Kurt von Emster

Operates as a holding company which provides investment management services

MPM BioEquities Adviser focuses exclusively on global life sciences investments. The firm invests in biotechnology, specialty pharmaceuticals, medical technology and related companies that provide innovative medical products and services to the healthcare industry. They invest across all geographies, stages of development and therapeutic areas. MPM focuses on inflection points in the development of companies, such as the achievement of clinical proof-of-concept data and the achievement of early commercial success, and on reinvigorating commercial platforms with potentially high growth assets. MPM BioVentures I (BB BioVentures, MPM BioVentures Parallel Fund) is a family of funds that was launched in 1997 and is no fully committed with 75% of its investments in biotechnology and 25% in medical devices and other healthcare related fields. The MPM BioVentures I portfolio consists of 26 companies with investments ranging from $5 million to $20 million per company. Within the biotechnology sector, the funds' investments are split between companies focused on therapeutics and enabling technologies. About 80% of the funds' assets are invested in US companies and 20% in European companies. The MPM BioVentures II family of funds closed in the first quarter of 2000. The funds consist of investments in biotechnology, medical devices and other healthcare related fields. The MPM BioVentures II has invested in 35 companies, with investments ranging from $10 million to $50 million. The fund has invested across the entire spectrum of company development, from start-up through mezzanine and PIPES. 85% of the funds' investments are in US companies and 15% are in European and Asian companies. The MPM BioVentures III Fund closed in December of 2002. The fund holds a portfolio of 39 companies, 85% of which are focused on biotechnology and pharmaceutical products and 15% are focused on medical devices and life science tools. The fund's balanced portfolio of early-, mid- and late-stage companies includes investments in public companies through PIPE transactions. The MPM BioVentures IV family of funds was launched in the second quarter of 2006. The funds hold a portfolio of 18 companies with investments ranging from $5 million to $36 million. About 75% of the funds' investments focus on biotechnology and pharmaceutical products and 25% focus on medical device companies. About 25% of the funds' investments have been made outside the US, including investments in Asia and Europe. The MPM BioVentures IV family of funds serves as the lead investor in a majority of its investments and takes an active role as a board member on its portfolio companies' boards of directors.

Develops therapeutics for people with life-threatening diseases

Develops and commercializes pharmaceutical products

Operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company which develops protein therapeutics for cancer and orphan diseases

Develops antibody therapeutics for the treatment of oncology and immunologic diseases

Operates as an investment firm

Acts as Open-End Investment Fund/Unit Trust

Franklin Advisers provides advisory services to a range of products and separate accounts which utilize various investment strategies including equity, fixed income, core, hybrid, and multi-asset strategies. The firm employs fundamental, bottom-up investment analysis to select securities within a specific sector or industry.