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Mohamed Kaabouni

NOTE SECTORIELLE BIOTECH/PHARMA

ABIVAX, BIOCORP, CARMAT, DBV TECHNOLOGIES, GENFIT, INNATE PHARMA, INVENTIVA, MAAT PHARMA, MITHRA, NANOBIOTIX, ONCODESIGN, OSE IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS, PHARMING GROUP, PHERECYDES PHARMA, QUANTUM GENOMICS, SPINEWAY, THERADIAG, THERANEXUS, VALBIOTIS, VALNEVA.
Underlyings
Abivax SA

ABIVAX is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel anti-viral compounds and therapeutic vaccines against severe and life threatening infectious diseases. ABIVAX utilizes RNA-protein interaction interference and cytotoxic TH1 cell amplification to generate therapies to help patients clear viruses like HIV, HBV and HPV. The Company's product pipeline comprises ABX 203, which is the therapeutic vaccine candidate obtained from the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cuba (CIGB) and is intended for patients with chronic hepatitis B disease; and ABX196, the adjuvant for therapeutic vaccines, among others.

Biocorp Production SA

Biocorp Production SA is a France-based company, which is specialised in the development and manufacturing of medical and drug delivery devices.

Carmat SA

Carmat is focused on the research and development of an innovative product in the medical sector, developing an orthotopic and biocompatible artificial heart which is completely implantable, as well as its electrical power supply system and remote diagnosis system. Co. is developing a long-term therapeutic solution for patients who suffer from advanced bi-ventricular heart failure and who are not eligible for cardiac transplantation and who have exhausted all drug possibilties. Co. is still in the phase of research and development and thus do not generate any revenues.

DBV Technologies SA

DBV Technologies is a clinical-stage specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on immunotherapy. Co.'s therapeutic approach is based on epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT), its proprietary method of delivering biologically active compounds to immune systems through intact skin using a platform called Viaskin. Viaskin is an electrostatic patch that offers a self-administered, non-invasive immunotherapy to patients. Once applied on intact skin, Viaskin forms a condensation chamber that hydrates the skin and solubilizes the antigen, allowing it to penetrate the epidermis, where it's captured by Langerhans cells. Co.'s patients include infants and children suffering from severe food allergies.

Genfit SA

Genfit is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs and biomarkers in therapeutic areas of high unmet need due to the lack of effective treatments or diagnostic tools and/or due to the increasing number of patients worldwide. Co. concentrates its research and development efforts to participate in the commercialization of treatment solutions and diagnostic tools to fight certain metabolic, inflammatory, autoimmune or fibrotic diseases affecting especially the liver (such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis or "NASH").

Innate Pharma SA Class A

Innate Pharma S.A. is a biopharmaceutical Company developing immunotherapy drugs for cancer and inflammatory diseases. Co. specializes in the development of new monoclonal antibodies targeting receptors and pathways controlling the activation of innate immunity cells. Also, Co. has three product-candidates resulting from its research platform are being tested in clinical trials; two of these by Co.'s partners, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Novo Nordisk A/S. Co. focuses on immunopharmacology and antibody technology. Co. has a panel of molecular and cellular assays and in vivo models for assessing the pharmacodynamics, the pharmacotoxicology and efficacy of drug candidates.

Inventiva SA

Inventiva is a clinical stage biotechnology research company delivering therapies in the areas of oncology, fibrosis and rare diseases. The most advanced clinical programs (IVA337 for systemic sclerosis in Non-Alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis and IVA336 for Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome-MPS VI) have demonstrated efficacy in relevant in vivo and in vitro models as well as safety in phase I and phase II clinical trials. Using its in-house drug discovery platform, which covers target validation, screening, chemistry, ADME and pharmacology, Co. is developing an internal oncology and fibrosis discovery pipeline with approaches centered on transcription factors, epigenetics targets and nuclear receptors.

MAAT PHARMA SA

N.V. Mithra Pharmaceuticals S.A.

Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA is a Belgium-based company active in the pharmaceutical industry. The Company is dedicated to provide products and services for the fertility, contraception and menopause of women. It has a number of patent families regarding Estetrol (E4), a natural estrogen produced by the human foetus, which enables the investigation of fertility and contraception products. Mithra is focused on the development of two late-stage E4-based products: Estelle, a 5th generation oral contraceptive, and Donesta, a hormone therapy for Vasomotor Symptoms in menopause. Mithra develops a contraceptive vaginal ring called Myring and Zoreline, a biodegradable subcutaneous implant for hormone dependant cancer.

