Wenjin Yang

Aldea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops novel enzyme activators to enhance the removal of toxic aldehydes. It targets Aldehyde metabolism dysfunction which is associated with a variety of diseases from acute alcohol toxicity to orphan indications such as Fanconi anemia. The company was founded by Daria Mochly-Rosen, Che-Hong Chen and Wenjin Yang in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

The Scripps Research Institute is a private, non-profit research organizations that performs basic biomedical research in molecular & cellular biology, chemistry, immunology and neuroscience. They receive the majority of its funding from federal agencies such as the National Institutes of Health. The organization also partners with pharmaceutical companies and is affiliated with the Scripps hospital group. The organization was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in La Jolla, California.

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.