Xiaoming Zhang

Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. Its products include Ninlaro and Velcade. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Theron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides treatments for COPD and asthma. It is a biotechnology company, develops long acting M3 muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) products for the treatment of chronic respiratory diseases. The firm’s product TRN-157, a preclinical development therapy focuses on treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and severe asthma. The company was founded by M. Venkatraman, Xiaoming Zhang and Jurg Pfister in 2008 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Menlo Therapeutics Inc. operates as biopharmaceutical company which is focused on the development and commercialization of serlopitant for the treatment of pruritus, or itch, associated with dermatologic conditions such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis and prurigo nodularis. The company was founded by Ed F. Schnipper in October, 2011 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, CA.

CoMentis, Inc. focuses on developing drugs to treat various central nervous system disorders. Its research and development spectrum include BACE inhibitors and modulators of the a7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (NAChR). The company was founded by John P. Cooke and Muralitharan Kengatharan in 2006 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Part of ARYx Therapeutics, Inc., ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. (Delaware) discovers and develops drugs. The company is based in Dover, DE. ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. (Delaware was acquired by ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. on August 31, 2007.

Part of Roche Holding AG, Roche Bioscience is a company that discovers and develops prescription drugs. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA.

Velocity Pharmaceutical Development LLC develops pharmaceutical drugs. It identifies drug candidates, target markets and designing and managing outsourced clinical trials. The firm seeks to acquire promising drug candidates, generally within a year of their entering human clinical trials or after initial human clinical data have been generated. The company was founded by David Collier, Ed Schnipper, Jim Larrick and Andy Perlman in 2011 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.