Anaveon is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, based in Switzerland, that develops biologics to modulate the function of cytokines and provide substantial therapeutic benefit to cancer patients. Our vision is to develop novel immune therapies benefiting patients suffering from a wide variety of diseases with immune pathology.
Active Portfolio Companies
Aquinnah PharmaceuticalsCambridge, MAAquinnah Pharmaceuticals is pursuing a novel hypothesis for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases by developing small molecule therapeutics that target persistent stress granules, a common pathology of neurodegeneration.
Arrakis TherapeuticsWaltham, MAArrakis Therapeutics is pioneering the discovery of small-molecule medicines that directly bind and modify the biological function of RNA to treat disease. This new class of medicines, RNA-targeted small molecules (rSMs), will focus on new disease intervention points identified in the human transcriptome as well as valuable targets that are not accessible with today’s medicines.
Artios PharmaCambridge, UKArtios Pharma is a leading DNA Damage Response (DDR) company focused on developing first-in-class treatments for cancer. The company is building a pipeline of next-generation DDR programmes to target hard to treat cancers.
Autifony TherapeuticsLondon, UKAutifony is a UK-based biotechnology company, spun-out from GSK in 2011. The company is focused on the development of high value, novel medicines to treat serious diseases of the central nervous system.
Autobahn TherapeuticsSan Diego, CAAutobahn is a biotechnology company developing a pipeline of transformative small molecule therapies for the treatment of CNS disorders. The company’s lead program leverages a brain-targeting chemistry platform to target the unambiguous link between thyroid hormone and myelin biology.
BioGraph 55San Francisco, CABioGraph 55 is focused on developing first-in-class antibody therapies that target B-cells in T-cell inflamed solid tumors. The company’s lead program is a novel bispecific antibody that depletes regulatory B-cells to remove local immunosuppression for clinically effective anti-tumor T-cell immunity. The bispecific antibody mediates killing through a unique mode of action and is highly selective. Early efficacy data in mice supports potential monotherapy efficacy and enhanced combination efficacy with immune checkpoint inhibitors. The company uses a reverse translational approach to identify potential cellular targets within the human solid tumor microenvironment followed by translational and mouse model studies to test and validate mechanisms.
Capstan TherapeuticsSan Diego, CACapstan is combining the power of in vivo cell therapy with the precision of genetic medicines to develop new treatment options for patients across oncology, fibrosis, inflammation-related diseases, and monogenic blood disorders. Our founders include inventors of the first clinically approved CAR-T and of lipid nanoparticles that are enabling mRNA medicines.
Cartography BiosciencesSan Francisco, CACartography Biosciences is a company focused on identifying and developing tumor-specific therapeutics, leveraging a unique genomics and computational platform to find targets for immuno-oncology treatments. Their approach analyzes cancers through the lens of antigen expression, aiming to create more precise and effective immunotherapies.
Crossbow TherapeuticsCambridge, MACrossbow Therapeutics, Inc., is a biotechnology company determined to improve the lives of people with cancer by unlocking the therapeutic potential of T-cell receptor (TCR)-mimetic antibodies. The company’s T-BoltTM therapies are next-generation, easily assembled immunotherapies directed with high precision at previously unreachable cancer cell targets. Crossbow’s efficient and selective approach is designed to target the entire universe of cancer proteins, dramatically expanding the potential of antibody therapy to address many types of cancer.
Curve TherapeuticsCambridge, MACurve leverage its proprietary discovery platform to identify functional microcycles that modulate targets within their native intracellular environment. The company is developing a pipeline of new small molecule drugs, initially against high priority cancer targets.
DEM BiopharmaCambridge, MADEM Bio is pursuing novel targets for solid tumors with a lead ADC program in preclinical studies. Targets were uncovered through a proprietary platform investigating myeloid checkpoint signaling via inter-cellular CRISPR screening using tumor cells, primary macrophages, and other innate immune effector cells.
