Adi Mohanty

Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which focuses on developing and commercializing novel therapies in the emerging fields of cell therapy and regenerative medicine. Its product candidates include AST-OPC1, trial for spinal cord injuries; AST-VAC1, a patient specific cancer immunotherapy focused on acute myeloid leukemia; and AST-VAC2, a non-patient-specific cancer immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer. The company was founded on September 24, 2012 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Shire Plc is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research, development, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and sale of medicines. Its products include adderall, advate, adynovate, agrylin, antithrombin 3, aralast, bebulin, buccolam, feiba, firazyr, and foznol. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. (TKT) was a biopharmaceutical company with a major focus on developing products for the treatment of rare diseases. The company is used to markets one product, Replagal™, for the treatment of Fabry disease in the European Union and other countries, and was developing products for Hunter syndrome and Gaucher disease. The company was located in Cambridge, MA.

Cell Cure Neurosciences Ltd. develops cell therapies for neural degenerative diseases. Its therapeutic cells include retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells and neural progenitor cells. The firm's cells are derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), which are considered to be the gold standard source of cells for the development of stem cell therapies. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel.

Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc. develops medicines for the treatment of genetic diseases. The company was founded on July 7, 1988 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

EnCellX, Inc. is a biotechnology company that operates in the field of biotechnology. The private company is based in San-Diego, CA and has subsidiaries in Israel. The company was founded by Aditya P. Mohanty.