Jianmin Pharma Group China

Jianmin Group (600976.SSE) is an integrated pharmaceutical company with a major focus on pediatric product development, manufacture, and marketing. Founded in 1953, headquartered in Wuhan, the largest city in Central China, its history can be traced back to 17th century. Jianmin has been a famous pharma brand in China among children and their parents for generations. Its rich pediatric portfolio ranges from nutrition, hematology, respiratory, digestive, CNS, to infections and common cold as well.

Website:
www.whjm.com
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Headquartner in China
Service Description
治疗产品 Therapeutic products
Wei Li
Head of Business Development 

Kymeris Therapeutics Inc. Canada

Kymeris Therapeutics (Canada) has exlusive license to a ground-breaking cell-based immunotherapeutic product for clinical development in cancer. This multivalent anti-cancer platform integrates multiple mechanisms in one modifiable platform. The product is tumor-homing, disables the local tumor defenses and expresses encoded biodrugs in the cancer - but not systemically.

*  We are seeking partners with small molecule or antibody (or any encodable peptide or protein) that would have an enabling platform compared to intravenous or intratumoral formulations.

*  We are also seeking strategic investors in the platform that has extremely high potential in future products, adaptable against almost any solid cancer.

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The platform can enable, or enhance, additional small molecule, antibody, peptide or cytokine agents.  It is a preclinical late-stage firm that has discovered and developed a First-in-Class immunotherapeutic platform based on non-pathogenic eukaryotes (nucleated cells, non-viral, non-bacterial). Our platform is original with the first scientific paper just published in November 2020 by the Journal of Immunotherapy of Cancer (BMJ), and our first scientific presentation at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the SITC where we presented recent report on a derivative that secreted human IL-15 within tumor, but devoid of serum detection of the cytokine.

The platform would be a paradigm shift from "reductive" (targeted, mono-mechanism) approaches, and can be encoded with additional molecular therapies to more comprehensively face the complex of solid cancer defenses. Encoding any biological agent (small molecule, antibody, antigen, cytokine...), could enable that agent for a wider scope of applications,  enhanced effect and much safer profile.  In addition, the platform shows abscopal effect, an ability to reach tumors after administration from a distance (subcutaneous or mucosal).

The platform has shown the following characteristics:

1. Tumor-tropism / Cancer-agnostic. Homing to tumor occurred in the absence of a cancer antigen marker (TAA or TSA), and may even work in tumors that are not easily "targetable", such as "cold", lacking cancer markers, heterogeneic or mutating tumors. One oncologist remarked, "This turns "cold" tumors "hot" ".The agents have had effect at distance from tumor site when administered subcutaneously or mucosally. 

 2. Tumor-infiltration + TME counteraction. The agents bear a specialized "universal key" to gain entry into mammalian cell in an active process; no specific  receptor needed. In addition, the agents are able to reprogram tolerogenic cells into a state of immune competence i.e. to overcome cancer-induced immune suppression within the tumor.

3. Intra-cancer delivery of any payload/s. Obligate intracellular microbes, the agents infect cancer cells and replicate, expressing encoded biodrugs. The replication continues as long as there is cancer tissue to infect and/or the TME has not been disabled.  Any agents outside of the TME were naturally cleared in under 10 days.

Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
2016
Please specify your partnering goal
1. Out-licensing/codevelopment to partner, by indication, for China market, 2) Strategic investor
Funding Status
firm is privately held & controlled 99% by founders : approx 7.5 million in $ US equivalent value has been spent
Now raising (In USD)
between $ 5 million - $25 million
Headquartner in China
Plan in China
Interested in understanding partnership opportunities for the China market with compatible biotech/pharma companies. Also interested in participation of Chinese VC in our ongoing overall funding needs.
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Investment Focus
Seeking funding to move from pre clinical stage to Phase 1/2 clinical trial
Richard McCrae
President & CEO 
Functionality

Libera Bio

Libera Bio develops a new family of cancer treatments based on its patented actively targeted delivery technology to intracellular targets (MPN – Multifunctional Polymeric Nanocapsules) and on novel monoclonal antibodies (e.g. anti KRAS), with the goal to have them commercialized by large biopharma companies after regulatory approval for clinical trials or early proof-of-concept in humans.

