Ray Therapeutics Funding, Investors & Competitors

Johnson & Johnson is the world's largest and most diverse healthcare firm. It has two divisions: innovative medicine and medtech. These now represent all of the company's sales following the divestment of the consumer business, Kenvue, in 2023. After restructurings in 2023-24, the drug division focuses on three main therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, and neurology. Geographically, just over half of total revenue is generated in the United States.

Roche is a Swiss biopharmaceutical and diagnostic company. The firm's bestselling pharmaceutical products include a variety of oncology therapies from acquired partner Genentech, and its diagnostics group was bolstered by the acquisition of Ventana in 2008. Oncology products account for 50% of pharmaceutical sales, and centralized and point-of-care diagnostics for more than half of diagnostic-related sales.

Merck KGaA operates in three main segments: life science, electronics, and healthcare. The life science segment provides laboratory consumables and instruments to researchers in academia and applied fields, including the biopharmaceutical industry. The electronics segment offers specialty materials to manufacture a variety of products, such as semiconductors and flat-screen televisions. In the healthcare segment, Merck develops, manufactures, and sells branded pharmaceuticals with significant therapeutic concentrations in oncology, multiple sclerosis, and fertility. In 1995, the E. Merck family publicly sold part of the company, resulting in the current 30% public ownership of the firm.

Illumina provides tools and services to analyze genetic material with life science and clinical lab applications. The company generates over 90% of its revenue from sequencing instruments, consumables, and services. Illumina’s high-throughput technology enables whole genome sequencing in humans and other large organisms. Its lower throughput tools enable applications that require smaller data outputs, such as viral and cancer tumor screening. Illumina also sells microarrays (9% of 2024 sales) that enable lower-cost, focused genetic screening with primarily consumer and agricultural applications.

Biosplice Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology firm headquartered in San Diego, California. The company develops small-molecule modulators of splicing factors to treat degenerative diseases, fibrosis, and cancers, with lead candidates in phase II trials for osteoarthritis and dry age-related macular degeneration.

Biomat USA is a network of plasma collection centers operated by Grifols producing source plasma for therapies treating hemophilia, immune deficiencies, and trauma. Centers in the United States offer donor compensation and community support programs, contributing to global supplies of albumin, immunoglobulins, and clotting factors.

Sinovac Life Sciences is a research-driven biopharma conducting vaccine R&D, production, and commercialization for human infectious diseases. Based in China, it focuses on viral pathogens through clinical trials, process scale-up, and regulatory filings. Operations mirror Sinovac Biotech efforts in formulation stability and large-scale filling for needle-free and traditional delivery systems.

ArsenalBio is a South San Francisco-based, clinical-stage cell therapy company that engineers CAR T-cell therapies using CRISPR-based genome editing and logic-gating technology. Its pipeline targets solid tumors including ovarian, kidney, and prostate cancers, with its lead candidate, AB-2100, in Phase 1/2 trials for clear-cell renal cell carcinoma under a collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb. The platform is designed to address T-cell exhaustion, tumor specificity, and genome toxicity, challenges that have limited CAR T therapies in solid tumors.

BioRay Pharmaceuticals is a Shanghai-headquartered biopharma with R&D centers in Taizhou, Hangzhou, San Diego, and over 1,400 employees focused on immunology therapies. It commercializes three products in China for autoimmune diseases including Telitacicept for SLE, with a pipeline of 20 preclinical and 10 clinical assets targeting cancer and inflammation. Founded in 2010, BioRay operates GMP facilities for full-cycle development.

Rakuten Medical is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing photoimmunotherapy for cancer treatment using its Alluminox platform. Its lead product, ASP-1929, gained approval in Japan for head and neck cancer. Rakuten Medical conducts global trials and offers expanded access programs via rakuten-med.com across multiple countries.

Wilson Wolf Corporation is a medical device manufacturer headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, producing gas-permeable cell culture flasks and bioreactors for mammalian cell expansion in applications like monoclonal antibody production, stem cell therapy, and tissue engineering. Established in 1998, the company supplies platforms used by researchers at Mayo Clinic and universities for immunotherapy and diabetes research.

FibroGen is a biopharmaceutical company discovering therapies based on hypoxia-inducible factor and connective tissue growth factor biology for anemia, fibrosis, and cancer. Its flagship product roxadustat, a HIF-PH inhibitor, received approval in China in 2018 and Japan in 2019 for anemia in chronic kidney disease, with ongoing global trials. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, FibroGen partners with AstraZeneca and Astellas for commercialization in multiple regions.

BenevolentAI is a London-headquartered clinical-stage company using artificial intelligence for drug discovery, listed on Euronext Amsterdam under BAI. Its platform supports 13 named programs and over 10 exploratory ones, with collaborations including AstraZeneca on respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. Facilities in Cambridge and New York enable wet-lab validation of AI-generated candidates.

Immunai is a biotechnology company with locations in New York City, San Francisco, and Tel Aviv, mapping the immune system using single-cell genomics and machine learning. The firm profiles hundreds of immune cell types from blood samples via its proprietary database, aiding biomarker discovery for therapeutics in autoimmune diseases and cancer.

Eli Lilly is a drug firm with a focus on neuroscience, cardiometabolic, cancer, and immunology. Lilly's key products include Verzenio for cancer; Mounjaro, Zepbound, Jardiance, Trulicity, Humalog, and Humulin for cardiometabolic; and Taltz and Olumiant for immunology.

AbbVie is a pharmaceutical firm with a strong exposure to immunology (with Humira, Skyrizi, and Rinvoq) and oncology (with Imbruvica and Venclexta). The company was spun off from Abbott in early 2013. The 2020 acquisition of Allergan added several new products and drugs in aesthetics, including Botox. The 2024 acquisitions of Cerevel (neuroscience) and ImmunoGen (oncology) help supplement AbbVie's portfolio.

Merck makes pharmaceutical products to treat several conditions in a number of therapeutic areas, including cardiometabolic disease, cancer, and infections. Within cancer, the firm's immuno-oncology platform, led by Keytruda, is a major contributor to overall sales. The company also has a substantial vaccine business aimed at preventing pediatric diseases, as well as Gardasil for human papillomavirus. Additionally, Merck sells animal health-related drugs. From a geographical perspective, 47% of the company's sales are generated from US human health (pharmaceuticals and vaccines).

Novartis develops and manufactures innovative drugs. Key areas of drug development are oncology, immunology, neuroscience, respiratory, and cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic. It also has an established medicines business, which includes off-patent franchises. The company sells its products globally, with the United States constituting close to one-third of total revenue.