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13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Minneapolis, MNFounded in part by RiverVest, Lutonix developed the first FDA-approved drug-coated angioplasty balloon catheter that delivers paclitaxel to the arterial wall when used for the treatment of peripheral artery disease. Paclitaxel is an...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Rockville, MDIPO October 2013 (NASDAQ: MGNX)MacroGenics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. The company generates its pipeline of...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} San Francisco, CAIPO July 2019 (NASDAQ: MIRM)Mirum was formed, with support from RiverVest, to develop the compound previously developed by Lumena (see Lumena discussion above).  After Takeda’s acquisition of Shire, the compound, now called...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} San Diego, CAMpex Pharmaceuticals developed inhaled levofloxacin (brand name Quinsair), an antibiotic used for long-term lung infection treatment in people with cystic fibrosis. Levofloxacin is a well-known antibiotic that had been approved and prescribed...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} San Diego, CAOtonomy works to bring new treatment options to patients with hearing and balance disorders. Otonomy’s technology enables drugs to reach targets effectively and safely within the protected inner ear. The company is...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Portsmouth, NHSalient Surgical developed the AquamantysTM system, which uses proprietary TranscollationTM technology that combines radiofrequency (RF) energy and saline to provide sealing of vascular tissue without the smoke and charring associated with competing methods....

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Cleveland, OHSecurus Medical developed a device to provide clinicians a simple to use, real-time, noncontact, thermal map of body cavity tissue temperature, including in the esophagus during ablation procedures for treating atrial fibrillation, to...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Minneapolis, MNVelocimed developed multiple unique interventional cardiology products, including a proximal embolic protection device (Proxis™), a patent foramen ovale (“PFO”) closure device (PremereTM) and a directional catheter (VentureTM) for navigating tortuous vasculature. Each of...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Fort Worth, TXIPO June 2014, then acquired by AstraZeneca December 2015.ZS Pharma developed Lokelma, a drug to treat hyperkalemia, a serious condition characterized by elevated potassium levels in the blood associated with cardiovascular, renal...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Portland, ORSparrow Pharmaceuticals was founded to spare patients the ravages of corticosteroids. Leveraging underappreciated scientific insights into steroid biology, the company is working to provide better treatment options for serious disorders of hypercortisolism, and...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} San Carlos, CAGlycomine is developing orphan drugs for serious rare disorders of metabolism and protein misfolding for which no other therapeutic options exist. The company's approach is to use replacement therapies – substrates, enzymes,...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Waltham, MASeQure Dx, Inc. is applying state-of-the-art genomics technologies for gene editor target profiling to advance discovery, clinical development, and diagnostic solutions. Their core technologies, GUIDE-seq and ONE-seq, enable identification of all potential off-target...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} San Francisco, CABluejay Therapeutics develops innovative cures for infectious diseases. The first target indication is chronic HBV infection (CHBV). Bluejay has in-licensed three promising assets from Novartis that use different mechanisms to contribute to...

13 Dec

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/ PORTFOLIO /*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=".svg"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} San Diego, CABiolinq is a medical device company developing a wearable biosensor platform that measures biomarkers important to the management of many clinical conditions including diabetes. The company's first product is a needle-free, intelligent...