Christine Swenson

Biogen MA, Inc. is a biotechnology company principally engaged in discovering and developing drugs for human healthcare through genetic engineering. The company’s research and development activities used to focus on novel products for multiple sclerosis, inflammatory, respiratory, kidney and cardiovascular diseases, developmental biology and gene therapy. The company was founded by Daniel D. Adams in 1976 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. Its products include Ninlaro and Velcade. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

ARCH Venture Partners LLC is a Venture Capital firm founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Chicago with additional office in Dublin.

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

GNS Healthcare, Inc. provides analytics solutions for the healthcare industry. The firm offers solutions for electronic health records, claims, clinical and incentive programs, reward, product development solutions for biopharmaceutical, diagnostic, consumer product, and medical device companies and publications, conference abstracts, and presentations. The company was founded by Colin Hill and Iya Khalil in 2000 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Iora Health, Inc. engages in the provision of healthcare services. It operates a primary care practice for college employees and their adult dependents; a clinic that serves hotel and restaurant workers; a family practice for individuals who receive health insurance; and a primary care practice to provide services to carpenters and their family members. The company was founded by Rushika Fernandopulle and Christopher J. McKown in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Compass Therapeutics LLC operates as a healthcare industry focusing on biotechnology. It offers drug discovery, development, biologics, oncology and immuno-oncology. The company was founded by Errik B. Anderson and Thomas J. Schuetz in 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Atlas Venture Advisors Inc (Atlas Venture Advisors) is a venture capital firm founded in 1980 by Christopher Julian Spray. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Part of Biogen, Inc., Biogen Idec, Inc. (North Carolina) is a pharmaceutical company based in Durham, NC. The company develops pharmaceutical products. Michel Pericles Vounatsos has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Molecular Biology Resources, Inc. manufactures biochemical products. Its products include Molecular Biology Products, Genotoxicity Testing, Contract Fermentation and OEM Manufacturing. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Longwood Fund Management LLC (Longwood Fund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Christoph H. Westphal, Michelle Detwiler and Richard H. Aldrich. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pulmocide Ltd. provides biopharmaceutical services. It develops inhaled medicines for viral and fungal infections of the respiratory tract. The company was founded by William Garth Rapeport, John Murray, Kazuhiro Ito, and Peter Strong on March 23, 2007 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

F-Prime UK Ltd. was founded in 2007 and provides strategy development, market research, investment advisory, and administration support services. The private company is based in London, UK.

Bio Palette Co., Ltd. provides genetic modification services for microbes, therapeutics and agriculture industries. The company was founded by Shoko Murase and Akihiko Kondo on February 21, 2017 and is headquartered in Kobe, Japan.

Atalanta Therapeutics, Inc. develops RNA interference based therapeutics to treat neurodegenerative diseases. The company is based in Boston, MA. The company was founded by Neil Aronin, Craig C. Mello, Anastasia Khvorova, Jim Glasheen. The CEO is Alicia Secor.

Geneception, Inc. provides healthcare services. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Ensoma, Inc. believes in the future of medicine and is committed to creating a new therapeutic category to tackle diseases that affect millions around the world, such as cancer and autoimmune disease, as well as inherited conditions. Ensoma is based in Boston, MA and has subsidiaries in Denmark. The company's engenious™ platform combines innovative delivery technology with the full DNA editing toolkit to address these disorders. Ensoma is supported by top-tier investors, a strategic collaboration with Takeda, and a passionate team. The company was founded by André Lieber, Hans-Peter Kiem, Kush M. Parmar, and the CEO is Emile F. Nuwaysir.

Hemab ApS develops antibodies for the treatment of rare bleeding disorders. The company is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Danish company was founded in 2019 by Johan Henrik Faber. Benny Sorensen has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Leyden Laboratories B.V. is a biotechnology company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Leyden Labs aims to protect humanity from known and future viruses by targeting commonalities of viral families. The Dutch company has developed a portfolio of accessible intranasal product candidates that may provide people with the freedom to immediately protect themselves from and prevent the spread of many strains of respiratory viruses, including ones in the influenza and coronavirus families. The company's energetic team of world-renowned biotechnology veterans and fresh talent is dedicated to thinking differently to free humanity from the burden of respiratory viruses. Leyden Labs is backed with $200m by blue-chip investors Casdin Capital, GV (formerly Google Ventures), F-Prime Capital, Byers Capital/Brook Byers, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Invus, and Bluebird Ventures. The company was founded in June 2020 by Koenraad Wiedhaup, Jaap Goudsmit, Domenico Valerio, and Ronald H. P. Brus, with Koenraad Wiedhaup serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Proof Diagnostics, Inc. is a company that specializes in providing affordable and accessible COVID-19 molecular testing using CRISPR technology. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. Led by world-renowned molecular biologist Dr. Feng Zhang, the company aims to help communities take control of their health. Proof Diagnostics was founded in 2020 by Feng Zhang, Sid Shenai, Jonathan Gootenberg, Omar Abudayyeh. Sid Shenai has been the CEO since 2020.

Part of Eli Lilly & Co., Versanis Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The company is based in New York, NY. The company was founded by Lloyd Klickstein. Mark E. Pruzanski has been the CEO of the company since 2021. Versanis Bio was acquired by Eli Lilly & Co. on August 14, 2023 for $1,925 million.

Aerium Therapeutics, Inc. is an American biotechnology company that focuses on epidemic and pandemic preparedness. The company is based in Lausanne and has operations in the United States. The company's mission is to discover and develop antibodies and small molecule antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 and other epidemic and pandemic threats. Aerium Therapeutics has a team of world-class scientists and biotechnology veterans, as well as experienced investors. Aerium's lead assets are monoclonal antibodies that show broad activity against important variants of concern (VOCs) of SARS-CoV-2, including Omicron and its subvariants. The company plans to expand its pipeline to antiviral therapeutics in late 2022 and will broaden its focus to other epidemic and pandemic threats in the future. The CEO of the company is Rajeev Venkayya.

Paradigm Health, Inc. develops a platform for clinical research. The company is based in New York, NY and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Milind Kamkolkar. Kent Thoelke has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Semma Therapeutics, Inc. develops transformative therapies for patients who currently depend on insulin injections. It focuses on combining proprietary cells with a state-of-the-art device to provide a true replacement for the missing beta cells in a diabetic patient without immunosuppression. The company was founded by Robert A. Millman, Walter A. Blättler, Felicia Pagliuca, Jeff Imbaro and Douglas A. Melton in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.