Chris Rinsch

Amazentis SA is a Swiss innovative life science company that focuses on developing products targeting mitochondrial health for advanced nutrition. The company was founded in 2007 by Pierre Landolt, Patrick Aebischer, and Chris Rinsch, and it is currently based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The company has published its research on Mitopure™ Urolithin A in top peer-reviewed scientific journals, including Nature Medicine, Nature Metabolism, JAMA Network Open, and European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Amazentis has a strategic partnership with Nestlé Health Science to expand the health applications of Mitopure™. Brian Ray has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Vandria SA is a Swiss-based company that specializes in mitochondrial therapeutics. The company is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The company is developing mitophagy inducers that rejuvenate cells to treat age-related and chronic diseases. Its lead program, VNA-318, is a brain-penetrant, patent-protected, mitophagy inducer that has shown to improve memory and learning and to have strong disease-modifying effects in models of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Vandria is also developing mitophagy-inducing small molecules to address muscle, lung, and liver diseases, as well as a separate program that targets ferroptosis. The company was founded by Patrick Aebischer, Chris Rinsch, and Johan Auwerx in 2021 and has raised $20.60m in venture finance. Klaus Dugi has been the CEO of the company since 2021.