Kirk Dornbush

SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is based in Menlo Park, CA. Part of Johnson & Johnson, SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a company that markets lipid-based biopharmaceutical products mainly to treat cancer and infectious diseases. SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals was acquired by ALZA Corp., part of Johnson & Johnson from June 22, 2001 on March 16, 1999 for $658.03 million.

Plexxikon, Inc. provides clinical and medical drug discovery and development services. The company was founded by Joseph P. Schlessinger, Thomas Richard Kassberg, Sung-hou Kim and K. Peter Hirth in 2001 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc. develops stem cell-based cellular and antibody therapeutics for blood disorders and cancer. The firm focuses on curative therapies for seriously ill patients and is developing a cell-based medicine as a treatment for chemotherapy and radiation-induced neutropenia as well as for Acute Radiation Syndrome. The company was founded by Irving L. Weissman in 2003 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Accelerated Orthopedic Technologies, Inc. develops proprietary tools for obtaining, shaping, and implanting cartilage grafts. The firm commercializes an innovative approach to repairing cartilage lesions of the ankle and knee with allograft material or autografts using joints in the foot. The company was founded by Thomas E. Wood on February 18, 2009 and is headquartered in Guilford, CT.

Afferent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops selective drugs for the treatment of debilitating neurogenic disorders. It offers programs for respiratory, cardiovascular, chronic pain, biology, and clinical trials. The firm offers drugs for osteoarthritis pain, treatment-refractory chronic cough, and interstitial cystitis or bladder pain syndrome. The company was founded by Anthony P. Ford in December 2009 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Toucan Capital Corp (Toucan Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Linda F. Powers and Robert F. Hemphill. The firm is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

MPM Bioimpact Inc (MPM Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Ansbert K. Gadicke and Luke B. Evnin. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical drugs. Its products include influenza fighter Tamiflu, controversial acne medication Accutane, HIV inhibitor Fuzeon, obesity drug Xenical, and hepatitis C therapy Pegasys. The company was founded in 1896 Roche and is headquartered in Nutley, NJ.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Roche Diagnostics GmbH is a German company that develops innovative medicines, treatments, and diagnostics. The company is based in Mannheim, Germany. The CEOs of the company are Claudia Fleischer, Claus Haberda, Clemens Schmid. Roche Diagnostics was acquired by Roche Holding AG on January 01, 1999.

Part of Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc, Prostagen, Inc. develops treatments and diagnostics for prostate cancer. The company is based in Allendale, NJ. The company was founded by Mike I. Sherman. Prostagen was acquired by Jazz Pharmaceuticals (EUSA Pharma USA), Inc., part of Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc from May 09, 2008 on June 16, 1999 for $2.60 million.

Elm Street Advisors LLC (Elm Street Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Robert A. Bettigole. The firm is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.

Enterome SA develops personalized medical-tests and diagnostics. The firm profiles human gut microbiome to improve management of microbiome-related disease. It primarily specializes in research adn development focusing on disease management. The company was founded by Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich in 2012 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Cerca Insights Sdn. Bhd. provides behavioral pharmacology paradigms to research institutes. It services include phenotyping new rodent models, sar support, identifying and optimising leads, behavioural assay development, PK screens and PD analysis, early safety assessment, ageing studies and chronic dosing. The company was founded by Anil K. Ratty in 2008 and is headquartered in Bayan Lepas, Malaysia.

PrIME Biologics Pte Ltd. develops disposable therapeutic plasma manufacturing process. Its process doubles product yields while increasing product safety and removing viruses, bacteria, endotoxins, and prions. The firm’s process reduces the time it takes to produce multiple plasma products from days to hours. The company is headquartered in Singapore.

Xagenic, Inc. develops the first lab-free molecular diagnostic platform. Its automated diagnostic platform will enable widespread decentralized testing to be performed outside of clinical laboratories. The firm's amplified redox assay detection technology utilizes electrochemical detection methods and does not rely on optical detection components or enzymatic amplification; crude samples can be analyzed with minimal sample processing. The company was founded by Shana O. Kelley and Edward Hartley Sargent in 2010 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Baysient LLC is a private company that creates cloud-based software to facilitate individualized dosing of anti-inflammatory mabs to improve outcomes in patients. The company is based in Fort Myers, FL. The software uses Bayesian models, routine lab results, and demographics to individualize dosing to a specified target trough-level output to a PK dashboard. Steven A. Molnar has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

IO Biotech ApS operates as a clinical stage biotech company. It develops immunotherapy for cancer by targeting a mechanism used by tumour cells to evade immune responses. The company was founded by Mai-Britt Zocca, Mads Hald Andersen, Inge Marie Svane, Anders Ljungqvist and Per Thor Straten and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Maverick Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a preclinical stage biotech company. It develops a novel class of T cell- redirecting antibody therapeutics that have the potential to substantially broaden the range of targets and clinical applications to be used for this ultra-potent mechanism. The company was founded by Robert Dubridge and Patrick A. Baeuerle in 2016 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.

Escient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a bio-technology company. It develops in-class G Protein-Coupled Receptor targeted drugs to address serious, unserved medical needs. The company was founded by Alain D. Baron, Marcus F. Boehm and Xinzhong Dong and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Fountain Therapeutics, Inc. develops treatment for aging-associated diseases. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

TRex Bio Ltd. is a British company that provides biotechnology research and development services. The private company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 2018 by Houman Ashrafian.