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Sandoz, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes generic pharmaceutical products. The firm focuses on therapeutic drug categories such as anti-infective, central nervous system disorder treatments, cardiovascular medicines, gastrointestinal agent, oncology therapies, and respiratory therapies. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Mylan, Inc. develops, manufactures, and licenses generic pharmaceuticals. The firm operates its business through two segments: Generics and Specialty. The Generics segment primarily develops, manufactures, sells and distributes generic or branded generic pharmaceutical products in tablet, capsule, injectable or transdermal patch form, as well as API. The Specialty segment engages mainly in the development, manufacture and sale of branded specialty nebulized and injectable products. The company was founded by Milan Puskar and Don Panoz in 1961 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, PA.

Micreos BV develops phage-based products against specific dangerous bacteria. It offers human health, food safety, agriculture and animal health products. The company was founded by Mark Offerhaus and is headquartered in Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Immunophotonics, Inc. develops proprietary novel drug product for use in a minimally invasive therapeutic cancer vaccine. Its vaccine process under development, inCVAX, is a two injection procedure into one or more selected tumors: The first injection is a needle with an optical fiber (coupled to a laser) that heats selected tumor(s) locally; The second injection is experimental drug product, a proprietary synthesized carbohydrate polymer, that is intended to recruit and activate antigen-presenting cells, potentially triggering a cascade that leads to a systemic anti-tumor immune response. The company was founded by Lu Alleruzzo and Tomas Hode in 2009 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MI.

Part of Amrop International, Hever Group is a British company that provides headhunting services. The company is based in London, UK. Hever Group was acquired by Amrop International on June 15, 2000.

Mobidiag Oy provides molecular diagnostic for infectious diseases. It develops and provides microarray-based Prove-it technology for early and diagnosis of life-threatening pathogenic microbes causing severe infections. Its Amplidiag product line comprises products for gastrointestinal pathogens and utilizes quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction technology. The company was founded by Mart Saarma in 2000 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

Medicel Oy develops and provides software services for reverse engineering and modeling of biochemical pathways for drug discovery and validation. The company's product platforms include Medicel Integrator, Medicel Explorer, and Medicel Services. Medicel was founded in March 2001 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland

Forbion Capital Partners Management Holding BV (Forbion) is a Netherlands-based venture capital firm which was founded by Bart Bergstein. Headquartered in Naarden, the firm specializes in late-stage and early-stage clinical development programs to optimize the commercial potential of their investee company's technologies.

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries & Assns is a trade association that promotes pharmaceutical discovery and development. The non-profit company is based in Brussels, Belgium.

F2G Ltd. provides novel drugs for the treatment of life-threatening systemic fungal diseases. It primarily focuses on developing an F3 series of anti mould compound, which is an antifungal agent that acts through a mechanism different from marketed drugs. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

Acacia Pharma Ltd. develops supportive care product opportunities for post-surgical and cancer patients. It specializes in the discovery and development of cancer supportive care product opportunities based on established drugs. The firm’s product pipeline addresses supportive care indications, such as post-operative and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, xerostomia and cachexia. The company was founded by Andrew Muncey, Julian Clive Gilbert and Robert William Gristwood in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

BiognoSYS AG operates as a biotechnology company. Its products include iRT Kit, HRM Kit, Sample Prep Kit, PlasmaDive, Spectronaut and SpectroDive. The company was founded by Philipp M. Antoni, Johan Malmstroem and Oliver Rinner on September 3, 2008 and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

Athyrium Capital Management LP (Athyrium) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded by Jeffrey A. Ferrell in 2008 as Athyrium Capital Management LLC and converted from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware limited partnership in 2015. Athyrium provides advisory services on a discretionary basis to its clients, which may include specific tailored vehicles and pooled investment vehicles intended for sophisticated investors and institutional investors.

MediSapiens Oy provides solutions for bioinformatics analysis. It offers software and products for biological research. The firm creates customized bioinformatics software solutions to organizations; ranging from data management system, to full sample and data processing system, to an animal deoxyribonucleic acid testing service. Its products include Biond Explorer; Research Integrator; IST Online; Target Scout; and Fusion Scout. The company was founded by Sami Kalevi Kilpinen, Olli-Pekka Kallioniemi, and Tommi Pisto in 2009 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

PIQUR Therapeutics AG engages in development of anti-cancer drugs based on the inhibition. Its products include PQR309, PQR620 and PQR5xx. The company was founded by Bernd Giese, Vladimir Cmiljanovic, Andreas Emmenegger, Ralf Rosenow and Matthias Wymann in August 2011 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Innovestor Oy is a venture and growth equity firm headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. The firm was founded by Tommi Äijälä and Antti Parviainen in 2014.

Amryt Pharma Holdings Ltd. is a pharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and delivery of treatments to help improve the lives of patients with rare and orphan diseases. Its products include Lomitapide and Metreleptin. The Lomitapide provides homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), and Metreleptin provides treatment for generalized lipodystrophy (GL) and partial lipodystrophy (PL). The company was founded on December 20, 2004 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

NMD Pharma ApS engages with the research and preparation of small molecules targeting an undisclosed ion. It offers medical treatment of neuromuscular diseases for patients with chronic muscle wasting diseases such as myasthenia gravis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The company was founded by Ole B?kgaard Nielsen, Thomas Holm Pedersen, and Claus Elsborg Olesen on May 7, 2015 and is headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark.

Innovestor Ventures Oy is a venture capital firm, a subsidiary of Innovestor Oy founded in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Part of Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Essential Pharmaceuticals LLC is a company that manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Durham, NC. The company was founded in 2006. Emma Jane Johnson has been the CEO of the company since 2023. Essential Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Accord Healthcare, Inc. on July 26, 2017.

Meles Consulting Oy provides management consulting services. The private company is based in Espoo, Finland. The CEO of the Finnish company is Pekka Ilmari Simula.

Essential Pharmaceuticals Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company was founded on November 24, 2010 and is headquartered in Egham, the United Kingdom.

HVR Cardio Oy is a Finnish cardiovascular device company that is developing breakthrough solutions for mitral valve repair based on its proprietary helix technology. The company is based in Espoo, Finland. The company's lead products, CathHELIX® and MAR®, are transcatheter and surgical mitral valve repair devices that are designed to be faster, easier to use, and less invasive without compromising clinical efficacy. The company was founded by Olli Urho Tapani Keränen, and Tom Fleming has been the CEO of the company since 2022.