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Yield10 Bioscience is an agricultural bioscience company focusing on the development of disruptive technologies to produce step-change improvements in crop yield for food and feed crops to enhance global food security. Experts forecast that food production must be increased by over 70% in the next 35 years to feed the growing global population, which is expected to increase from 7 billion to more than 9.6 billion by 2050. Yield10 is focused on new agricultural biotechnology approaches to improve fundamental elements of plant metabolism through enhanced photosynthetic efficiency and directed carbon utilization. Yield10 is working to develop, validate and commercialize new traits and identify gene editing targets in several key crops including canola, soybean and corn. Yield10 was launched by Metabolix, Inc. in 2015 and is traded on Nasdaq (YTEN). Yield10 is headquartered in Woburn, MA and has an additional agricultural science facility with greenhouses in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Empirico is a venture-backed, next-generation therapeutics company founded on utilizing huge biological data sets, human genetics and programmable biology to power novel target discovery and development.
Replimune is creating a new class of oncolytic immunotherapy designed to ignite a powerful immune response to treat cancer and vaccinate against future relapse. Replimune`s mission is to revolutionize cancer treatment with therapies designed to activate a powerful and durable full-body anti-tumor response. Replimune is pioneering the development of novel tumor-directed oncolytic immunotherapies. We imagine a world where cancer is a curable disease.
Enzymotec develops and manufactures nutritional ingredients and medical foods, driven by a deep core of cutting-edge, proprietary technologies. Since its establishment in 1998, the company has enjoyed accelerated growth, generating impressive sales worldwide, by launching a diverse portfolio of innovative products. Our two business segments leverage our lipid-related expertise: Nutrition and Pharma. Enzymotec's diverse range of products span the entire human life-cycle - from infancy to old age, providing key ingredients for use in infant formula and nutritional supplements, as well as branded medical foods. Enzymotec's multi-disciplinary team, including scientists, engineers and business development professionals, have an outstanding track-record in turning advanced lipid science into commercially attractive, nutritional solutions, constantly enriching our unique cluster of technology and expertise.
Patara Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company developing a new therapy for the treatment of allergic and immunologic diseases and conditions that affect orphan patient populations. We completed a Phase 1 clinical trial with favorable results and have initiated Phase 2 clinical trials for several undisclosed indications that will read-out by the end of 2015.