Mabgen Biotech
Dr. Chenxiang Tang
COOMabwell Bio
Xiaoyuan Zhang
BD DirectorMaculus Therapeutics
Maculus Therapeutix is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on finding practical solutions to treat chronic diseases of the retina and optic nerve such as wetAMD (Age related Macular Degeneration) in the Ophthalmology space with a novel tunable biodegradable proprietary product – MacuBloc™ capable of delivering any FDA approved drugs for Wet AMD to the site of the disease. With its unique suitability for targeted and extended delivery of drugs to back of the human eyes, MacuBloc™ offers significant benefits to Wet AMD patients over existing products: a single intravitreal injection that lasts an year instead of the current 10-12 monthly injections plus significant potential reduction in inflammation, infection, doctor visits and total cost of care compared to current practice.
Market:
The global market size of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is currently $7.7B, growing at 7.6% CAGR and is expected to reach a value of $11B by 2025. Current standard of care involves 10-12 monthly injections with a 30 gauge syringe needle going through the eye sclera, often resulting post-injection pain and possible infection due to repeated injections in a small area as well as ruptured blood vessels in the sclera. By reducing the number of injections from 10+ to just ONE, MacuBloc™ formulation is likely to be a treatment of choice.
Mr Syed Askari, PhD.
Founder & CEOMara Phytotechnology Solutions
Mr. Andre Andre
CEOMaryland Department of Commerce
- As one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing biotechnology clusters, Maryland is #1 in Ph.D. concentration in biological fields, employed doctoral scientists, and was recognized last year at the 4th best biotechnology cluster in the nation by Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.
- We have facilitated access to 74 Federal laboratories, including the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute for Standards and Technology, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.
- We can reach 80% of the U.S. pharmaceutical industry and four nearby international airports to enable efficient travel.
- Maryland’s Cost of Doing Business Index is 16%, 12%, and 10% lower than in Boston, New Jersey, and California, respectively, according to Moody’s Analytics Regional Financial Review. In our industry, that translates to a lower cost of operations and wet lab space.
- The cost of living in Maryland can be up to one-and-a-half times lower than in the metropolitan areas of New York, Boston, and San Francisco, according to the Council for Community and Economic Research.
Felicia Pullam
Regional Manager, Asia
MaveriX Oncology, Inc.
MaveriX Oncology is exploiting cancer and immune cell metabolism to discover and develop new targeted therapeutics that challenge the limitations of current chemotherapy and immunotherapy. The MaveriX technology approach is a multi-target, multi-asset small-molecule platform with potential first and best-in-class therapeutics designed for monotherapy and combination chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Our experienced team of pharma executives is developing a proprietary pipeline of drug candidates with the goal of bring new and improved treatments to patients that suffer from cancer. Our lead program MVX5005 (E037) is well tolerated and exhibits broad, single- agent anti-tumor activity in preclinical mouse models of cancer. The unique mechanism-of-action targets cancer cells directly, induces immunogenic cell death while eradicating immune suppressive cells within the tumor microenvironment. E037 is currently completing IND-enabling studies targeting clinical entry Q3 2021. The company is currently raising capital and seeking strategic partnership opportunities to support clinical development to POC with differentiated platform expansion.
MaveriX Oncology, Inc., is a globally-orientated biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel targeted small-molecule chemo-immunotherapies. The MaveriX technology approach exploits oncogenic and immunogenic targets that are over-expressed to a high frequency in the majority of solid tumors and hematological malignancies. This is a multi-target, multi-asset small-molecule platform technology with potential first and best-in-class therapeutics designed primarily for monotherapy activity in the clinic but with a robust mechanistic rational for combination chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Our experienced team of pharma executives is developing a proprietary pipeline of drug candidates with the goal of bringing new and improved treatments to patients suffering from cancer. Our lead program MVX5005 (E037) is well tolerated with broad single agent anti-tumor activity, can overcome key resistance mechanisms in cancer, and challenge the limitations of current chemotherapy and immunotherapy approaches. MVX5005 is currently completing formal IND-enabling studies, targeting clinical entry beginning Q3 2021 (phase 1a dose escalation with disease-specific expansion cohorts for monotherapy plus phase 1b combination chemotherapy and immunotherapy).
Mavie Technologies
Mrs. Ari Silverman
PartnerMedGene Therapeutics
- Focused on developing PD1+ peripheral blood-derived, tumor-reactive CD8+ T cell (PBTL) therapies as a platform for the treatment of solid tumors that are rare, orphan, and have critical (high) unmet need
- PBTL is a simpler, smarter version of TIL
- PBTL is a process to select highly tumor-reactive T cells from a patient's peripheral blood based on the expression of two specific T cell surface markers: PD-1 and/or TIM-3
- After selection, expanded to large quantities, it gets re-infused into the patient via the ACT regimen
- PBTL technology has been patented (issued) already in the US, China, the EU, Japan, Australia
- MEDGENE has robust Clinical Development Pipelines (currently, 9 as monotherapy way)
- Looking for funding for entering Phase I/2 in three pipelines in the US
- Looking for partnering for the Asian market (China, Japan, South Korea)