Burcon NutraScience
TSE:BUBurcon NutraScience Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops plant proteins and ingredients for use in the food and beverage industries in Canada. The company offers Peazazz and Peazac, a pea protein for use in dairy alternatives, ready-to-drink beverages, dry blended beverages, bars, baked goods, and meat substitute products. It provides Puratein, a canola protein isolate for use in meat alternatives, such as burgers, sausages, and nutrition bars; Supertein, a canola protein that is a light-colored powder for use in non-dairy frozen desserts, egg alternative, plant-based marshmallows and ready-to-mix beverages, whipped toppings, and plant-based bars; and Nutratein, a canola protein comprising a mixture of globulin and albumin proteins for use in meat and egg alternatives, and other plant-based functional foods. In addition, the company offers Nutratein-PS, a blend of Peazazz pea protein and Supertein canola protein; Nutratein-TZ, a blend of Peazac pea protein and Puratein canola protein; and CLARISOY, a soy protein for use in sports nutrition beverages, citrus-based drinks, fruit-flavored beverages, lemonades, powdered beverage mixes, and non-beverage plant-based products. The company was formerly known as Burcon Capital Corp. and changed its name to Burcon NutraScience Corporation in October 1999. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Forest Road Acquisition
NYSE:FRXForest Road Acquisition Corp. intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the technology, media, and telecommunications space. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in New York, New York.
Matinas BioPharma
NYSEAMERICAN:MTNBMatinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, identifies and develops pharmaceutical products using its lipid nanocrystal (LNC) platform technology. The company's LNC delivery technology platform utilizes lipid nanocrystals for the delivery of small molecules, nucleic acids, gene therapies, vaccines, proteins, and peptides. Its lead product candidate is MAT2203, an oral formulation of amphotericin B that is starting Phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of aspergillosis and cryptococcosis, as well as prevention of invasive fungal infections in patients due to immunosuppressive therapy. It also offers MAT2501, an orally administered formulation of amikacin to treat chronic and acute bacterial infections, as well as non-tuberculosis mycobacterium. The company has strategic collaborations with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the development of oral formulations of Gilead's remdesivir; BioNTech SE to evaluate the combination of mRNA formats with the LNC platform; and Genentech Inc. to develop oral formulations. Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Bedminster, New Jersey.