Andrew B. Cubitt

Aurora Biosciences Corp. designs and develops proprietary drug discovery systems, services and technologies to the discovery of new medicine. It develops a proprietary ultra-high throughput screening platform that uniquely integrates innovative fluorescence chemistry, molecular biology, miniaturization, automation, and informatics. The company also provides assay development and screening services. Aurora was founded in 1995 and is located in San Diego, CA.

X-Ceptor is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focusing on research in the rapidly developing field of orphan nuclear receptors that serve as the molecular targets for the discovery of novel small molecule pharmaceutical products for the treatment of human diseases. X-Ceptor has developed an integrated approach to drug discovery drawing from their in-house expertise in biology, chemistry and high-throughput screening. X-Ceptor's advantage lies in its understanding of orphan nuclear receptors and their signaling pathways, as well as its proprietary ability to employ these orphan nuclear receptors in transcriptional and biochemical based assays to discover novel therapeutic agents

Ambit Biosciences Corp. develops pharmaceutical drugs. It engages in discovery, development and commercialization of small-molecule kinase inhibitors for the treatment of cancer. The firm provides drug to treat unmet medical needs in oncology, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded on May 17, 2000 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.