Enara BioOxford, EnglandEnara Bio is pioneering the discovery of ‘Dark Antigens’ – a new class of cancer-specific antigens from previously uncharted genomic dark matter. The company is building a pipeline of bispecific T-cell engagers against these novel antigens to improve treatment outcomes for broad populations of cancer patients.
Enlaza TherapeuticsSan Diego, CaliforniaEnlaza’s breakthrough War-LockTM technology enables generation of unique, highly-selective biologic drugs that are engineered to become warheads with the capacity to irreversibly lock to disease related targets. This is accomplished by leveraging their novel synthetic biology platform, coupled with proprietary amino acids, to precision-engineer biological medicines with improved efficacy and safety profiles.
EvolveImmune TherapeuticsWestport, CTEvolveImmune is harnessing their “Immunology First” approach to create first-in-category cancer medicines to transform the lives of patients by delivering superior, long-term outcomes compared to current anti-cancer therapies. They leverage exceptional experience in immunology to swiftly advance our modular, precision biotherapeutics platform to exploit the full potential of the array of unprecedented and validated immuno-oncology targets which comprise our pipeline.
Flare Therapeutics Inc.Cambridge, MAFlare Therapeutics is a biotechnology company changing the paradigm in drugging transcription factors with an initial focus in precision oncology. Flare’s proprietary engine is founded on the identification of novel druggable pockets, or ‘switch sites’, within transcription factor complexes that solve for where to drug and what to optimize for in tuning gene expression to discover small molecule precision medicines for cancer and other diseases.
FoRx TherapeuticsBasel, SwitzerlandFoRx Therapeutics is a recently incorporated privately held company aiming to develop first-in-class compounds for cancer treatment. FoRx focuses on drugging key molecular targets involved in DNA replication stress, as a new approach towards the development of targeted anticancer drugs.
Greywolf TherapeuticsOxford, EnglandGreywolf Therapeutics is developing a first-of-its-kind approach to antigen modulation. The company’s innovative technology is centered on inhibiting the endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidases (ERAP1 and ERAP2), which play a central role in the antigen presentation pathway. The company is leveraging its leadership in ERAP inhibition and antigen modulation to advance novel therapeutic approaches to address the source of immune dysfunction in oncology and autoimmunity.
ImCheck TherapeuticsMarseille, FranceImCheck is driving innovation in two powerful new areas of immune system modulation: the butyrophilins superfamily of immunomodulatory molecules and gamma-delta T cells. The company is developing next generation immunotherapeutics for patients with severe unmet medical needs with a primary focus on immuno-oncology, as well as exploring opportunities in autoimmune diseases.
ImmunocodexCambridge, MAImmunocodex is committed to designing novel tolerogenic mRNA vaccines which re-program immune cells, re-balance the immune system, and restore health in patients suffering from autoimmune diseases. Through the integration of key tolerance-inducing signals alongside disease-specific autoantigens, we engineer effective, targeted therapies for the treatment of disease, while limiting negative systemic side effects.
ImmunOs TherapeuticsSchlieren, SwitzerlandImmunOs is leading the next generation of immunotherapies by fast-tracking new discoveries of novel human immunomodulatory proteins that have a role in the innate immune system for cancer treatment.
Incendia TherapeuticsFKA – Parthenon TherapeuticsCambridge, MAIndendia Therapeutics is inventing a novel class of anti-cancer therapies that reprogram the tumor microenvironment (TME). The interplay between cancer cells and their surrounding microenvironment is relevant in drug development as many cancers use the TME to build barriers that shield immune system attack. One approach, PRTH-101, breaks these barriers to overcome recalcitrant cancers.
Interius BioTherapeuticsPhiladelphia, PAInterius BioTherapeutics is an early-stage biotechnology company initially focused on treating hematologic malignancies by leveraging its platform to generate chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells directly in vivo. Our unique therapeutic approach bypasses the need for ex vivo cell manipulations and the potentially toxic pre-conditioning chemotherapy required for standard CAR T-cell treatments. The company is also developing applications beyond immuno-oncology that address diseases not amenable to current gene therapy modalities.
