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Endeavor BioMedicines is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Solana Beach-headquartered in California, it advances its lead candidate, ENDEAVOR-101, a TNIK inhibitor in Phase 2 trials targeting fibrotic pathways. The firm raised $115 million in Series A financing from investors like Alpha Wave Global and Sanofi Ventures. Founded in 2018 by veterans from Gilead and Roche, Endeavor focuses on precision medicine for rare lung diseases affecting over 100,000 patients in the US.

Expedition Therapeutics is a San Diego-headquartered clinical-stage biotech developing oral therapies for inflammatory respiratory diseases. Its lead candidate, EXPD-101, inhibits dipeptidyl peptidase 1 to reduce neutrophilic inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchiectasis. The company completed Phase 1 trials in 2023 and plans Phase 2 studies in 2024 across Europe and North America. Expedition in-licenses assets while building internal pipelines, supported by a team from GSK and AstraZeneca. It operates R&D facilities in La Jolla, California.

Neurogene Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to overcoming the limitations of neurological diseases into treatable conditions, by harnessing its proprietary transgene regulation technology, EXACTTM (Expression Attenuation via Construct Tuning). It is building a differentiated product portfolio of genetic medicines for rare neurological diseases with high unmet needs. The drug candidates in the company's product pipeline include NGN-401, which is in development for the treatment of Rett syndrome, using its EXACT platform, and NGN-101, a non-EXACT, conventional gene therapy development candidate for the treatment of CLN5 Batten disease, designed to deliver the CLN5 gene and packaged in an AAV9 capsid.

Lepu Bio is a Beijing-headquartered biopharmaceutical company that develops oncology therapeutics, including antibody-drug conjugates like the HER2-targeting LPB-001 in phase 1 trials, oncolytic viruses such as LPB-R1, a PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibody in phase 2, and CAR-T cell therapies. Part of the Lepu Medical group, it maintains R&D centers in Beijing and San Diego. The company listed on the Shanghai STAR Market in August 2023 under stock code 688008, raising over 1 billion RMB. Its pipeline spans 10 clinical-stage candidates targeting solid tumors like breast, lung, and gastric cancers.

OmniAb Inc offers therapeutic antibody discovery technologies. It focuses on enabling the rapid development of therapeutics by pushing the frontiers of drug discovery technologies. Its technology platform is designed to enable the efficient discovery of high-quality, fully human antibodies for a wide range of diseases. The heart of the OmniAb technology platform is the Biological Intelligence of its proprietary transgenic animals, including OmniRat, OmniMouse, and OmniChicken, that have been genetically modified to generate antibodies with human sequences which are naturally optimized through in vivo affinity maturation.

MAXVAX is a China-based biotechnology firm developing vaccines for infectious diseases. Headquartered in Shanghai, the company advances novel platforms for HPV, influenza, and hand-foot-mouth disease vaccines, conducting clinical trials in partnership with Chinese CDC institutes.

Altimmune Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for obesity, metabolic diseases, and liver diseases. Its product candidate, pemvidutide (formerly known as ALT-801), is a novel, investigational, peptide-based GLP-1/glucagon dual receptor agonist. Pemvidutide is currently in clinical development for obesity and metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). The company also plans to pursue additional indications for pemvidutide that leverage the differentiated clinical profile of pemvidutide.

Oneness Biotech Co Ltd is engaged in the research and development of new drugs, the sale of pharmaceutical products and health products, and other related businesses. It focuses on developing drugs for the treatment of chronic skin and immune diseases. The company's product portfolio comprises FESPIXON cream, for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers, and also has various other product candidates in its development pipeline, such as FB825, FB704A, SNS812, OB318, and others. Along with its subsidiaries, the company operates in the following reportable segments: New drug research and development, which derives maximum revenue, and the Agricultural products cultivation segment.