Nanobiotix SA

Nanobiotix SA is a France-based oncology focused nanomedicine company. It is engaged in developing nanoparticle technology. It develops new tools for cancer which utilize a physical mode of action at the cellular level of the cancer cell. This disruptive approach may reshape future treatment opportunities. The Company's NanoXray technology comprises three products having the potential to cause a paradigm shift in cancer therapy. Specifically, NanoXray products may overcome the current limitations of standard of care in local therapy. Local treatment (surgery and radiotherapy) plays a seminal role in the potential cure and gives systemic treatment a better chance to increase life expectancy. NanoXray products are developed to selectively increase the efficacy of radiotherapy in the tumor cell. Nanobiotix is a spin-off of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo.

OSE Immunotherapeutics SA

Ose Immunotherapeutics SA, formerly Orphan Synergy Europe Pharma SA, is a France-based company principally engaged in the clinical stage biotechnological sector. The Company develops immunotherapy products against invasive or metastatic late-stage cancers. The Company offers a technology, called Memopi, which helps the immune system to eliminate malignant cells; it re-educates the body's immunological memory so that the immune system (and particularly T cytotoxic cells) attacks tumor cells by increasing the patient's specific cytotoxic T response against their cancer. The Company's main product, Texopi, is a patented combination of ten epitopes, selected and optimized from five tumor associated antigens.

Pharming Group NV

Pharming is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products for the treatment of rare diseases and unmet medical needs. Co.'s lead product, RUCONEST® (conestat alfa) is a recombinant human C1 esterase inhibitor approved for the treatment of acute Hereditary Angioedema (‘HAE') attacks in patients in Europe, the U.S., Israel and South Korea. The product is available on a named-patient basis in other territories where it has not yet obtained marketing authorization. RUCONEST® is distributed in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Panama, and Venezuela by Cytobioteck, in South Korea by HyupJin Corporation and in Israel by Megapharm.

Pherecydes Pharma

Quantum Genomics

Quantum Gernomics is a biotechnology firm specializing in the development of innovative drugs to combat cardiovascular diseases. Run by professionals in creating and managing technological start-ups and drug development, as well as researchers and inventors, Co. has established contractual relations with institutions of academic excellence in France (Inserm, CollA

Spineway SAS

Spineway SA, formerly known as Spineway SAS is a France-based company involved in medical products manufacturing. It designs, produces and sells spinal column implants and surgical instruments. The group offers spinal systems, cervical and lumbar cages, cervical plates, bone substitutes, among others.

Theradiag SA

Theradiag SA is a France-based company which develops and markets biological diagnostic tools. The Company develops and offers product panels for diagnosing autoimmune diseases, allergies, and infectious diseases. TheraDiags product offering consists of tests using a range of techniques (Elisa, rapid tests, immunofluorescence, Dot, immunochemical tests, molecular biology, etc.) as well as a range of automatic devices and solutions for high-speed diagnostics based on Luminexs Multiplex technology. It has also developed a range of theranostic diagnostics commercialized under the Lisa-Tracker brand which provide monitoring of patients treated by anti-TNF monoclonal antibodies. TheraDiag is active in more than 30 countries, as an independent distributor.

Theranexus SA

Theranexus SA is a France-based company engaged in the healthcare industry. The Company is a biopharmaceutical entity that develops drug candidates to be used in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, including epilepsy, narcolepsy, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, neuropathic pain and psychiatric disorders. Its patented technology is aimed at increasing the efficacy of CNS drugs, which are approved and available on the market. The Company's technology is protected, scalable and versatile, and used to generate high value-added proprietary drug candidates for different conditions, while reducing time-to-market and market entry costs and risks in comparison with standard drug development processes. Theranexus SA operates in the domestic market.

Valbiotis SA

Valbiotis SA Formerly known as Valbiotis SAS. Valbiotis SA is a France-based company engaged in the biotechnology industry. The Company specializes in developing nutrition solutions designed to prevent cardiometabolic diseases and provide nutritional support for patients. It seeks to develop solutions designed to prevent type 2 diabetes, NASH, (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis) and obesity and to offer nutritional support. The Company prevents disease by developing products that reduce the risk factors of irreversible chronic diseases. It provides patient support through new-generation medical nutrition solutions containing patented substances with clinically proven effects. Its products are plant-based and undergo strict scientific and clinical tests in collaboration with academic research centers.

Valneva SE

Valneva, together with its subsidiaries, is focused on vaccine development and antibody discovery. Co. generates revenue from both its marketed product, a vaccine for the prevention of Japanese encephalitis (IXIARO®/JESPECT®), commercial partnerships around a portfolio of product candidates and licensed technology platforms (EB66® cell line, VIVA,Screen antibody discovery technology, and the IC31® adjuvant) developed by Co. Related business activities include product research and development, regulatory and clinical activities, manufacturing of commercial product and advanced clinical product candidates, as well as administrative, corporate development, and marketing and sales activities.

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