Biotechnology
 

Cell Therapeutics Inc. develops, acquires, and commercializes innovative treatments for cancer, and is developing a diversified portfolio of oncology products focused on identifying new, less toxic, and more effective cancer therapies.
 


Ception Therapeutics is an emerging biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel products to address unmet medical needs.

Chroma Therapeutics is the first biotechnology company founded to exploit the potential of chromatin biology for cancer drug discovery. Chroma is focused on the identification of novel anti-cancer agents that combine the efficacy of cytotoxics with the tumour cell selectivity of modern targeted therapeutics. Based in Oxford, UK, Chroma is developing a pipeline of novel anti-cancer drugs, primarily by exploiting the world-class expertise of its founders in the field of chromatin biology and the development of new molecular cancer therapeutics.

Confluent is a private medical device company pioneering the development of In-situ-polymerized Biomaterials. These materials have almost universal applications across minimally invasive surgery because they allow the safe, simple, and rapid formation of customized implants at the site of disease. This process can take place rapidly when two aqueous solutions of molecularly designed synthetic polymers mix together. Confluent's vision is to address unmet needs in surgery and interventional procedures using its technology platform of in situ polymerization.

Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. is focused on the development of first-in-class antibody therapies for the treatment of infectious disease. The company's most advanced product, Anthim, is a therapeutic for the treatment of Anthrax, a Category A biowarfare agent. In the commercial sector, Elusys is applying its Heteropolymer technology in the development of Staphylococcus aureus infections. The company intends to apply the Heteropolymer technology to the development of similar antibody-based therapies to treat other bacterial and viral infections. 

Intercell AG, (formerly Iomai Corp.) has developed a method to safely and more effectively deliver vaccines through the use of a skin patch and without any injections.

Founded in 1989, La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company is a biotechnology company leading the development and marketing of novel therapeutics for antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases, such as lupus and antibody-mediated thrombosis.

LifeCell Corporation develops and markets biologic products for the repair or replacement of damaged or inadequate tissues. The Company's core preservation technology produces an acellular tissue matrix, which retains the essential biochemical and structural components necessary for normal tissue regeneration.

Light Sciences Oncology (LSO) has developed an innovative, practical, targeted therapy that can destroy previously untreatable tumors. Its therapeutic platform combines the best-in-class light activated drug and novel light generation devices to destroy tumors from the inside out. Phase III clinical trials will soon start to treat patients with the two major cancer killers in the world -- hepatoma and metastatic colorectal cancer. Light Sciences Oncology intends to provide physicians with the tools to treat cancer as a non-life threatening chronic disease.
 

Open Monoclocal Technologies

Open Monoclocal Technologies (OMT) is an early-stage biotech company based in Palo Alto, California, intends to develop a novel monoclonal-antibody producing platform that is based upon the generation of human monoclonal antibodies in a proprietary transgenic rat. A new and unencumbered antibody-producing platform is expected to be of considerable value in the years to come.

Symphogen A/S is an early-stage, technology-platform company that is developing a method to produce antigen-specific human polyclonal antibody preparations via recombinant or cell culture manufacturing techniques. This would provide a potentially unlimited supply of human polyclonal antibodies against any desired target compound(s) or pathogen(s) – obviating the need to purify immunologically-active, polyclonal antibodies from either human blood or other non-human blood sources. 

Targeted Genetics Corp. is a leader in gene delivery technology and in the development of therapeutic products based on gene delivery.
 

   
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 Cell Therapeutics Inc.
 Ception Therapeutics 
 Chroma Therapeutics
 Confluent
 Elusys Therapeutics, Inc
 
Intercell
 La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
 LifeCell Corporation
 Light Sciences Oncology
 Open Monoclocal Technologies
 Symphogen A/S
 Targeted Genetics Corp
 

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