Kestrel TherapeuticsCambridge, MAKestrel Therapeutics leverages a foundation of unique science that employs a physical understanding of the drug-target interaction to build a lead program designed to potently address all RAS mutations in all tumor types.
Levicept LimitedSandwich, UKLevicept is an asset-centric UK-based biotechnology company developing a novel, safe and efficacious biological therapy (LEVI-04 [p75NTR-Fc]) for the treatment of chronic pain.
Mediar TherapeuticsBoston, MAMediar is a preclinical stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics to halt, or even reverse, fibrosis. The platform and pipeline are based on an emerging class of novel targets – fibrotic mediators – that play key roles in modulating myofibroblast biology and the development of fibrosis in chronically damaged organs.
MindImmune TherapeuticsKingston, RIMindImmune Therapeutics is a preclinical stage biotech company developing first-in-class drugs that target the immune system to treat CNS diseases. The company is at the forefront of biological advances linking the peripheral immune system to neuroinflammation.
Mission TherapeuticsCambridge, UKMISSION is discovering and developing first-in-class therapeutics that inhibit disease associated deubiquitinylase enzymes (DUBs) involved in serious diseases including mitochondrial diseases, neurodegeneration, inflammation, and cancer. The company has built a proprietary world-leading DUB platform that is generating a rich pipeline of potent and selective small molecule drugs.
Montis BiosciencesLeuven, BelgiumMontis is a biotech company targeting perivascular macrophages, a subpopulation of macrophages that interact with the endothelial cells of the vasculature. The company’s mission is to exploit these cellular interactions with therapeutics to drive and sustain immune reactions against solid tumors.
Mozart TherapeuticsSeattle, WAMozart is developing CD8 Treg modulators for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. These molecules selectively target the regulatory CD8 T cell network to counteract early events in the autoimmune inflammatory cascade. CD8 Treg Modulators are designed to restore the intrinsic functions of regulatory CD8 T cells to suppress and eliminate pathogenic immune cells, providing durable control of autoimmune and other inflammatory diseases.
National ResilienceLa Jolla, CANational Resilience is a first-of-its-kind manufacturing and technology company dedicated to broadening access to complex medicines and protecting biopharmaceutical supply chains against disruption. Founded in 2020, the company is building a sustainable network of high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing solutions to ensure the medicines of today and tomorrow can be made quickly, safely, and at scale.
Nimbus TherapeuticsCambridge, MANimbus harnesses the power of computational chemistry, structural biology and AI/ML to design breakthroughs for the treatment of substantial and underserved human diseases. The company’s focus is on metabolic diseases, cancer and immune-inflammatory disorders.
NormunityNew Haven, CTNormunity is developing oncology therapeutics targeting novel proteins that are recruited and repurposed by the tumor to create tumor-specific immunosuppression. In collaboration with the Lieping Chen lab at Yale, the company is generating novel biologics with its lead program, NRM-823, a T cell engager, being progressed for the treatment of multiple solid tumors.
Nucleome TherapeuticsOxford, UKNucleome Therapeutics is decoding the disease-linked variants located in the dark matter of the human genome to discover first-in-class precision medicine. Nucleome’s platform combines pioneering 3D genome technology and machine learning to shed light on these variants by directly linking genes to diseases and mapping pathways with unprecedented precision for drug discovery for autoimmune diseases.
OTR TherapeuticsShanghai, CNOTR Therapeutics is dedicated to transforming early-stage innovations into globally impactful therapies for critical diseases with high unmet medical needs. With a strategic focus on oncology, immunology and inflammation (I&I), and cardiovascular and metabolic (CVM) diseases, the company identifies and acquires distinctive assets from preclinical to early clinical stages, accelerating their development into differentiated, globally relevant treatments.
