Autem Therapeutics is a Hanover, New Hampshire bioelectric oncology company developing AutEMsys, a non-invasive, non-toxic device that delivers personalized, low-level, amplitude-modulated electromagnetic frequencies to patients with solid tumors. Founded by medical oncologist Frederico Costa and led by CEO Michael Choukas, the company targets hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) and other hard-to-treat cancers, aiming to make effective cancer care portable, affordable, and accessible worldwide. Its lead program has earned FDA Breakthrough Device designation for advanced HCC.
Cheng Liu is the founder, President, and CEO of Eureka Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Emeryville, California. A molecular cell biologist trained at UC Berkeley and Peking University, Liu invented a novel class of TCR mimic antibodies that allow engineered T cells to recognize intracellular tumor antigens - a major challenge in treating solid tumors. Since founding Eureka in 2006 after a decade at Chiron/Novartis, he has built a pipeline of ARTEMIS T-cell therapies targeting liver cancer, multiple myeloma, and neuroblastoma, with the company's ECT204 program earning FDA RMAT Designation in January 2026 - one of the highest-priority designations the FDA gives to regenerative medicine therapies. Eureka has raised over $168 million in total funding and holds more than 500 patents worldwide.