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Genelabs Technologies, Inc. discovery and development of pharmaceutical products to improve human health. The company was founded by Brian D. Frenzel and Frank C. Kung in 1983 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

NextWave Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical company which focuses on the development and commercialization of products for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The company was founded by Mahendra G. Shah on September 25, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. The firm focuses on the clinical and commercial development of products such as SP-102: a non-opioid epidural steroid injectable potentially for the treatment of Lumbosacral radicular pain. The company was founded by Mahendra G. Shah in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

SCILEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. It acquires late-stage clinical development and sales and marketing of generic and branded generic products. Its product includes ZTlido. The company was founded by Anthony P. Mack and William Pedranti in 2011 and is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

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.

University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Peking University provides post-secondary education services. It offers undergraduate and graduate courses. It provides courses such as basic and applied sciences, social sciences and the humanities, sciences of medicine, management, and education. The company was founded by JiaNai Sun in 1898 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Echosens SA engages in the manufacture of medical imaging equipment. It focuses on developing FibroScan. The company was founded by Laurent Sandrin and Sylvain Yon on June 20, 2001 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Investor Growth Capital Asia Ltd. (IGC Asia), with offices in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Beijing, is the wholly-owned venture capital arm of Investor AB (SSE: INVE), which was founded in 1916 by the Wallenberg family and is headquartered in Stockholm. IGC was established in 1995. They are organized in three units: Investor Growth Capital Asia, Investor Growth Capital Europe and Investor Growth Capital US. Other IGC offices are in New York, California and Amsterdam. The Hog Kong office opened in 2000.

MacuLogix, Inc. engages in the early detection and tracking of retinal diseases. Its AdaptDx is the first practical measurement tool for dark adaptation which provides doctors with an easy-to-use functional test similar to routine perimetry testing for glaucoma. The company also provides macular degeneration services. The company was founded by John G. Edwards and Gregory R. Jackson in 2004 and is headquartered in Harrisburg, PA.

Part of Blackstone, Inc., The Blackstone Group enables leading energy companies to build enterprises at scale that can deliver clean, reliable and affordable energy to help meet needs. The company is based in Beijing, China. The Chinese company invests in companies shaping the future, helping emerging leaders become champions through the power of the Blackstone platform.

Medeor Therapeutics, Inc. engages in medical industry. It provides services which are dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of transformative and personalized cellular therapeutics. The company was founded by Samuel Strober, Edgar Engleman, Robert Lowsky, and Chih Ping in 2012 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

DMed Biopharmaceutical Technology Shanghai Co., Ltd. engages in the development of medicines and medical devices. The company was founded by Ling Shi Tan on August 3, 2016 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Part of Blackstone, Inc., Blackstone (Shanghai) Equity Invt Mgmt Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides investment management services. The company is based in Shime Yi, China.

Good Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops "context-dependent" protein drugs that sense biomarkers and respond with a therapeutic activity. The company was founded by John Mulligan in 2016 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Jasper Tx Corp. operates as a biotechnology company. It engages in the clinical development of novel therapies. The company was founded by Susan S. Prohaska and Judith Shizuru and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

VISEN Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a Chinese pharmaceutical company that focuses on the development of products and technology for endocrine diseases. The company is based in Shanghai, China, and the CEO of the company is An Bang Lu. The company has developed a product called Long Pei, which is the first American FDA-approved growth hormone that can be released within a week to deliver growth hormone. VISEN Pharmaceuticals has also entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Peking University Clinical Research Institute to carry out clinical research on thyroid dysfunction.

Shanghai Rarestone Health Tech Group Co. Ltd. is a Chinese company that focuses on rare disease therapy and self-management information through internet information. The company is based in Huangpu, China. The company also operates and promote medical devices and communication platforms. The CEO of the company is Shawn Xiang.

EpiBiologics, Inc. is an American biotech company that is developing a protein degradation platform to target membrane and extracellular proteins. The company is headquartered in an undisclosed location and is backed by leading healthcare investors. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. EpiBiologics' proprietary epitac platform is an antibody-based system that can precisely degrade disease-driving proteins in a tissue-specific manner. EpiBiologics aims to develop first-in-class and targeted therapies for cancer, immunology, and neurological diseases. The company was founded in 2022 by Dr. Jim Wells of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Ann Lee-Karlon has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Esco Lifesciences Group Ltd. is a multinational life sciences company, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of life sciences, pharmaceutical and bioprocessing tools as well as the offering of related after-sales and support services. It operates through the following segments: Esco Scientific, Esco Medical, Esco Healthcare, and Esco Services. The Esco Scientific segment provides mission critical life sciences laboratory equipment such as biological safety cabinets, laminar flow clean benches, CO2 and CO2/O2 incubators, fume hoods, centrifuges and others used in research, clinical and industrial settings for preparation, cultivation, handling and analytical purposes. The Esco Medical segment manufactures and sells medical devices such as incubators, workstations, and consumables for IVF treatment. The Esco Healthcare segment provides pharmaceutical equipment and bioprocessing tools, primarily containment and isolation systems for the production of medicines, vaccines, and cell and gene therapies. The Esco Services segment offers after-sales and support services to customers of Esco Scientific, Esco Medical, and Esco Healthcare. The company was founded on February 1, 2021 and is headquartered in Singapore.

VISEN Pharmaceuticals operates as a biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on developing therapies and patient-centric care on endocrine diseases. The firm operates a segment which is developing and commercializing paradigm-shifting endocrine therapies in Greater China. The company was founded on November 1, 2018 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Bonum Therapeutics, Inc. is a privately held American company that focuses on generating a new class of therapeutics based on a proven technology platform. Bonum Therapeutics is based in an undisclosed location and was founded in 2022 by the Good Therapeutics team. The company's technology utilizes principles of allosteric regulation to create highly active and less toxic medicines, which can be applied to a wide range of therapeutic areas, including oncology, autoimmunity, metabolic disorders, and pain management. The company's molecules combine a sensor component directed against a specific biological marker and a therapeutic component. The company is backed by a group of leading venture investors, including Codon Capital, Roche Venture Fund, RiverVest Venture Partners, 3x5 Partners, Digitalis Ventures, and Vivo Capital. The company was founded by John Mulligan, who has been the CEO since incorporation.