Palleon PharmaWaltham, MAPalleon Pharmaceuticals is the leading biotechnology company focused on developing Glycoimmune Checkpoint inhibitors to treat cancer. The company’s proprietary platform integrates technologies and insights from Nobel laureate Carolyn Bertozzi to create a novel approach to treating cancer.
Prescriber PointBoston, MAPrescriberPoint is transforming the way pharmaceutical companies interact with healthcare providers. The company is creating a digital marketplace based on a “pull” vs. “push” model where healthcare providers can access all the support they need from Pharmacos on their terms, industry-wide, in one place including access to product information, samples, rep and MSL support and patient assistance programs
ReCode TherapeuticsMenlo Park, CA & Dallas, TXReCode is developing a proprietary non-viral Selective ORgan Targeting (SORT) LNP technology with lead indications in the rare pulmonary diseases of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) and cystic fibrosis (CF). The SORT platform, which enables precise organ targeting of payloads via both systemic and local delivery, is compatible with a variety of payloads (mRNA, siRNA, DNA, small molecule), including mixed cargos such as RNA/protein complexes for gene editing.
RefleXion MedicalHayward, CARefleXion Medical is developing the first biologically guided radiation therapy system for treating solid tumors throughout the body. By uniquely leveraging Positron Emission Tomography (PET), RefleXion's patented technology uses signals that are continuously emitted from the tumor itself to guide the treatment beam.
Saama TechnologiesCampbell, CASaama is an AI-driven Intelligent Clinical Cloud company, enabling the life sciences industry to conduct faster and safer clinical development and regulatory programs. Their Life Science Analytics Cloud (LSAC) platform is used by many biopharmaceutical companies on thousands of studies. LSAC’s rich applications facilitate an unprecedented, authoritative oversight of comprehensive clinical research data, enabling companies to file New Drug Applications (NDAs) more efficiently and bring drugs to market faster.
Storm TherapeuticsCambridge, UKStorm Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel small molecule therapies targeting RNA modifying enzymes (RME) for oncology and other diseases.
Strata OncologyAnn Arbor, MIStrata Oncology is a precision oncology company aiming to enable large-scale molecularly informed clinical cancer research. The company has developed an end-to-end technology platform for sequencing tumors across a network of health systems and has used AI to build algorithms to determine the best course of therapy for patience on an individual level.
TRex BioSouth San Francisco, CATRex Bio is a discovery-stage biotechnology company focused on making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients suffering from fatal or debilitating illnesses including autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. TRex aims to achieve this vision via functional manipulation of Tregs and other immune cells in a tissue-specific and disease-specific fashion.
Triana BiomedicinesCambridge, MATriana Biomedicines is developing molecular glue therapeutics initially tailored for targeted protein degradation applications. TRIANA is building its pipeline using a target-first, rational approach to molecular glue discovery, and aspires to develop products for a wide range of therapeutic applications.
TRIMTECH TherapeuticsCambridge, UKTrimtech Therapeutics is developing selective small molecule degraders of toxic protein aggregates for treatment of neurodegenerative and peripheral diseases, while leaving functional monomers untouched. The company’s proprietary degrader technology leverages TRIM21 biology as pioneered by the company’s founders Dr Leo James and Dr Will McEwan from the University of Cambridge.
VitaDAODecentralized ScienceVitaDAO is a decentralized accelerator for drug development. The core mission is the acceleration of research and development in the longevity space.
Former Portfolio Companies
4D Molecular TherapeuticsIPO in 2020 (TK: FDMT)Emeryville, CA4D Molecular Therapeutics is a gene therapy company with a transformative discovery platform – Therapeutic Vector Evolution – that enables invention of optimized and proprietary AAV vectors, each specifically designed to deliver genes to specific cells and tissues in the body, allowing treatment of diseases with high unmet medical needs.
AblexisAcquired by Deerfield ManagementSan Diego, CAAblexis’ AlivaMab™ Mouse technology, a world-class transgenic mouse platform, is being developed to provide the foundation for the efficient discovery and development of the next wave of human therapeutic antibodies to treat human diseases.
