Herbert Cross

ARMO BioSciences, Inc. develops immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, fibrosis, and inflammation. Its lead product candidate is AM0010 (pegilodecaki). The company was founded by Peter Van Vlasselaer, Martin Oft, and John B. Mumm on June 23, 2010 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.

Balance Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapeutics to address conditions of intellectual disability. Its pharmacological approach, based on technology licensed from Stanford University, hypothesizes that restoring the proper balance between inhibition and excitation at the neuronal synapse by antagonizing excessive inhibitory circuits could result in the appropriate plasticity for memory and learning to occur in many conditions of intellectual disability. The company was founded by Lyndon Lien, Craig Garner and Daniel Wetmore in 2009 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

Apexigen America, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the discovery and development of innovative antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer with a focus on immuno-oncology. Its product portfolio includes humanized antibodies, targeting diseases such as cancer, inflammatory diseases and ophthalmic disease. The company was founded by Xiao Dong Yang in July 2010 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

DNAtrix, Inc. operates as a biotech company which focuses on the development of oncolytic viruses for cancer. The firm’s offers DNX-2401 product which is an oncolytic virus designed specifically for treating Glioblastoma. It also works to expand its platform technology for treating other cancers, including ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancer indications. The company was founded in 2005 by Francis Patrick McCormick, Alfred Yung, Charles Conrad, Cande Gomez-Manzano and Juan Fueyo and is headquartered in Houston, TX.