Christian Gagel

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. (DBSI) is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1971 and is a wholly-owned investment banking and brokerage arm of DB U.S. Financial Markets Holding Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB, FRA: DBK) in Germany. DBSI provides securities brokerage and investment advisory services to domestic and international private clients and institutions. They are also a primary dealer in US government securities as designated by the Federal Reserve.

Tang Capital Management LLC (Tang Capital) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in San Diego, California. The firm was founded by Kevin Tang in 2002. Tang Capital provides investment advice to high-net-worth clients.

Ardea Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company which is focused on the development of small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases. The company was founded in January 1994 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Tango Therapeutics, Inc. develops transformational new drugs for cancer patients. The company was founded by Alan Ashworth, Jos? Baselga, Levi Garraway, Timothy K. Lu, Antoni Ribas and William G. Kaelin, Jr. in 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Tavistock Life Sciences Co (Tavistock Life Sciences Co.) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.

UBS Securities LLC is an investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 as UBS Warburg LLC. They are a subsidiary of UBS Americas Holding LLC, ultimately held by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG, NYSE: UBS) in Switzerland. UBS Securities is a primary dealer in US Government securities and provides a full range of investment banking services which includes corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, trading and sales, fixed-income, equity research, private banking, underwriting and prime brokerage operations. The firm also provides advisory services and access to capital markets for corporate, institutional, intermediary and alternative asset management clients.

Part of Syneos Health, Inc., inVentiv Health Clinical LLC is a company that provides drug development services. The company is based in Princeton, NJ.

Part of Tavistock Group, Inc., MVA Investors LLC is a company that provides investment services. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The CEO of the company is Aaron I. Davis.

CiVi Biopharma, Inc. engages in the research and development of activities focusing on creating novel therapies against cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The company was founded by Henrik Rum in 2016 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Boxer Capital LLC (Boxer Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of Tavistock Group, Inc. founded in 2005 by Chris Fuglesang and Aaron I. Davis. The firm is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Flare Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that focuses on drugging transcription factors to develop small molecule medicines. The company is based in Cambridge, MA. The company's integrated discovery engine converges genetic, biochemical, and chemical insights to reveal druggable pockets and identify small molecule ligands capable of modulating transcription factors of high therapeutic potential. Flare's proteomic and mass spectrometry platform is powered by a proprietary library of electrophilic compounds unique to the company. The team has rapidly established an emerging pipeline of programs, highlighted by FX-909, a first-in-class investigational orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of PPARG, a master regulator of the luminal lineage in advanced urothelial cancer that has entered the clinic. Flare Therapeutics was launched in 2021 and is backed by founding investor Third Rock Ventures, as well as Boxer Capital, Nextech Invest, Casdin Capital, Invus Financial Advisors, and Eventide Asset Management. The company was founded by Mitchell Lazar, Fraydoon Rastinejad, Robert J. Sims, and Steven L. McKnight. Amit Rakhit has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

CiVi Biopharma Holdings, Inc. operates as a clinical stage research and development biotechnology company. It create novel cardiovascular and metabolic therapies that have meaningful value to patients. The company is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, PA.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Medtronic MiniMed, Inc. manufactures insulin pumps and glucose monitoring systems. Its products include minimed 530g system, smartguard, enlite sensor, minimed revel and infusion sets. The company was founded by Alfred E. Mann in 1979 and is headquartered in Northridge, CA.

Ernst & Young LLP engages in the provision of accounting, assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. It specializes in the actuarial, analytics and big data, cyber security, accounting compliance and reporting, center for board matters, international financial reporting standards, country tax advisory, global trade, tax accounting, and climate change and sustainability. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Carson Private Capital Inc (Carson Private Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 1997 by Royal W Carson. The firm is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Rothstein, Kass & Co. LLC provides accounting and business consulting services. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Roseland, NJ.

Weaver & Tidwell LLP provides accounting services. Its offers assurance, tax, and advisory services to the construction, financial services, government, health care, higher education, insurance, manufacturing, distribution and retail, non-profit, oil and gas, oilfield services, real estate, renewable energy and technology. The company was founded on February 1, 1950 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Part of Tavistock Group, Inc., the company is based in Windermere, FL. Tavistock Group, Inc. (United States) is an international private investment family office that invests in various sectors such as real estate, hotels, restaurants, sports, energy, retail, biotechnology, agriculture, and finance. The company brings capital, experience, flexibility, and a broad base to their investments. The company was founded on the philosophy of striving for excellence in everything they do and values long-term relationships with their investments around the world.

SAI Life Sciences Ltd. manufactures, develops, and discovers pharmaceutical drugs. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, India.

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.