Accelerator CorporationNew York, NYAccelerator New York is a leading life science investment vehicle supporting emerging biotechnology research. Accelerator will infuse strategic venture capital, entrepreneurial leadership, and critical product development capabilities into the New York City life science cluster.
Adapsyn BioscienceHamilton, CanadaAdapsyn applies proprietary algorithms and artificial intelligence to genomic and metabolomic data from microbes to find novel natural product drug candidates. The company has created a turnkey solution to drive the discovery of a diversified portfolio of drugs, thereby expediting the search for medicines that will better treat a wide spectrum of diseases.
AMRA Medical ABLinköping, SwedenAMRA is a medical technology company that analytically transforms MR images into precise body composition measurements using a cloud-based, computer aided service. These highly accurate measurements aid metabolic research and drug development in the challenging areas of obesity and its co-morbidities.
Anjarium BiosciencesSchlieren, SwitzerlandAnjarium Biosciences, strives to create and deliver solutions for patients beyond what current gene therapy platforms address today. Anjarium is developing a new generation of genetic medicines to overcome the greatest challenges facing the field, notably immunogenicity, payload capacity, individualized multiple dosing, targeted delivery and scaled manufacturing.
Aquinox PharmaceuticalsIPO in 2014 (TK: AQXP)Vancouver, CanadaAquinox is developing novel small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disease.
Arkuda TherapeuticsCambridge, MAArkuda has discovered new and evolving insights about the importance of progranulin and granulins in regulating lysosomal health in frontotemporal dementia and is driving the discovery of exciting new medicines for FTD-GRN and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Aureon LaboratoriesOut of BusinessYonkers, NYAureon used systems pathology to develop predictive clinical tests for cancer care, as well as to enable bio-pharmaceutical research and development.
Avid RadiopharmaceuticalsAcquired by Eli LillyPhiladelphia, PAAvid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. was a product-focused molecular imaging company pioneering development of radiopharmaceuticals for imaging disease pathology.
AviirOut of BusinessPalo Alto, CAAviir was developing cutting-edge, convenient molecular diagnostic tests to enable accurate diagnosis and prognosis of cardiovascular disease.
BioAtlaIPO in 2020 (TK: BCAB)San Diego, CABioAtla develops novel monoclonal antibody and cell-based immunotherapies with improved therapeutic index for the treatment of cancer.
BioNTechIPO in 2019 (TK: BNTX)Mainz, GermanyBioNTech leverages its deep immunology expertise and experience to develop and optimize mRNA therapeutics for serious diseases such as cancer, COVID-19, malaria and tuberculosis.
Blade TherapeuticsSouth San Francisco, CABlade Therapeutics is advancing a differentiated pipeline of oral, small-molecule therapies that include a non-competitive autotaxin inhibitor and inhibitors of dimeric calpains for the potential treatment of lung, liver and cardiac fibrosis or neurodegenerative diseases. Since the company’s founding in 2015, Blade has used a combination of in-house drug research and selective in-licensing to build a risk-diversified pipeline.
BlueLight TherapeuticsFKA BiodesySouth San Francisco, CABlueLight Therapeutics was a biotechnology company that used novel structure-function-based approach to develop new therapeutic molecules against challenging drug targets to treat a wide range of serious diseases.
Bolt BiotherapeuticsIPO in 2021 (TK: BOLT)Redwood City, CABolt is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing its Immune-Stimulating Antibody Conjugate (ISAC) platform technology to harness the power of the innate immune system to treat cancer.
Clovis OncologyIPO in 2011 (TK: CLVS)Boulder, COClovis Oncology is a biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing innovative anti-cancer agents. Clovis intends to target development programs at specific subsets of cancer populations, and will simultaneously develop diagnostic tools that direct a compound in development to the population that is most likely to benefit from its use.
Complexa, Inc.,(out of business)Berwyn, PAComplexa was a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming the treatment of fibrosis and inflammation-associated orphan diseases.
