formerly inactive antibiotics, against Gram-negative bacteria. Spero`s lead product candidates generated from its Potentiator Platform are two intravenous, or IV,-administered agents, SPR741 and SPR206, designed to treat MDR Gram-negative infections in the hospital setting. Spero is also advancing SPR720, its novel oral therapy product candidate designed for the treatment of pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection.
Talaris Therapeutics is a late-clinical stage biotechnology company based in Boston, MA and Louisville, KY. Talaris is developing transformative cell therapies with the potential to eliminate the burden of chronic immunosuppression for organ transplant recipients as well as induce durable remissions in patients with severe auto-immune and immune-mediated disorders. The company was founded on technology discovered and developed by Dr. Suzanne Ildstad and operates its own cell processing facility in Louisville. Talaris is backed by leading life sciences investors Blackstone Life Sciences, Longitude Capital and Qiming Venture Partners USA.
BD Biosciences is a San Jose, CA-based company in the Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech sector.
Acasti Pharma Inc. is an emerging biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the research, development and commercialization of innovative proprietary active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) for the management of cardiometabolic disorders, from prevention to treatment, through a novel superior approach to lipid regulation. To carry out this mission, Acasti is advancing its portfolio of bioactive ingredients, by purifying and concentrating krill-oil extracts through innovative technology, to produce products targeting the prescription drug and medical food markets.