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Synthorx, Inc. focuses on prolonging and improving lives of cancer and autoimmune disorder patients. Its product pipeline is comprised of THOR-707, IL-2 Synthorin, IL-10 Synthorin, and IL-15 Synthorin. The company was founded by Floyd E. Romesberg and Court R. Turner in 2014 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and markets prescription drugs in various therapeutic areas, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, pain management, acid reflux and infectious diseases, women’s health, and mental health (bipolar I disorder and schizophrenia); and neurologic, including Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, and migraine prevention and treatment. Its products include Axert, Darzalezx, Invokamet XR, Invokana, Remicade, Reopro, and Risperdal Consta. The company was founded by Paul Janssen in 1953 and is headquartered in Titusville, NJ.

Lumen Bioscience, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biotechnology company which engages in the manufacture of therapeutic biologics for oral delivery. It focuses on the development of the blue-green algae Spirulina as an industrial scale production platform. The company was founded by Brian Finrow and James Roberts in 2017 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Enlaza Therapeutics, Inc. is a company that develops novel classes of protein therapeutics using their proprietary war-lock™ platform. The company is based in La Jolla, CA. The company's platform utilizes synthetic biology technology for site-specific covalent coupling driven by drug binding. Enlaza Therapeutics is pioneering the field of covalent biologics and is building a pipeline of first-in-class covalent biologics. The CEO of the company is Sergio G. Duron.

ImmunOs Therapeutics AG is a company based in Schlieren, Switzerland that pioneers HLA-based therapeutics to create transformational medicines for cancer and inflammation. The Swiss company has identified specific HLA molecules that activate the immune system and is utilizing these molecules as the backbone of novel therapies capable of stimulating both the innate and adaptive immune systems of cancer patients to eliminate tumor cells. ImmunOs' lead program is a multi-functional fusion protein that blocks specific LILRB and KIR receptors and activates anti-tumor responses. The company is also using HLA molecules to develop novel therapies to treat inflammatory diseases. ImmunOs is supported by leading international investors, including Samsara BioCapital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Gimv, Pfizer Ventures, Biomed Partners, Schroder Adveq, Mission BioCapital, GL Capital, Peak6, Fiscus, and Redalpine. The company was founded by Osiris Marroquin Belaunzaran and Christoph Renner, and the CEO is Sean R. Smith.

Samsara Biocapital LLC (Samsara Biocapital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Srinivas Akkaraju. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Roche Pharmaceuticals provides research and development services in the fields of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. It also provides diagnostics and drugs for cancer and transplantation. The company is headquartered in Nutley, NJ.