CortexymeIPO in 2019 (TK: CRTX)South San Francisco, CACortexyme was developing therapeutics based on a new theory of the cause of Alzheimer's and other degenerative disorders.
Cydan & Cydan II, Inc.,Out of BusinessBoston, MACydan was an orphan drug accelerator that worked to identify and de-risk rare disease programs with therapeutic and commercial potential.
CytomX TherapeuticsIPO in 2015 (TK: CTMX)South San Francisco, CACytomX Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a deep and differentiated oncology pipeline of investigational Probody therapeutics.
DIR TechnologiesOut of BusinessHaifa, IsraelDIR Technologies was a developer and provider of first-in-industry inspection solutions for the pharmaceutical packaging and manufacturing industries.
DVS SciencesAcquired by FluidigmToronto, CanadaDVS Sciences Inc. was an analytical equipment and reagents development company that produced and marketed the CyTOF®, a high throughput mass cytometer for individual cell analysis based on a novel elemental mass-spectrometry detection technology, and the MAXPAR® system of novel reagents related to massively multi-parametric assays.
eFFECTOR TherapeuticsSPAC in 2021 (TK: EFTR)San Diego, CAeFFECTOR is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the discovery and development of selective translation regulators as a new class of small molecule drugs for treating cancer.
Eiger BiopharmaceuticalsFKA Celladon IPO in 2014 (TK: EIGR)Palo Alto, CAEiger is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing novel products for the treatment of Orphan diseases.
EntelosRestart Following BankruptcyFoster City, CAEntelos was developing computer-based disease-simulation models, called PhysioLabs that enable in-silico drug discovery and development.
Epic SciencesLa Jolla, CAEpic Sciences is focused on developing novel diagnostics to improve and personalize the treatment and management of cancer. Epic was founded on a powerful platform to identify and characterize rare cells, including circulating tumor cells (CTCs).
Evolution BenefitsAcquired by Genstar CapitalAvon, CTEvolution Benefits (EB) offered innovative, integrated products for the employee benefits market.
Flexion TherapeuticsIPO in 2014 (TK: FLXN)Woburn, MAFlexion Therapeutics is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, local therapies for the treatment of patients with musculoskeletal conditions, beginning with OA, a type of degenerative arthritis.
G-CON ManufacturingAcquired by Summa Equity (2021)Bryan, TXG-Con designs and manufactures “PODs”, portable, self-contained cGMP facility modules that offer a cost-effective and flexible alternative to large, highly capitalized pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities with fixed equipment and limited flexibility.
Genomic HealthIPO in 2005 (TK: GHDX)Redwood City, CAGenomic Health is focused on the development and commercialization of genomic-based clinical diagnostic tests for cancer that allow physicians and patients to make individualized treatment decisions. In 2004, they launched their first test under the brand name Oncotype DX® for early stage breast cancer.
HandylabAcquired by Becton DickinsonAnn Arbor, MIHandyLab develops and manufactures small, low-cost nucleic acid and protein-based analysis systems based on its patented and proprietary microfluidic, miniaturized real time PCR, and nucleic acid extraction technologies. The company's lead product, Jaguar, combines rapid nucleic acid sample preparation with microfluidic PCR for nucleic acid detection.
HD BiosciencesAcquired by WuXiShanghai, ChinaHD Biosciences (HDB) was a Shanghai China based clinical research organization (CRO) that provides drug discovery contract research services, with an emphasis on high value biology screening.
ImaraIPO in 2020 (TK: IMRA), Merged with Enliven (TK:ELVN) 2022Cambridge, MAImara was developing inhibitors for sickle cell disease and other hemoglobinopathies.
Ixchelsis LimitedSandwich, UKIxchelsis Limited was a UK based biotechnology developing oxytocin receptor antagonists with the potential to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer.
