Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited engages in the research, development, manufacture, import, sale, and marketing of pharmaceutical products. The company offers prescription drugs, OTC drugs, and quasi-drugs. Its principal products include Olmetec, Rezaltas, Calblock, and Mevalotin for cardiovascular diseases; Cravit for infectious diseases; Loxonin for bone/joint diseases; and Urief for urological diseases. The company also offers vaccines. In addition, the company is developing products for various diseases, which are under various clinical trial stages. Further, it manufactures and sells cosmetics, medical equipment, food, and beverages, as well as veterinary medicines; and manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates. Daiichi Sankyo primarily operates in Japan, North America, Europe, and India. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Daiichi Sankyo

Lilly Ventures is the venture capital arm of Eli Lilly and Company responsible for life science investing in North America and Europe.  Its primary goal is to facilitate the success of companies in its areas of focus through early to expansion stage investments and value-adding resources. Lilly Ventures currently has $200 million under management and focuses on three major areas of interest. It partner actively with the management teams of its portfolio companies to realize the potential of their technologies.

Lilly Ventures

Medpace, Inc., a clinical research organization, provides clinical development services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.Medpace, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Medpace

Helix Ventures is a healthcare-focused venture capital firm with historical roots that go back to the early days of the venture capital industry. Each of the partners brings to the firm an effective combination of entrepreneurial, scientific and investment experience.  Helix Ventures focuses on investments in innovative therapeutic product opportunities that solve important problems for patients and create value for investors. We are known for being value added partners with management in building fundamentally strong companies.

Helix Ventures

Cook Pharmica is a privately held contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) that provides biopharmaceutical companies with a unique one-source, one-location model for development, clinical or commercial cell culture manufacturing, formulation, parenteral product manufacturing and secondary packaging. Centrally located in Bloomington, Indiana, Cook Pharmica is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Cook Group, which includes the largest privately held medical device manufacturer in the world, Cook Medical. The company maintains a simple goal: to deliver quality product in a timely manner. To do this effectively, Cook Pharmica has invested heavily in its facility, people and processes.

Cook Pharmica, LLC

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is an investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and, through its strategic partners, hedge funds. The company generates investment returns for its fund investors through a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing people, and driving growth and value creation.

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts

Venrock continues a tradition of partnering with entrepreneurs to establish successful, enduring companies. With a primary focus on technology and healthcare, portfolio companies have included Apple Computer, Athenahealth, Centocor, Check Point Software, DoubleClick, Endeca, Gilead Sciences, Idec Pharma, Imperva, Illumina, Intel, Nest, SlideShare, and Tudou.

Venrock

Sofinnova Ventures has partnered with entrepreneurs to secure initial funding, build successful teams, win key customers, and navigate acquisitions and IPOs. Sofinnova Ventures invests in Life Science and Technology start-ups. Their professionals are seasoned business operators, possessing deep domain and investment expertise. They know how to help entrepreneurs build successful, global businesses.

Sofinnova Investments

RA Capital Management is an investment advisor based in Boston specializing in the life-sciences and drug development sectors. The company's team has been investing since 2002 and is comprised of professionals with training in biology, chemistry, and medicine and also has industry and business development experience at the executive and board levels. The company invests in companies with promising technologies and products.

RA Capital Management

Rock Springs Capital is an investment company situated in Baltimore, Maryland. The company specializes in offering advisory services, primarily focused on managing security portfolios and providing portfolio management solutions to businesses and institutional clients. Through its advisory activities, Rock Springs Capital aims to assist clients in optimizing their investment strategies and achieving their financial goals.

Rock Springs Capital

KMG Capital Partners is a principal investment firm and is based in the United States.

KMG Capital Partners

Limited resources, a thin CV, comments like “a hair-brained idea, hasn’t been done before”, what if the largest company in your industry decides to make this product, the markets are bad, the markets are good. If you have heard and seen all this, welcome and you’re not alone. Even a start-up VC fund faces all this.  VIVA aims to become a leading venture capital firm spawned in India. Inspired by the start-up funds from the Valley in the 1960s we roll up our sleeves and work with our investees, whether it is on writing a plan, fixing a supply chain, selling to prospects or reviewing a commercial policy. A true venture investor has to participate in the business and work alongside the management to build it out. VIVA works with its investees.

Viva Capital Advisors

The firm is a 25-year-old global investment firm focused on healthcare with approximately $5.8 billion in AUM, which we have invested in over 290 public and private companies worldwide. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices in Asia.  Our team consists of 50 multi-disciplinary professionals, including, physicians, scientists, entrepreneurs, operating executives, and industry experts. The firm operates as a multi-fund investment platform, covering growth equity, private equity including buyout, venture capital, and public equity. Vivo invests broadly in healthcare across all fund strategies, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and healthcare services, with a focus on the largest healthcare markets.