Libera Bio lead candidate aims at providing a new treatment for those highly prevalent and aggressive cancers which are driven by KRAS mutations, such as pancreatic cancer, lung cancer and colorectal cancer.
Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
2018
Funding Status
Looking for USD 8 million (Series A) to IND approval (US) and IMPD (Europe) to start clinical trials.
Headquartner in China
Plan in China
Finding partners and investors
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Slides Deck
(pdf, 1.09MB)
Olivier Jarry
CEO 
Functionality

MSL Pharma Israel

MSL Pharma is an early-stage pharma company that performs ideation, analysis and identification of the underlying pathological pathways to determine how to treat diseases. The Company holds exclusive licenses from the Hebrew University & Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. There are data, patents and publications concerning the technologies.

As an early-stage company, in order to reduce overhead costs, we effectively act as the project manager – we plan the assays and subcontract the early development stages to university labs, and the later stages to CROs that specialize in the different fields. The Company monitors the results, determines next steps and fundraises for the next phases of development. We believe that working with leading experts at CROs is critical for success.

The Company has licenses for platform technologies which are progressing to several different projects; as such it is planning to out-license at various stages of development.

Synthesis of cyclic peptides which are peptidomimetics
MSL Pharma has the capability to identify “active regions” of proteins and peptides, to isolate them and to turn them into cyclic peptides which are selective for the desired receptors and stable, thereby preventing off-target activation and adverse effects (see Asset, Table 1).

Drug delivery systems for peptides and other molecules
MSL Pharma has two technologies for drug delivery (see Mode of Delivery, Table 1) that achieve unprecedented bioavailability:
1. Lipophilic prodrug charge masking (LPCM) technology for the oral delivery of peptides. This technology makes a chemical modification in a peptide to be converted to oral delivery, to produce a prodrug of this peptide. This causes it to be absorbed through the intestinal cell and once the prodrug enters the blood stream, it converts back to the original peptide. Typically, the Pgp Efflux system limits the prodrug absorption; we have overcome this with an approved self-assembling PNL (pro-nano liposphere) encapsulation system, itself a self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS), which increases prodrug solubility and inhibits the Pgp Efflux system.

2. A novel nanoparticle formulation called AmyloLipid Nanovesicles which is constructed of natural materials and therefore safe ,biodegradable and has an advantage for the delivery of peptides. This technology is used also for the delivery of other molecules, can be used for nose-to-brain, sublingual, transdermal and probably also oral delivery, and can be applied to our assets (Table 1) or existing assets (Table 2).

A novel smart multi-armed linker for targeted drug delivery
Our linker can be used for peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs), antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and nanoparticle-drug conjugates (NDCs). Our linker releases the payload (chemotherapeutic drug or fluorescent) only in the tumor cells and can bind up to three payloads (see Table 3). We have demonstrated that using two or three different drug payloads kills the tumor cells more potently and with less drug resistance developing.

Discovery of novel peptides for peptide-drug conjugates
We have technologies to synthesize novel peptides which will bind to receptors overexpressed in certain tumors so that we will be able to use them for synthesizing peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs) to diagnose and treat different tumors. We already have at our disposal peptides that bind to the five different somatostatin receptors (overexpressed in pancreatic, gallbladder, breast, ovary, prostate, melanoma, lymphoma, glioblastoma, colon and non-small-cell lung tumors) and to certain integrin receptors (overexpressed in tumors such as breast, glioblastoma, leukemic cells). 
Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
2012
Please specify your partnering goal
Fundraising Collaborating with a unuversity or reaearch organisation Doing licensing agreements Doing technology ttransfer agreements
Funding Status
Seed
Now raising (In USD)
1,000,000
Headquartner in China
Plan in China
Fundraising Collaborating with a unuversity or reaearch organisation Doing licensing agreements Doing technology ttransfer agreements
Assets Information 1: Name|Description|Indications|Stage|IP countries
backtide G|A Melanocortin 4 & 5 agonist|Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Sexual Dysfunction|Seed|
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Slides Deck
(pptx, 3.25MB)
Dr Yarom Cohen
Dr Yarom Cohen
LinkedIn logo CEO 
Functionality

Nodes Advisors AG Switzerland

We are a corporate finance firm committed to advancing the field of Healthcare through advisory,and investments.