Jnana TherapeuticsBoston, MAJnana Therapeutics is building the first small molecule drug discovery platform dedicated to SLC transporters, an ancient membrane protein family thought to be relevant in a wide range of diseases. Jnana’s proprietary chemistry and biology platform allows the company to rapidly and comprehensively address therapeutic targets across the SLC family, with an initial focus on immuno-oncology, inflammatory disorders, and neurological diseases.
Kymera TherapeuticsIPO in 2020 (TK: KYMR)Cambridge, MAKymera Therapeutics is pioneering a transformative new approach to treating previously untreatable diseases by advancing the field of targeted protein degradation, accessing the body’s innate protein recycling machinery to degrade dysregulated, disease-causing proteins. Using its protein degradation platform, the company is building a therapeutic pipeline in oncology and immunology.
Lodo Therapeutics(TK: ZY) Acquired by Zymergen Therapeutics; Acquired by Gingko 2023 (TK: DNA)New York, NYLodo used its genome-based, culture-independent platform combines DNA sequencing and bioinformatics to discover, synthesize, and characterize small-molecule therapeutics from natural microbial sources present in soil samples and the human microbiome.
M2SAcquired by MedstreamingLebanon, NHM2S is a pioneer and leader in imaging and data management technology. They were the first to develop and market 3-D imaging technology to vascular surgeons.
Magnolia NeurosciencesOut of BusinessNew York, NYMangolia Neurosciences was a drug discovery and development company focused on the creation of a novel class of neuroprotective medicines.
Mersana TherapeuticsIPO in 2017 (TK:MRSN)Cambridge, MAMersana Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company with highly differentiated and proprietary antibody drug conjugate (ADC) platforms that allow for significantly higher drug loads, with the potential to provide greater efficacy while simultaneously increasing tolerability.
MerusIPO in 2016 (TK: MRUS)Utrecht, The NetherlandsMerus is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company developing innovative full-length human bispecific antibody therapeutics.
MetabomedYavne, IsraelMetabomed was a drug discovery company in the field of cancer metabolism.
miRNA TherapeuticsMerged with Synlogic in 2017 (TK: SYBX)Cambridge, MAMirna Therapeutics focused on research and development of miRNA-directed human oncology therapies.
MitokininSan Francisco, CAMitokinin is developing small molecule therapeutics targeting PINK1, a master regulator of mitochondrial quality control genetically linked to Parkinson’s disease. By selectively amplifying active-form PINK1 activity, Mitokinin is addressing cellular pathologies underlying Parkinson’s disease and ultimately slow or halt the progression of the disease.
Morphic TherapeuticIPO in 2019 (TK: MORF)Waltham, MAMorphic Therapeutic is engaged in the discovery and development of a new generation of oral integrin drugs.
NeuMoDx Molecular(acquired by QIAGEN)Ann Arbor, MINeuMoDx is developing a next generation testing platform for the in vitro molecular diagnostic (MDx) market.
NeuroneticsIPO in 2018 (TK: STIM)Malvern, PANeuronetics is focused on developing non-invasive therapies for psychiatric and neurological disorders using MRI-strength magnetic field pulses.
NexImmuneGaithersburg, MDNexImmune is developing novel immune-therapeutics for a variety of cancers and other diseases based on the proprietary Artificial IMmune (AIMTM) technology.
NextCureIPO in 2019 (TK: NXTC)Beltsville, MDNextCure is discovering and developing first-in-class immunotherapy-based biologics for cancer and other diseases, building upon the work of its scientific founder, Dr. Lieping Chen.
NodalityTechnology merged with another companySouth San Francisco, CANodality, Inc. is an emerging biotechnology company focused on patient-specific classification of disease. Nodality’s technology profiles signaling networks in single cells by multiparametric phospho-flow cytometry. The technology can address many aspects of drug development with a primary focus on acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
NovoCureIPO in 2015 (TK: NVCR)Haifa, IsraelTherapeutic oncology device that delivers Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) to tumor sites through the skin. The TTfields are low intensity, alternating electric fields that cause physical disruption of dividing (cancerous) cells, but leave normal cells largely unaffected.
