Sandeep C. Kulkarni

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Medarex, Inc. provides commercial physical and biological research services. The company's UltiMAb, a human antibody development system creates and develops antibodies products for cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory, autoimmune, and infectious diseases. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is engaged in biotechnology services. The company is headquartered in Norwood, MA.

Part of Roivant Sciences Ltd., Immunovant Sciences Ltd. develops restorative therapies for autoimmune diseases. The company is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. Immunovant Sciences was acquired by Health Sciences Acquisitions Corp. from Roivant Sciences Ltd. on December 19, 2019 for $863.06 million.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Roivant Sciences, Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical firm. It develops and markets drugs. The firm specializes in uterine fibroids, endometriosis, prostate cancer, diabetes, and pulmonary arterial hypertension. The company was founded by Vivek Ramaswamy in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Delin Ventures Ltd. (Delin Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Igor Linshits. The firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Scipher Medicine Corp. operates as a biotechnology firm, which uses human data to predict drug response. It visualize overlaps between disease, drug and patient data. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

SpliceBio SL is a genetic medicines company based in Barcelona, Spain. The Spanish company harnesses its proprietary protein splicing platform to develop the next generation of gene therapies. SpliceBio's platform offers the potential to address diseases that currently cannot be treated with gene therapies because the necessary gene is too large to be delivered by -associated virus (AAV) vectors. The company's lead program targets Stargardt disease, a genetic eye disease that causes vision loss in children and adults. SpliceBio's platform is based on technology developed in the Muir lab at Princeton University after more than 20 years of pioneering intein and protein engineering research. The company was founded by Dominguez Silvia Frutos, Miquel Vila-Perelló, and Miquel Vila-Perelló has been the CEO since incorporation.

Castle Creek Biosciences, Inc. engages in the research and development of gene therapies for patients with rare and genetic diseases. It offers treatment for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (RDEB) and localized Scleroderma; and topical ointment for Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex. The company was founded by Jeffrey S. Aronin in September 2018 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.

Part of Endo International Plc, Algos Pharmaceutical Corp. develops and makes pain management products including narcotic drugs. The company is based in Neptune, NJ. Algos Pharmaceutical was acquired by Endo Health Solutions, Inc. on July 17, 2000 for $243.89 million.

Part of Tourmaline Bio, Inc., Tourmaline Sub, Inc. is a late-stage clinical biotechnology company based in New York, NY. The company's lead program, Tour006, is an anti-IL-6 antibody with high binding affinity and a naturally long half-life. Tour006 has been studied in over 400 autoimmune patients across six clinical trials. Tourmaline Sub plans to develop Tour006 for thyroid eye disease (TED) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), with additional indications being considered. The company, founded in 2021 by Sandeep Kulkarni and Caley M. Castelein, is focused on developing transformative medicines for patients with life-altering immune diseases. Sandeep Kulkarni has been the CEO since 2021. Tourmaline Sub was acquired by Talaris Therapeutics, Inc. on October 19, 2023, for $43.50 million.

Orchestra BioMed, Inc. develops therapies for cardiovascular diseases. The firm offers BackBeat CNT and Virtue SEB. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New Hope, PA.

Kiva Microfunds is non-profit organization, which engages in the provision of a crowdfunding platform for borrowers and lenders. It offers a range of loan products and services. The company was founded by Premal Shah and Matthew Flannery in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.