Hugo Slootweg

Pulmagen Therapeutics (Synergy) Ltd. develops therapeutics for respiratory diseases. It engages in developing various internal proprietary programs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and cystic fibrosis. The company was founded in August 2000 and is headquartered in Stevenage, the United Kingdom.

Alantos Pharmaceuticals AG develops and manufactures molecule pharmaceuticals for arthritic and metabolic diseases. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany.

Pieris AG develops and markets Anticalin-brand proteins. The firm specializes in the research and development of its Anticalin technology, with focus on deriving therapeutic proteins from human lipocalins. It focuses on solving pharmacological and pharmaceutical limitations of both protein- and non-protein-based drug platforms. It offers a pipeline of Anticalin therapeutics that has active and multi-program research and development collaborations with biopharmaceutical companies. The company was founded by Arne Skerra, Steffen Schlehuber, and Claus Schalper in 2001 and is headquartered in Freising, Germany.

Roche Glycart AG discovers and develops drugs. It is active in the research and development of new potent antibody-based products for the treatment of unmet clinical needs such as cancer. It uses its proprietary set of technologies to endow therapeutic antibodies. The company has developed glycoengineering technology (GlycoMAb) to boost a natural mechanism of action of therapeutic antibodies developed to mediate target cell killing. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Fovea operates within the ophthalmic pharmaceutical market, which is expected to grow at a double-digit annual rate during the years to come. This growth is likely to be driven by new technologies and products, premium pricing facing no significant reimbursement issues, favorable trends (aging of the population, diabetes epidemiology and environmental factors) and dramatic expansion into the large and mostly untapped market for retinal degenerative diseases. With a limited number of players, the ophthalmology market has proved recently to be an early adopter of innovations, allowing new players to gain visibility very rapidly. During the last three years, Fovea has implemented this strategy, by acquiring products from large pharmaceutical or biotech companies and is actively developing them in four different indications. It has also integrated a unique drug discovery platform and has been able to identify one preclinical candidate and several interesting new targets.

Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (AMT) Holding NV engages in the development of human gene based therapies. The company has a product pipeline of several gene therapy products in development for hemophilia B, acute intermittent porphyria, Parkinson's disease and SanfilippoB. It is expected to be finally dissolved in September 2012. Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics (AMT) Holding was founded by Sander J. H. van Deventer and John J. P. Kastelein on March 20, 1998 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Forbion Capital Partners Management Holding BV (Forbion) is a Netherlands-based venture capital firm which was founded by Bart Bergstein. Headquartered in Naarden, the firm specializes in late-stage and early-stage clinical development programs to optimize the commercial potential of their investee company's technologies.

Oxyrane UK Ltd. engages in the development of novel enzyme replacement therapies for lysosomal storage disorders. Its product is a pre-clinical ERT for Pompe Disease - a serious muscle disease - produced using engineered yeast cells. The firm develops recombinant enzyme products using a proprietary, engineered yeast expression platform based on Yarrowia lipolytica. The company was founded by Robin Kumar Mitra, Adriana L. Botes and Michael Campbell in 2006 and is headquartered in Manchester, the United Kingdom.

Pulmagen Therapeutics Ltd. manufactures and develops respiratory drugs. Its services include pulmagen respiratory product pipeline, pulmagen crth2 antagonist product pipeline, new generation bronchodilators-astrazeneca collaboration, theocort-inhaled corticosteroid re-sensitisation, inhaled ppar gamma agonists and chiesi collaboration-anti-inflammatory agents. The company was founded in February 2010 and is headquartered in Slough, the United Kingdom.

ario pharma Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of drugs for the treatment of respiratory indications. The company was founded by John Ford and Patrick M. Round in 2010 and is headquartered in Great Shelford, the United Kingdom.

Part of Xention Pharma Ltd., Xention Ltd. is a British company that develops and researches drugs. The private company is based in Newmarket, UK. Xention was founded in 2002.

NorthSea Therapeutics BV operates as a biotechnology company. It develops oral, structurally engineered fatty acid therapeutics. The company was founded by Hilde H. Steineger and David A. Fraser and is headquartered in Naarden, the Netherlands.

Azafaros BV develops therapeutic agents for the treatment of rare metabolic disorders. The company was founded on July 1, 2018 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Impella Cardiosystems AG develops, manufactures, and markets minimally invasive cardiovascular support systems. The company is based in Aachen, Germany. The German company was founded by Thorsten Sieß.

Part of NewAmsterdam Pharma Co. NV, NewAmsterdam Pharma Holding BV is a Dutch company that engages in research and development of transformative therapies for cardio metabolic diseases. The private company is based in Naarden, the Netherlands. The company was founded in 2019 by John Jacob Pieter Kastelein. Michael H. Davidson has been the CEO of the company since 2020. NewAmsterdam Pharma Holding was acquired by Frazier Lifesciences Acquisition Corp. on November 22, 2022 for $468.74 million.

VectorY BV is a biotech company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that is dedicated to developing transformative medicines for people with neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Huntington's, and Parkinson's. VectorY's platform combines the promise of precise therapeutic antibodies with one-time AAV-based delivery to the CNS, enabling long-lasting CNS treatment after a single administration using cutting-edge antibody, AAV, and manufacturing technologies. The Dutch company's unique in-house expertise in antibodies, AAV vectors, protein degradation, manufacturing, and neuroscience drives the rapid development of much-needed disease-modifying therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. The company was founded by Sander J. van Deventer and Pavlina Konstantinova, with Sander J. van Deventer serving as the CEO since incorporation.

Forbion European Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. It engages in the business of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded by Hugo Alexander Slootweg in 2006 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

NewAmsterdam Pharma BV develops novel drugs to treat dyslipidemia. It operates as a biotechnology company and develops anti-dyslipidemic compounds in cardiovascular disease indications. The firm's product DEZ-001 develops a potent cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor that has shown a decrease of low-density lipoprotein levels, and an increase of high-density lipoprotein levels. The company was founded by John J. P. Kastelein in 2012 and is headquartered in Naarden, the Netherlands.