John P. Walker

Aerovance, Inc. develops drugs for respiratory and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Jeffrey Howard Tepper and Wolf-Dieter Busse in July 29, 2004 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Novacea, Inc. is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on licensing, developing and commercializing novel agents to revolutionize the treatment of cancer. Novacea’s in-licensed product portfolio features three clinical stage oncology therapeutics. The Company has two products which are anticipated to commence Phase 3 clinical trials in 2006, DN-101 and vinorelbine oral. Banoxantrone (AQ4N) is in Phase 1/2 clinical trials. It is located in South San Francisco, CA.

Discovery Partners International, Inc. (DPI) used to research laboratory looking to discovery pharmaceutical products. It was a small molecule and natural product based drug discovery company that offered collaborations and services complementing the internal capabilities of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical. Discovery Partners has actively contributed to dozens of drug discovery collaborations. The company had operations in United States and Europe. The company was founded in 1995 was headquartered in San Diego, CA

Astora Women's Health, Inc. engages in the provision of pelvic health solutions. The company was founded by Dr. Brantley Scott in 1972 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, MN.

Saegis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. developed drug therapeutics. Its phase II SGS742 clinical drug treated diseases such as mild cognitive impairment and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Its second SGS742 clinical trial provided coronary artery bypass surgery. The company was founded in 1999 and was headquartered in Half Moon Bay, CA.

BioSpace, Inc. operates as an online community for industry news and careers for life science professionals. It offers online job board, daily biotech news feeds, and community features connect recruiters, job seekers. The company was founded in March 1995 and is headquartered in Urbandale, IA.

iZumi Bio, Inc. develops and manufactures biotechnology products. It focuses on stem cell science and translating cell based technology to the drug discovery and development process. The company's solutions are used for disease research, preclinical drug testing, and cell-based therapies. Its therapies are used to treat the patients suffering from critical diseases. iZumi Bio was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

ierian, Inc. developed and manufactured biopharmaceutical products. The firm's lead antibody, IPN007, represents a new approach to treating neurodegenerative disease by targeting a novel form of secreted Tau protein. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary products that address important therapeutic needs in the field of neuroscience. Its product pipeline is TO-2070, a novel, rapidly absorbed treatment for acute migraine incorporating dihydroergotamine as the active drug. The company was founded on January 30, 2009 and is headquartered in Point Richmond, CA.

KAI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops biopharmaceutical drugs. It is a multiple, novel clinical-stage programs in the areas of cardiovascular, renal, and pain. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Zosano Pharma Corp. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of human pharmaceutical products. It also focuses on providing rapid systemic administration of therapeutics to patients using proprietary intracutaneous microneedle system. The company was founded in October 2006 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Vizuri Health Sciences LLC engaged in the development of prescription and over-the-counter drug products. The company was headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Transcept, Inc. develops mobile wireless technology and equipment. The company is headquartered in Manchester, NH.

Lucile Salter Packard Children''s Hospital at Stanford engages in the provision of hospital services. It focuses on the obstetric and pediatric areas: brain and behavior, cancer, heart, pregnancy and newborn, pulmonary, and transplant. Its practices and services include anesthesia, cancer and blood diseases, cardiology, cardiovascular intensive care, dialysis, labor and delivery, neonatology, perinatal diagnostic center, pharmacy services, pulmonary function laboratory, radiology, rehabilitation services, social services, speech and language, and before and after surgical care. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Neuraltus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes molecule therapeutics. It engages in the development of therapeutics to treat neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease as well as inherited metaboloic disorders such as Fabry's disease and Gaucher's disease which also result in neuronal cell death. The company was founded by Michael McGrath, Edgar G. Engleman, and Ari Azhir in 2004 and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

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.

Part of GSociety, Inc., IntraMed develops and publishes claims processing software for the healthcare industry. The company is based in New York, NY. IntraMed was acquired by GSociety, Inc. on May 12, 2000.

ZP Opco, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that develops transdermal delivery technology for therapeutic indications. The company was founded by Peter E. Daddona and Frank D. Stonebanks in 2006 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Packard Children's Health Alliance operates a medical and surgical hospital for children. The private company is based in Palo Alto, CA.

Essential Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical goods for viral and fungal infections

Signal Pharmaceuticals Inc is pioneering the discovery and development of small molecule therapeutics which regulate the transcription factors involved in the progression of a number of inflammatory, viral and neurological diseases. The core technology for the company's research was discovered in the laboratories of three of its founders, and has been licensed from the University of California and the Salk Institute. (SB) It was located in San Diego, CA.

Propella Therapeutics, Inc. is an American biopharmaceutical company that has developed a platform combining medicinal chemistry with lymphatic targeting to create best- or first-in-class oncology drugs that have validated MOAs and biological targets but suffer from efficacy and safety limitations. Propella is based in an undisclosed location and is dedicated to meeting the needs of cancer patients currently underserved by existing standards of care. The company is currently in the phase 1 portion of a phase 1/2a study of its lead product candidate, PRL-02, for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer. The company was founded by William E. Peterson, Charles Birbara, Milt V. Peterson, and the CEO is William Moore.