Thomas Beetham

Synageva BioPharma Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company which focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutic products for patients with life-threatening rare diseases and high unmet medical need. The company is currently evaluating sebelipase alfa in global clinical trials for LAL Deficiency, a lysosomal storage disease associated with liver damage and accelerated atherosclerosis in children and adults, and in infants, premature death often before six months of age. Synageva BioPharma was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

New England Biolabs, Inc. produces and supplies reagents for the life science industry. The firm?s products include restriction endonucleases, PCR, qPCR and amplification technologies, DNA modifying enzymes, sample preparation for next generation sequencing, nucleic acid purification, DNA assembly, cloning and mutagenesis kits, genome editing, competent cells, markers and ladders, RNA reagents, gene expression, cellular analysis, epigenetics, protein tools, DNA plasmids, glycobiology, protein expression and purification technologies. The company was founded by Donald Comb in 1974 and is headquartered in Ipswich, MA.

Genzyme Corp. engages in development and manufacture of specialty therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic product. It serves in the areas of rare genetic diseases, multiple sclerosis, cardiovascular diseases and endocrinology. The company was founded on June 8, 1981 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which focuses on improving stem cell transplantation. Its platform includes MGTA-117, MGTA-145, and CD45-ADC. The company was founded by David T. Scadden, Derrick J. Rossi, Alan Tyndall, Luigi Naldini, Robert Negrin, John F. Dipersio, and Jason Gardner on June 17, 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.