Vivo Capital

Eight Roads Ventures is a global venture capital firm managing $11bn of assets across offices in the UK, China, India, Japan, and the US. Together with our associated funds, including our US sister fund F-Prime Capital, our 50-year history of investing includes partnerships with over 500 companies such as Alibaba, AppsFlyer, Chewy, Fareye, Fever, Flywire, Fireblocks, Funnel.io, Gloat, Hibob, Icertis, Neo4j, Otrium, Owkin, Paidy, Spendesk, Tibber, Toast, Wallapop and Xoom.

Eight Roads Ventures

F-Prime's roots are in one of America’s great entrepreneurial success stories. Fidelity Investments was founded in 1946 and grew from a single mutual fund into one of the largest asset management firms in the world, with over $2 trillion in assets under management. For the last forty years, this venture capital group has had the privilege of backing other great entrepreneurs as they built ground-breaking companies in technology and life sciences, including Atari, MCI, ROLM Corp., Alibaba, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, and Ultragenyx.  Today, F-Prime's funds are larger and more global, but its teams are still small and local. F-Prime stays true to its entrepreneurial roots. In the US and Europe, F-Prime Capital Partners is investing in healthcare (formerly Fidelity Biosciences) and in technology (formerly part of Devonshire Investors). In other geographies, its sister fund is called Eight Roads (formerly Fidelity Growth Partners), with investment teams in London, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Mumbai.   Together F-Prime brings a world of insight, domain expertise and relationships to support entrepreneurs. Without the pressure of fundraising from outside investors, F-Prime Capital Partners focuses all of its time finding and helping great entrepreneurs build important companies.

F-Prime Capital

Coherus Biosciences

Coherus Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company that engages in the development, manufacture, and commercialization of biologic therapeutics. The company develops biologic medicines primarily for the treatment of oncology and inflammatory diseases. It focuses on process science, analytical characterization, protein production, and clinical-regulatory development. Its pipeline includes Immunology, anti-tumor necrosis factor (Anti-TNF) biosimilar candidates; Ophthalmology biosimilar candidates; and Oncology Biosimilar candidates.

Coherus BioSciences is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative immunotherapies for cancer treatment. The company's strategy revolves around building a leading immuno-oncology franchise funded by cash generated from its portfolio of FDA-approved therapeutics. Coherus markets several biosimilar products in the US, including UDENYCA (pegfilgrastim-cbqv), a biosimilar of Neulasta, CIMERLI (ranibizumab-eqrn), a biosimilar of Lucentis, and YUSIMRY (adalimumab-aqvh), a biosimilar of Humira.

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Coherus BioSciences is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative immunotherapies for cancer treatment. The company's strategy revolves around building a leading immuno-oncology franchise funded by cash generated from its portfolio of FDA-approved therapeutics. Coherus markets several biosimilar products in the US, including UDENYCA (pegfilgrastim-cbqv), a biosimilar of Neulasta, CIMERLI (ranibizumab-eqrn), a biosimilar of Lucentis, and YUSIMRY (adalimumab-aqvh), a biosimilar of Humira.
In July 2023, Coherus launched YUSIMRY at a list price of USD 995 per carton for two 40 mg/0.8 mL autoinjectors, representing a discount of more than 85% compared to Humira. This pricing strategy aims to improve patient access to adalimumab treatment by offering significant cost savings. YUSIMRY is indicated for various autoimmune conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and Crohn's disease.
Coherus is also developing toripalimab, an anti-PD-1 antibody, for the US and Canadian markets through a licensing agreement with Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Ltd. A Biologics License Application (BLA) for toripalimab in combination with chemotherapy for treating recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma was under FDA review.
In March 2024, Coherus reported net revenue of USD 91.5 million for Q4 2023 and USD 257.2 million for the full year 2023, driven by sales of UDENYCA and CIMERLI. However, the company faced challenges, including a net loss of USD 79.7 million in Q4 and USD 237.9 million for the full year 2023. To address these challenges, Coherus initiated a workforce reduction of 30% to streamline operations and focus on oncology.

Custom Biologics is a Canadian contract research organization (CRO) specializing in bioanalytical services for biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, and cell and gene therapy products. With over 20 years of experience, the company focuses on designing and validating regulatory compliant assays for functional characterization, potency/bioactivity assessments, clinical pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of biotherapeutic drugs. Custom Biologics' genomics group develops molecular genetic assays for gene and genome analysis, measuring genetic inserts and transgenes in gene therapy vectors, oncolytic viruses, and nucleic acid-based vaccines. The company has also developed a proprietary isothermal nucleic acid amplification technology called DASL-RAPID for rapid identification of human and food-borne pathogens. Custom Biologics maintains a Health Canada cGMP Drug Establishment License and operates under a quality system based on FDA and EMEA GLP guidelines. The company's services are utilized in preclinical research and development programs, as well as for validated GMP-compliant assays suitable for stability analysis, clinical analysis, and clinical/market lot release testing. Custom Biologics employs state-of-the-art bioanalytical laboratory equipment and sophisticated statistical software to generate data for submissions to regulatory agencies worldwide.

