Isaac Blech

ICOS Corp. manufactures medications to treat inflammation and other serious diseases. It focuses on the development of treatments for unmet medical conditions such as prostatic hyperplasia, hypertension, pulmonary arterial hypertension, cancer, and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded in 1989 by Christopher Henney and George Rathman and is headquartered in Bothell, WA.

Edge Therapeutics, Inc. is clinical-stage biotechnology company, which engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel, hospital-based therapies capable of transforming treatment paradigms in the management of acute, life-threatening neurological and other conditions. Its product candidate is the EG-1962. The company was founded on January 22, 2009 by Brian A. Leuthner, Robert Loch Macdonald and Carl J. Soranno and is headquartered in Berkeley Heights, NJ.

Arsanis, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which engages in provision of monoclonal antibody immunotherapies to address serious infectious diseases. The company was founded by Eszter Nagy, Tillman U. Gerngross, and Errik B. Anderson on August 2, 2010 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Elicio Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of vaccines for infectious disease and cancer. Its programs focus on a novel lipid nanocapsule platform technology for delivering vaccines in a form mimicking the structure of pathogens to elicit potent immunity in prophylactic and therapeutic settings. The company was founded by Satish Jindal and Darrell Irvine on August 10, 2011 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Centrexion Therapeutics Corp. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in identifying, developing, and commercializing novel, non-opioid, and non-addictive therapies to address the large unmet medical need for the treatment of chronic pain. Its product pipeline includes CNTX-4975, CNTX-0290, CNTX-6970, CNTX-2022, CNTX-6016, and intrathecal platform. The company was founded by Sol J. Barer and Jeffrey B. Kindler in February 2013 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops novel therapeutics designed to improve immune cell trafficking to treat cancer and rare diseases. It offers X4P-001-RD, X4P-001-IO, and X4P-002. The company was founded by Paula Ragan, Alan Walts, Michael Gilman, Henri Termeer, Keith Flaherty, Renato Skerlj, and Richard Peters in July 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Aevi Genomic Medicine, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engaged in the discovery of treatments for rare and orphan diseases. Its research and development efforts leverage an internal genomics platform and an ongoing collaboration with the Center for Applied Genomics (CAG) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). The company was founded by Andrew Leonard Pearlman on January 27, 2000 and is headquartered in Wayne, PA.

SpendSmart Networks, Inc. engages in the provision of mobile and loyalty marketing agency services. It operates under the SMS Masterminds brand. It offers licenses, which includes a proprietary software as a service system, proprietary marketing, and sales training materials; and mobile responsive website building software. The company was founded by Alex Minicucci and Luke Wallace on May 14, 1990 and is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Waveguide Corp. operates as an analytical instrument company. The firm develops medical and industrial diagnostic devices with core expertise in three domains: custom ASICs; embedded systems & algorithms; and customized, functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. It focuses on developing its portable micro-nuclear magnetic resonance (µNMR) platform technology. The company was founded by Marcus Semones in 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

RestorGenex Corp. operates as a specialty biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on developing products for dermatology, ophthalmology, and oncology. It products includes novel PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway inhibitor which has completed two Phase I clinical trials for age-related macular degeneration and is in preclinical development in oncology, specifically glioblastoma multiforme. The company current pipeline also includes a soft anti-androgen compound for the treatment of acne vulgaris. RestorGenex was founded on March 14, 2008 and is headquartered in Buffalo Grove, IL.

Regenovation, Inc. develops ways to regenerate human tissue. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Diffusion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in developing novel therapies that enhance the body's ability to deliver oxygen. The firm's product candidate, Trans Sodium Crocetinate, is being developed to enhance the diffusion of oxygen to tissues with low oxygen levels, also known as hypoxia. The company was founded by David G. Kalergis and John L. Gainer in 2001 and is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA.

Sapience Therapeutics, Inc. focuses on advancing novel therapeutics for major unmet medical needs, particularly high mortality cancers. Its drug development program involves translating science into novel therapies, and initial goal is to develop a first-in-class treatment for glioblastoma multiforme, which is the most severe and deadly form of brain cancer. The company was founded by Barry Kappel and Isaac Blech in 2015 and is headquartered in Scarsdale, NY.

X-Vax Technology, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Nacuity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and markets pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Alveo Technologies, Inc. operates a pre-clinical stage medical diagnostics company that creates infectious disease diagnostic devices. The company was founded by Ron Chiarello, Michael A. Aicher, Lawrence M. Blatt and Sumita Pennathur in 2014 and is headquartered in Alameda, CA.

Elucida Oncology, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company which focuses on clinical research and development. The company was founded by Isaac Blech, Michelle Bradbury, Ulrich Weisner, and Steven Larson in 2014 and is headquartered in Monmouth Junction, NJ.