David R. Cheng

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cell Therapy Ltd. produces regenerative medicines using adult stem cells to treat heart failure. Its product HeartCel, a stem cell therapy that offers improved outcomes for heart failure patients by reducing the size of heart scar, improving heart function, quality of life and reducing mortality. The firm develops therapies based on the adult mesenchymal stromal cells technology platform. The firm’s regenerative therapies will focus on curing the cause of the disease, rather than only treating the symptoms. The company was founded in 2009 by Martin John Evans and Ajan Trevor Reginald and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.

Inventages Venture Capital Investment, Inc (Inventages Venture) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Gunnar Carsten Weikert. The firm is headquartered in Nassau with an additional office in London.

Part of Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Juno Therapeutics GmbH is a German company that researches and develops cellular therapies. The company is based in Munich, Germany. The CEOs of the company are David Walter Pignolet, Lothar Germeroth. Juno Therapeutics was acquired by Juno Therapeutics, Inc., part of Bristol Myers Squibb Co. from March 07, 2018 on May 11, 2015 for $232.80 million.

Northpond Ventures LLC (Northpond Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Sharon Kedar and Michael Pinchas Rubin. The firm is headquartered in Maryland.

Airna, Inc. is an American company that focuses on the discovery and development of RNA editing therapeutics. Airna was founded by Thorsten Stafforst, Jin Billy Li, Tobias Merkle, Paul Vogel. The CEO is Kris Elverum.

Aspect Biosystems Ltd. engages in 3D bio printing, tissue engineering and cell culture technologies. The company was founded by Simon Beyer, Sam Wadsworth, Konrad Walus and Tamer Mohamed in November 2013 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

ARM is a Washington, DC-based multi-stakeholder advocacy organization that promotes global initiatives necessary to facilitate access to life-giving advances in regenerative medicine. The organization promotes legislative, regulatory reimbursement, investment, technical, and other initiatives to accelerate the development of safe and effective regenerative medicine technologies. ARM also works to increase public understand- ing of the field and its potential to transform human healthcare. Prior to the formation of ARM in 2009, there was a need for more coordinated and cohesive advocacy representing the interests of the companies, research institutions, investors and patient groups that comprise the entire regenerative medicine community. Today ARM has more than 140 members and is the leading global advocacy organization in this field.

Baxter designs and manufactures cooking and bakery equipment. Its products include rotating rack oven, baxter versaoven, mini rotating rack, deck oven, proofers, retarders, water meter and ingredient bins. The company was founded by Max Baxter in 1958 and is headquartered in Orting, WA.

Third Rock Ventures LLC (Third Rock Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Mark Levin, Robert Tepper, Kevin Starr and Nick Leschly. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co. researches and develops pharmaceuticals and imaging products to treat diseases. It focuses on pharmaceuticals to treat unmet medical needs in the fight against HIV, cardiovascular disease, central nervous system disorders, cancer and arthritis-related disorders. The company is located in Wilmington, DE.

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.