Custom Biologics

CuriRx, Inc., founded in 2012, is a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in Wilmington, Massachusetts. The company specializes in providing end-to-end support for biotherapeutic drug developers, focusing on complex molecules such as recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, bispecific antibodies, vaccines, antibody drug conjugates, oligonucleotides, and gene therapy products. CuriRx's services encompass upstream and downstream process development, optimization, characterization, scale-up and scale-down, analytical development, formulation development, and lyophilization.
In January 2022, CuriRx launched its Advanced Bioprocessing and Analytical Center, which combines state-of-the-art bioprocessing laboratories with the CuriLytics Platform's high-resolution analytical instrumentation. This center aims to accelerate biotherapeutic drug development by leveraging the team's extensive bioprocessing experience and employing the latest methods in upstream and downstream process development. The CuriLytics Platform utilizes high-resolution mass spectrometry and various orthogonal characterization methods to further de-risk drug development.
CuriRx has the capacity to produce non-GMP vials for animal studies and non-GMP stability support studies. The company's key personnel have been involved in successful development projects for notable drugs such as HUMIRA, SYNAGIS, BLINCYTO, and GATTEX. In September 2013, CuriRx was awarded a five-year contract by the National Cancer Institute for the development and production of oncology products, demonstrating its expertise in the field.

CuriRx

Paras Biopharmaceuticals Finland Oy is a biopharmaceutical technology development company based in Oulu, Finland. Founded in 2012, the company specializes in the development and manufacturing of complex biologics and biosimilars using microbial expression systems. Paras Biopharmaceuticals operates a state-of-the-art 25,000 square foot biologics production facility in Finland, which includes 4,300 square feet of classified cleanroom space. The facility is equipped for media and buffer preparation, fermentation, harvest and extraction, purification, final filtration, and freeze-drying.
The company's core activities are divided into two main divisions: Paras Biopharma, which focuses on biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) services, and Paras Biologics, which handles biosimilar development and licensing. Paras Biopharmaceuticals has developed proprietary technology platforms including Biomultifold, Noblecleav, and Cytofold StructQuant to achieve high productivity and quality in biologics manufacturing. These technologies enable the company to produce complex proteins and biosimilars cost-effectively at scale.
As of December 2022, Paras Biopharmaceuticals reported achieving success with "Continuous Biomanufacturing" for high-value onco-immunology and urology biosimilars. The company has also made advancements in maximizing recombinant protein expression in microbial systems, reporting expression levels of up to 12g/L or more of fully folded, biologically active protein in fermentation broth as of July 2023.

Paras Biopharmaceuticals

Kashiv Biosciences, LLC is a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on developing biosimilars and specialty biopharmaceutical products. The company has global research and development, clinical, regulatory, and manufacturing capabilities. Kashiv utilizes its MayaBio reactor technology to develop biosimilars. The company's product portfolio includes biosimilars targeting conditions such as asthma, chronic idiopathic urticaria, and neutropenia. Kashiv's lead biosimilar candidate, ADL018, is a proposed biosimilar to Xolair (omalizumab) currently in Phase III clinical trials for chronic spontaneous urticaria. In March 2022, Kashiv received FDA approval for its first biosimilar RELEUKO (filgrastim-ayow), a biosimilar referencing Neupogen. The company has a robust pipeline of seven biosimilars and multiple 505(b)(2) and complex peptide generic products in development. Kashiv operates FDA-approved GMP manufacturing facilities in Chicago, Illinois and has state-of-the-art R&D infrastructure in Ahmedabad, India. The company is headquartered in Piscataway, New Jersey.
Key customers and partnerships
Kashiv has established strategic partnerships to commercialize its products globally. In October 2023, Kashiv entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Alvotech for the development and commercialization of ADL018 in Europe, the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. In July 2024, Kashiv signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Amneal Pharmaceuticals for the commercialization of ADL018 in the US. Kashiv has also collaborated with Amneal on the development and commercialization of other biosimilars, including RELEUKO and FYLNETRA. These partnerships allow Kashiv to leverage its partners' commercial expertise and global reach to bring its biosimilar products to market.

Kashiv Biosciences

Biotechnology companies that focus on the research, development, production, and commercialization of prescription drugs including biosimilars.

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