Christian Leisner

Medtronic CoreValve LLC develops transcatheter technologies for failing aortic heart valves. Its proprietary ReValving System allows both percutaneous (PAVR) and transapical aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and is intended to provide an alternative to open-heart surgery. The company was founded by Jacques Seguin in 2001 and is located in Irvine, CA.

Sofinnova Partners SA (Sofinnova) is an independent venture capital firm established in 1972 and headquartered in Paris, France. Originally known as Sofinnova, the first venture capital firm created in France, the firm created a U.S. subsidiary in San Francisco in 1976. In 1997, both firms were bought out by their management teams, which become the majority shareholders of the new companies, Sofinnova Partners in Paris and Sofinnova Ventures in San Francisco.

ESBATech AG develops antibody fragment therapeutics. The firm's antibody fragment is derived from human antibody fragment scaffolds. It develops Immuna, an antigen-independent platform to screen, select, and optimize highly-stable and soluble, single-chain antibody fragments. The company was founded by Dominik Escher in September 1998 and is headquartered Schlieren, Switzerland.

Institut National de la Sant? et de la Recherche M?dicale provides medical services. The firm specializes in biomedical research and public health research. The company is headquartered in Paris, Cedex, France.

Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. conducts biomedical researches. It focuses in the areas of oncology, ophthalmology, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders, neuroscience, and cardiovascular conditions, other focus areas include discovery chemistry, biologics, pathway biology, and translational medicine. The company was founded on September 10, 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Cell Medica Switzerland AG engages in the research, development, production, and distribution of pharmaceutical, biological, medical, and diagnostic products. It provides locally and systemically applied antibody therapeutics under the PENTRA Body platform. The company was founded by Thomas O. Hecht on September 4, 2009 and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

Swiss Biotech Association operates as an industry association. The private company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. Michael Altorfer has been the CEO of the Swiss company since 2018.

Eyevensys SAS develops non-viral gene therapy process for the treatment of ocular illnesses. The firm's process enables prolonged production of all therapeutic proteins through electrotransfer. Its product, the single-used device is designed for treating ocular illnesses. The company was founded by Francine Behar-Cohen on December 8, 2008 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

MedDay Pharmaceuticals SAS operates as a biotechnology company developing new drugs for nervous system disorders. The firm operates for the treatment of neuro-metabolic diseases. The company was founded by Frédéric Sedel and Guillaume Brion in 2011 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

NBE-Therapeutics AG operates as biotechnology company. It develops next-generation ADCs improving treatment options for cancer patients. The company was founded by Ulf Grawunder in 2012 and is based in Basel, Swizerland.

SoniVie Ltd. engages in the development of a system for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Its products include Therapeutic Intra-Vascular Ultrasound (TIVUS) system, an intravascular, catheter-based technology that can cause denervation of nerves surrounding blood vessels and other structures like the bronchus. The company was founded by Moshe Arkin in 2014 and is headquartered in Rosh Haayin, Israel.

ENYO Pharma SA operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm's research and development is focused on human infecting viruses, with the first two programs being dedicated to the treatment of severe and seasonal flu and chronic hepatitis B. The company was founded by Jacky Vonderscher, Jean-Jacques Garaud, Benoît de Chassey, Laurène Meyniel-Schicklin, Patrice André and Vincent Lotteau January 2014 and is headquartered in Lyon, France.

Revolo Biotherapeutics Ltd. develops immunologic and inflammatory medications. It develops disease resetting therapeutics for immuno-inflammatory diseases. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Stevenage, the United Kingdom.

Women Innovating Together In Healthcare operates as an organization of accomplished women. The private company is based in Paris, France. The French company was founded by Rafaèle Elisabeth Tordjman.

Pureos Partners AG (Pureos Partners) is a venture capital division of Bellevue Asset Management AG founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

NovaGo Therapeutics AG is a biotechnology start-up company, which engages in the development and manufacture of human antibody products. It focuses on cerebral stroke and spinal cord injury to stimulate nerve repair and regeneration. Its offering includes recombinant human monoclonal antibodies targeting the nerve outgrowth inhibitor Nogo-A. The company was founded by Martin E. Schwab and Roger M. Nitsch and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

Alentis Therapeutics AG develops novel medications to treat advanced liver diseases and cancers. The company was founded by Neil Goldsmith on March 1, 2019 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Nuvation Bio Operating Co., Inc. engages in the provision of biotechnology company developing proprietary therapies focuse on oncology. It portfolio includes Seven Novel and Mechanistically Distinct Oncology Programs, Each with Multiple Drug Development Candidates. The company was founded by David Hung in 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Araris Biotech AG engages in the development and research of an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) linker technology. It focuses on the production of ADCs. Its linker platform enables the attachment of payload to off the shelf antibodies without the need of antibody engineering. The company was founded by Philipp Spycher, Isabella Attinger-Toller, and Dragan Grabulovski and is headquartered in Z?rich, Switzerland.

Innoskel SASU is a French bioscience platform company that aims to improve the quality of life of patients with severe rare bone disorders. Innoskel is based in Valbonne, France, and was founded by Elvire Gouze, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The company achieves this goal through patient centricity, scientific innovation, and operational excellence. Innoskel is developing transformative therapies for the unmet needs of individuals with rare bone disorders, with a focus on type II collagen disorders. The company's lead asset is INS-101, a gene therapy that has shown strong efficacy in preclinical studies.

NRG Therapeutics Ltd. is a British neuroscience drug discovery company that focuses on building a pipeline of disease-modifying mitochondrial therapeutics to slow or halt the progression of neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's and ALS. The company is based in Stevenage, UK, and was founded in 2018 by Neil Miller and Richard Rutter. The company's pre-clinical pipeline of small molecule assets is based on inhibiting the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mptp) through a novel mechanism of action. Inhibition of the mptp has been shown to protect neurons, reduce neuroinflammation, and extend survival in pre-clinical disease models. Neil Miller has been the CEO since 2018.