Petra PharmaAcquired by a major pharma companyNew York, NYPetra Pharma was developing novel small molecules for the treatment of cancer and metabolic diseases to target these cellular processes to therapeutically impact human health.
Pyxis OncologyIPO in 2021 (TK: PYXS)Cambridge, MAPyxis Oncology is building a differentiated portfolio of biologics, including antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and immunotherapies, to improve the lives of patients with difficult-to-treat cancers.
Quartet MedicineOut of businessCambridge, MAQuartet is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company developing drugs against a novel pain target, Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), an essential co-factor in the production of certain neurotransmitters.
RaNA TherapeuticsIPO in 2018 (TK: TBIO) Acquired by Sanofi 2021Lexington, MARaNA was developing a new class of therapeutics made of messenger RNA (mRNA), designed to enable in vivo production of intracellular, membrane-associated and secreted proteins.
Rhythm PharmaceuticalsIPO in 2017 (TK: RYTM)Boston, MARhythm is a biopharmaceutical company developing peptide therapeutics that address unmet needs in metabolic diseases.
Second GenomeSouth San FranciscoSecond Genome has built a novel microbiome technology platform, resulting in a pipeline of drug discovery programs, including several microbiome-derived proteins, peptides and metabolites, with applications across gastrointestinal disease, immuno-oncology, inflammation and metabolic diseases.
Simcha TherapeuticsNew Haven, CTSimcha Therapeutics is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company with a focus on developing next generation cytokine immunotherapies to trigger the immune system to fight disease, particularly cancers.
SpringWorks TherapeuticsIPO in 2019 (TK: SWTX)Stamford, CTSpringWorks Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that applies a precision medicine approach to acquiring, developing and commercializing life-changing medicines for underserved patient populations suffering from severe rare diseases and cancer. The company launched in 2017 with a portfolio of clinically validated therapies in-licensed from Pfizer.
superDimensionAcquired by Covidien 2012, Acquired by Medtronic 2015Minneapolis, MNsuperDimension has developed the inReach™ system in answer to one of the most critical needs in the field of pulmonology: minimally invasive access to peripheral lung locations.
SupplyScapeMerged with TracelinkWoburn, MAProvider of pharmaceutical supply chain security solutions to pharmaceutical companies and their trading partners seeking to enhance product integrity and supply chain efficiency.
System1 BiosciencesSan Franscisco, CASystem1 employs phenotypic screening to discover novel drugs for complex neurological and psychiatric diseases for which current discovery techniques have proved least successful.
TetraLogic PharmaceuticalsIPO 2013 (TK: TLOG)Malvern, PATetraLogic was a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, targeted drugs to treat cancer.
TherachonAcquired by PfizerBasel, SwitzerlandTherachon was a clinical-stage global biotechnology company focused on developing medicines for rare diseases with significant unmet need.
Triplet TherapeuticsOut of BusinessCambridge, MATriplet Therapeutics was a biotechnology company harnessing human genetics to develop treatments for repeat expansion disorders at their source.
VectivBioIPO in 2021 (TK: VECT), Acquired by Ironwood 2023 (TK: IRWD)Basel, SwitzerlandVectivBio is a spin out of Therachon (acquired by Pfizer in 2019), that will focus on conditions caused by well understood molecular alterations that can be targeted with transformational therapeutics. The company was acquired in 2023 by Ironwood Pharmaceuticals.
VtesseAcquired by Mallinckrodt in 2017Gaithersburg, MDVtesse, Inc. was a rare disease company dedicated to developing drugs for patients suffering from diseases that are underserved.
Yumanity TherapeuticsMerged with Proteostasis 2020 (TK: YMTX); Merged with Kineta 2022Seattle, WAYumanity Therapeutics was a therapeutics company focused on Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and ALS.
Ziarco PharmaAcquired by Novartis in 2017Canterbury, UKZiarco is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing innovative therapeutics targeting inflammatory skin diseases.

