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AbCellera
AbCellera has developed a next generation technology for the analysis and screening of naturally derived immune repertoires. This platform uses high-throughput single cell analysis to enable the discovery of naturally derived monoclonal antibodies with unmatched speed, efficiency, and assay flexibility. By eliminating the need to culture cells this approach may be applied to antibody discovery from non-traditional host species, including rabbits and llamas, and achieves industry-leading capabilities in isolating antibodies from patient samples, with applications in infectious disease and autoimmunity.
AbCellera is engaged in antibody discovery projects with early partners, including biotech and pharma companies, and is also initiating internal programs aimed at using immune profiling for target identification and lead molecule discovery.
We are looking for Series A financing from strategic investors, as well as new partnerships with antibody drug development companies.
Dr Carl Hansen
CEO & PresidentAdeTherapeutics Inc
“AdeTherapeutics’ approach has potential to become standard of care,” says Dr. Greenberg, Vice Chair Obs & Gyn at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.
Our platform technology which KOL’s have pointed out as a game changer in the area of preventing post operative fibrosis, is poised to create significant value. The pipeline contains a phase II drug for prevention of post operative fibrosis following pelvic and abdominal surgeries, med devices (collaboration with DSM Biomedical) for spinal surgery and additional opportunities in orthopedics.
The Company has built a world class team, utilized a capital efficient, highly targeted and focused approach and brought on the necessary strategic partners to bring first-in-class products to the market and establish standard of care for millions of surgeries worldwide.Key value propositions:
• useful in more procedures than current medical devices
• significant higher efficacy vs market comparators
• attractive safety profile & accelerated regulatory pathway
Key Milestones achieved:
- Phase II trial started
- Key markets patents issued: USA, EU, Japan
- Efficacy shown in different tissues areas
- Two peer reviewed publications in 2014
Adjuvant Therapuetics
Adjuvant Therapeutics Inc. is a clinical stage medical device company that is developing a system to improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy for cancer treatment. The system, called OncO2™, uses innovative technology to increase oxygen concentrations in tumours, making them more sensitive to radiation.
Poor tumour oxygen has long been known to make radiation less effective, particularly in cancers of the head and neck, where 5 year survival rates range from 17% to about 63%. The OncO2™ system allows for individual optimization of therapy to maximize the effectiveness of the radiation.
Adjuvant Therapeutics will initially focus on head and neck cancers, however the OncO2™ system can also address other types of resistant cancers such as those of the cervix and bladder.
Cliff Ansel
CEOAspect Biosystems
Aspect Biosystems uses proprietary bioprinting and cell culture technologies to create high quality living 3D human tissues. We aim to improve the pre-clinical drug discovery process by providing pharmaceutical companies and researchers with functional living tissues that better predict the human response to drugs. Our testing platforms will enable pharmaceutical customers to identify failed drugs earlier in the development pipeline, before expensive clinical trials begin. Aspect Biosystem’s long-term vision is to create human tissues on demand for multiple applications including cosmetics-testing, personalized medicine, diagnostics and regenerative medicine.
Mr Simon Beyer
Co-founderCDRD Ventures
CDRD Ventures Inc. (CVI) is the commercialization vehicle of the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD), Canada's national drug development and commercialization center that was founded in 2007 and is based in Vancouver, Canada. CVI seeks to advance promising drug development projects from CDRD using internal funds and through partnerships with international pharmaceutical companies, venture capital firms, biotech companies, and other funding agencies. CVI also seeks to in-license technologies from industry or non-CDRD affiliated research institutions. The firm considers both small molecule and biologic innovative technologies in virtually any therapeutic area.
Ms Natalie Dakers
President & CEOMr Michael Lincoln
Chief Financial and Business OfficerFusion Genomics Corporation
Fusion Genomics Corp (FG) is a molecular diagnostic test development company that is introducing diagnostic kits with companion analysis software that offer superior clinical information, faster turn-around-times and ease of use for hospitals and clinical laboratories. Fusion is the first of two companies in the world to bring a validated Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) diagnostic test complete with highly secure cloud based analytical service for childhood cancers (ChildSeq-RNA SRCT) into the clinic. This test was validated in the renowned medical testing facility at the Texas Children Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine.
FG is completing development of kits for facilitating absolute diagnosis of pediatric and adult blood cancers. In addition, FG has partnered with the Royal Tropical Institute (Dutch: Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen; KIT) a World Health Organization reference diagnostic laboratory for infectious diseases to design the next generation of assays for the detection of infectious diseases including drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis, influenza, hepatitis and hemorrhagic fevers including Ebola.
Mohammed Qadir
Chief Scientific OfficerFusion Pharma
Fusion Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage company committed to developing next generation precision radiopharmaceuticals for the diagnosis and treatment of human cancers with unmet medical needs. The Company’s lead product, FPX-01, combines an alpha radionuclide with the precise targeting of an antibody to cause selective cytotoxicity of tumor cells. FPX-01 will be entering Phase 2 clinical development in H2, 2015.
Michael Cross
Gait Tronics
GaitTronics has developed a robotic patient handling system called SoloWalk. SoloWalk provides effortless mobility for frail patients which would otherwise require two or more caregivers to assist them and put the patients at risk of falling. With SoloWalk's intelligent patient driven mobile system, a single caregiver can mobilize a patient. Additionally, an automatic fall protection system supports the patient automatically if a balance loss is detected, significantly reducing the risk of injury for patients and staff.
Currently, hospitals are only providing adequate mobility for 30% of their patients. With SoloWallk, these institutions can expect to significantly increase this proportion and reduce complications associated with immobility, including: functional decline, bed sores, increased delirium and increased length-of-stay. With the potential of reducing length-of-stay by two days, there is a significant ROI for using SoloWalk in an acute care setting.
Watch a demo of SoloWalk at http://youtu.be/tIcfEsnQ4uY .
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Betsy Bascom
President & CEOImmunimed Inc.
Immunimed Inc is a clinical-stage Biopharmaceutical company developing innovative egg-derived, oral potclonal antibody therapy to treat gastro-enteric infections/diseases. Our lead product IMM-001 targets super bug, Clostridium difficile, leading cause of hospital-acquired infections.
Currently is Phase II ready with remarkable clinical response in Proof on Concept multi-center clinical studies. Phase II clinical study is planned for Q2 2015.