Senores Pharmaceuticals Ltd is a research-driven pharmaceutical company engaged in developing and manufacturing a wide range of pharmaceutical products predominantly for the Regulated Markets of the USA, Canada and United Kingdom across various therapeutic areas and dosage forms, with a presence in Emerging Markets. Its strength lies in identifying, developing and manufacturing a diverse range of specialty, underpenetrated and complex pharmaceutical products establishing the company as a preferred partner to certain customers. Through data analytics, research, market assessment and experienced management, It strategically identifies commercially underpenetrated molecules to launch products in the Regulated and Emerging Markets.

Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp. is a manufacturer of antibiotics. The company manufactures and distributes over 130 ethical, OTC pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical active ingredients, primarily focusing on the application of its advanced technologies in fermentation and organic synthesis. The product range includes Rifampicin (antituberculosis), DMCT (raw material for Minocycline), Cephalosporins, 7-ACA and other intermediates of Cephalosporins, Cyclosporin A (immunosuppressant) and Lovastatin (antihyperlipidaemic agent).

Phathom Pharmaceuticals Inc operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm is focused on developing and commercializing novel treatments for gastrointestinal, or GI, diseases. Its product comprises vonoprazan, an oral small-molecule potassium competitive acid blocker medicine that blocks acid secretion in the stomach. Vonoprazan shows rapid, potent, and durable anti-secretory effects and has demonstrated clinical benefits in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, and in combination with antibiotics for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection.

Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on developing and producing vaccines and biologics. It is engaged in developing IP-protected cell-culture technologies for vaccine manufacturing. The company develops vaccines and affordable biosimilars to prevent regional infectious diseases. The group generates revenue from manufacturing and selling a range of COVID-19 vaccines and COVID-19 test kits and provides technical services on cellular therapy product quality and cell culture tests.

Valneva SE is a vaccine company focused on developing life-saving vaccines. Its portfolio includes three vaccines for travelers. The segments of the group are Commercialized vaccines which relate to marketed vaccines, the group's vaccines IXIARO/JESPECT, DUKORAL, IXCHIQ; Covid includes development, manufacturing, & distribution related to the COVID-19 vaccine, Vaccine candidates which relate to research and development programs to generate new approvable products to generate future cash flows from product sales through partnering with pharmaceutical companies; & Technologies and services which relate to services and inventions at a commercialization stage. The company generates majority of its revenue from product sales.

Crescent Biopharma Inc is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat solid tumors, led by CR-001, a proprietary anti-PD-1/anti-VEGF bispecific antibody. Crescent believes CR-001 has the potential to deliver improved clinical efficacy and safety over pembrolizumab. CR-001 is a new molecular entity designed to replicate the functional properties of ivonescimab, a cooperative bispecific anti-PD-1/anti-VEGF antibody in development by Akeso Biopharma and Summit Therapeutics that delivered improved efficacy in a head-to-head Phase 3 clinical trial versus Keytruda in non-small cell lung cancer. Crescent is advancing its second and third programs, CR-002 and CR-003, which are antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) against validated oncology targets.

Yidao Biotechnology, also known as SHIP Biotechnology, is a Suzhou-based biotech company founded in 2017. It researches, develops, and industrializes human vaccines and biomedical products, including recombinant protein antigen vaccines, viral vector vaccines, mRNA vaccines, and vaccine adjuvant platforms, to address domestic and international health needs.

Verastem Inc is late-stage development biopharmaceutical company, committed to advancing new medicines for patients battling cancer. Its pipeline is focused on novel anticancer agents that inhibit critical signaling pathways in cancer that promote cancer cell survival and tumor growth, particularly RAF/MEK inhibition and FAK inhibition.

MiMedx Group Inc develops and markets regenerative biomaterial products and bioimplants made from the human amniotic membrane, birth tissues, and human skin & bone. Its products are targeted towards the wound-care, burn, surgical, sports medicine, and orthopedics markets. MiMedx's key products are allografts processed from amniotic tissue, which include EpiFix for external use and AmnioFix for internal use. AmnioCord, AmnioFill, EpiBurn, and EpiCord are some of its other products. Also, it sells allografts for ophthalmic surgery and dental applications through licenses to third parties.