Jay Stoudemire

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Genetics Institute LLC develops pharmaceutical products through recombinant DNA and other genetic technologies. It develops drugs to make the blood of hemophiliacs clot, as well as substances that stimulate the production of red and white blood cells and proteins that enhance bone growth. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Cytel, Inc. engages in the provision of data-focused clinical research services and software solutions for the design and analysis of clinical trials. Its services include strategic consulting, statistical genetics, biostatistics, CDISC, clinical data management, and medical writing. The company was founded by Cyrus Mehta and Nitin Patel in 1987 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Ascenta Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of medicines for cancer. Its core technology consists of agents designed to re-establish the natural program of apoptosis (cell death) in abnormal cancer cells. Its has three small molecule programs against distinct apoptosis targets: Bcl-2 (AT-101 – an oral pan-Bcl2 inhibitor), IAP (AT-406 – an oral multi-IAP inhibitor) and HDM2. The company was founded by Dajun Yang, Marc E. Lippman, and Shaomeng Wang on June 5, 2006 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Mirna Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of microRNA-based oncology therapeutics. Its products includes miR-34, miR-215, miR-101, miR-16, and let-7. The company was founded Matthew M. Winkler in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.