Thomas Dietz

Wedbush Securities, Inc. is a full-service investment bank and brokerage firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded in 1955 as Wedbush Morgan Securities, Inc. They are a subsidiary of Wedbush Financial Services LLC, which is owned by Wedbush, Inc. Wedbush Securities provides a wide range of securities brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services to private and institutional clients. Their research focuses on providing coverage of small and mid-sized companies in the following industries: (1) consumer products and services (2) technology (3) entertainment and media (4) life sciences and (5) industrial growth and clean technology.

Virobay, Inc. develops protease inhibitors for the treatment of neuropathic pain, cancer, autoimmune and liver diseases. It utilize cysteine cathepsin platform for the development and commercialization of novel drugs. The firm's research & development activities focuses on neuropathic pain, autoimmune diseases and liver fibrosis. The company was founded by Robert F. G. Booth on May 18, 2006 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Galleon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures medicines for breathing-control conditions. Its product pipeline addresses the needs of both acute and chronic care patients. The firm's GAL-021 product is a small molecule for intravenous administration designed to support respiratory drive in surgical and critical care patients, and in particular those high risk patients with sleep apnea who are undergoing surgery. The company was founded by James C. Mannion in 2003 and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. provides pharmaceutical products. It operates as a biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the discovery and development of new antiviral agents against novel targets in the treatment of hepatitis. The firm’s pipeline includes clinical stage assets and preclinical new chemical entities (NCEs) shown to possess antiviral activity against Hepatitis C, Hepatitis D, and a wide array of other viruses. It also conducts multiple clinical proofs of concept studies in multiple clinical sites in HCV and HDV patients. The company was founded by Jeffrey S. Glenn in 2008 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

California Pacific Medical Center operates medical centers. It offers acute and specialty care services including obstetrics, gynecology, cardiovascular, pediatrics, neurosciences, orthopedics, and organ transplantation. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Pacific Growth Equities, Inc. is a research-driven investment bank located headquartered in San Francisco with an additional office in Boston. The firm specializes in technology-based emerging growth companies. They offer investment banking and brokerage services including public equity offerings, private equity offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Pacific Growth focuses on the life sciences, technology, healthcare and consumer growth companies.