Alexander Casdin

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes medicines for diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on September 29, 1987 by Howard E. Greene, Jr. and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

DUSA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an integrated dermatology pharmaceutical company, which develops and markets Levulan Photodynamic Therapy technology platform for the prevention and treatment of dermatological skin conditions. Its products include levulan kerastick, BLU-U and clindareach. The company was founded by D. Geoffrey Shulman on February 21, 1991 and is headquartered in Wilmington, MA.

Founded in 1998 by Arthur J. Samberg, Pequot Capital Management Inc. is a hedge fund manager headquartered in Wilton, Connecticut with offices in New York City and Los Angeles. They manage the Pequot Family of Funds.

Cooper Hill Partners LLC is a New York City-based hedge fund manager.

Sophiris Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of products for the treatment of urological diseases. The company was founded by James L. Heppell in May 2003 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Epirium Bio, Inc. develops therapeutics for orphan and rare diseases characterized by impairment of the skeletal muscle, cardiac and neuronal systems. The company was founded in 2008 by Alan Stewart Maisel, Sundeep Dugar, and Francisco Villarreal and is headquartered in Los Altos Hills, CA.

DiaVacs, Inc. develops and commercializes cell-based therapies for the treatment of type 1 diabetes. The company is based in La Jolla, CA. The company was founded by Dietrich A. Stephan, Nick Giannoukakis, and David L. Finegold. Alan J. Lewis has been the CEO of the company since 2015.