We advise and buy-side and sell side corporates and Family offices on investment in Healthcare & life Sciences across Switzerland, Europe and the US.
Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
2018
Headquartner in China
Plan in China
We would like to partner with strong Chinese funds who are interested in incubating and investing in European and US early stage companies and facilitate market acess and technology integration in chinese market.
Eliott Harfouche
Partner 
Functionality

Rius Medical UG (Haftungsbeschränkt) Germany

About Rius Medical: Rius Medical is designing and developing a new generation of Commercial cell therapies positioned at the crossroads of two high-potential programs: (1.) genetically engineering red blood cells for an entirely new class of cellular medicines and (2.) potent NK-cell therapy products. Due to their mechanism of action, engineered red blood cells demonstrated treatments for wide range of patients from starving cancer cells to targeting autoimmune diseases. Building on exceptional progress in cell therapies, Rius Medical is in a unique position to offer Third-Generation red blood cells for drug delivery that addresses Rare Diseases, Oncology and Autoimmune Diseases like type 1 diabetes! Furthermore, harnessing the unique power of natural killer (NK) cells enables the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases such as Influenza virus or SARS-Coronavirus (i.e. COVID-19 pandemic). That’s right, NK-cells as vaccine delivery NOT for antibodies but for “memory T cells” activation!
Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
2016
Looking for
Please specify your partnering goal
Bring together technology & funds for improving “China Focus” healthcare situation on an equal basis.
Funding Status
Seeking investors for Series A
Now raising (In USD)
1,665,454 USD
Headquartner in China
Plan in China
Rius Medical unique position as CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organization) is not limited to drug delivery. Yes, drug delivery programs bring EUR 130 million revenue sooner than “Rius Medical’s blood transfusion” program. However, Rius Medical’s path to becoming a market leader in healthcare in promoting excellence, innovation and good business practices, is driven by its “blood transfusion” program. The Plan in China is local Jobs in China for manufacturing of stem cells derived “blood transfusion” products. Also drug delivery via "Third-Generation red blood cells for drug delivery" that addresses Rare Diseases, Oncology and Autoimmune Diseases like type 1 diabetes, is region-specific; as in Europe, USA and China regions due to ABO blood group and other antigens being region-specific!
Assets Information 1: Name|Description|Indications|Stage|IP countries
eRBC|Red Blood Cells for Drug Delivery|Oncology|Prototype Assembly|N/A
Biotech/Pharma Asset Stage
Mr Denis Demarais
Mr Denis Demarais
LinkedIn logo Founder and CEO 
Functionality

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group China

We are rapidly transitioning to an innovation and R&D driven Pharmaceutical company, leveraging our leading manufacturing and commercial capabilities to achieve our mission of “providing today' s patients with medicines of the future“ We have been continuously recognized as one of the “Top 10 Innovative Pharmaceutical Enterprises in China” 1 and “Top 100 Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Enterprises of China”

Wayne Yin
BD Director 
Functionality

Wanbang Biopharmaceuticals (Group) Co., Ltd China

Wanbang Biopharmaceuticals (Wanbang Biopharma) is a core member of Shanghai Fosun PHARMACEUNCAL (group) Co., Ltd.(Fosun Pharma”, Stock code: 600196-SH,02196-HK).
Dr Di Simon
高级BD经理 

WPD Pharmaceuticals Canada

WPD has 8 novel drug candidates with 4 that are in clinical development stage and 4 in pre-clinical development. These drug candidates were researched at institutions including the Mayo Clinic and Emory University, and WPD currently has ongoing collaborations with Wake Forest University and leading hospitals and academic centers in Poland.

Alongside direct investment of $60 million, over $29 million of grant funding (total of $89 million USD) has gone towards the development of our robust drug development pipeline with a focus on melanoma, brain cancer, leukemia, and pancreatic cancer. Notably, these funds do not include $14 million USD in grants recently awarded to WPD Pharmaceuticals from The National Centre for Research and Development in Poland.

With a groundswell of multi-continental grant support and a diverse portfolio of breakthrough drug technologies, WPD Pharmaceuticals is now strategically positioned to enter the market with blockbuster potential.

Company Size (Fulltime employees)
Year of foundation
2017
Stock Market and Ticker/Symbol/Number
WCSE: BIO
Please specify your partnering goal
We are looking for investors and partners for co-develop our product in China and co-develop partner product in EU.
Now raising (In USD)
between $ 3 million - $10 million
Headquartner in China
Plan in China
We are looking for investors and partners for co-develop our product in China and co-develop partner product in EU.
Investment Focus
Seeking funding to move from pre clinical stage to Phase 1/2 clinical trial and support co-development in EU
Mariusz Olejniczak
CEO 
Functionality