Paulette Taylor

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Target Therapeutics, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets disposable and implantable medical devices. It provides medical devices used in minimally invasive procedures to treat vascular diseases and other diseases related to small vessels of the circulatory system. The company was founded by Anna Marie and John R. Daniels in 1985 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Cylene Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers, develops and commercializes small molecule drugs. It develops molecule drugs to treat life-threatening diseases, with a particular emphasis in oncology. The firm drug discovery platform, STAND has delivered a diverse portfolio of drug candidates that target the multiple pathways critical for the support, maintenance of cancer cells and that address unmet medical needs with substantial markets. The company was founded in 1997 by Thomas James Farrell and Daniel Douglas Von Hoff and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Naviscan, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets organ molecular imaging scanners. The company was founded by Irving Weinberg on January 31, 2006 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Artielle ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc. develops therapeutics for autoimmune diseases. Its Recombinant T-cell receptor Ligands can be tailored to target different illnesses. The company develops RTL1000, a compound for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. The company was founded by Halina Offner, Arthur Vandenbark and Gregory G. Burrows in 2004 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Theregen, Inc. develops cell based therapies for cardiovascular and vascular disorders. Its product Anginera is a cell-based, three-dimensional human tissue patch that induces formation of mature blood vessels in the human myocardium. The company was founded by Michael Siani-Rose and H. Martin Lades in 2003 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Infraredx, Inc. is a developed cardiovascular imaging devices. Its product were TVC Imaging System dual-modality intravascular imaging system with the ability to assess vessel structure and plaque composition via integrated NIRS near infrared spectroscopy lipid-core plaque LCP detection and enhanced IVUS imaging technology. The company was founded by James E. Muller in 1999 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Asteres, Inc. develops secure self-service kiosks for the storage and delivery of prescriptions and consumer products. Its product script center, the prescription pickup kiosk for retail, healthcare and military pharmacies that allows patients to pick up and pay for their prescriptions and other items even when the pharmacy is closed. The company was founded by Linda J. Pinney and John A. Beane in 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Actimis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides pharmaceutical research and development services. it focuses on the development of small therapeutics for respiratory and inflammatory disorders. The company was founded by Kevin B. Bacon in November 2004 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Harkness Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops novel therapies for obesity. The firm offers human clinical trials for its first product, an oral formulation of the peptide enterostatin for the treatment of obesity. The company was founded by Edward Dennis and Byron Rubin in 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Pulsar Vascular, Inc. engages in the design and development of minimally invasive medical devices for the endovascular treatment of neurovascular disorders. The company was founded by Joseph M. Eskridge and Gilbert Clarke on August 1, 2005 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

Microbia, Inc. engages in the development of microbial manufacturing technologies for the production of chemicals from renewable raw materials. The company is headquartered in DE.

Ren Pharmaceuticals was formed in the fall of 2006 with the aim of bringing together talented and experienced people who are passionate about building a cardio-renal/renal- focused drug development company. Ren Pharmaceuticals closed a Series A financing in November 2006 with Sanderling Ventures, Venrock Associates and Amgen Ventures as investors. The company's R&D is currently located in South San Francisco, California.

CalciMedica, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in drug development. It discovers and develops novel small molecule drugs for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders and organ transplant rejection. The company was founded by Gonul Velicelebi, Kenneth Stauderman, Anjana Rao, Patrick Hogan, Stefan Feske, Michael Harpold, Tom Reed, and Jack Roos in December 2006 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

TheraVida, Inc. develops and commercializes therapeutic products that improve the lives of patients. The firm's products help to treatment of overactive bladder and urge urinary incontinence. It develops a portfolio of combination pharmaceutical products in the fields of urology and central nervous system disorders. The company was founded by Mehdi Paborji in 2005 and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC.

ProteoTech, Inc. operates as a private drug development company. It focuses on targeting amyloid diseases. The firm is utilizing its amyloid and proteoglycan expertise in an effort to transform the lives of victims of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type 2 diabetes, and systemic amyloidosis. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

HealthCare Ventures LLC (HealthCare Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 1985 by Harold R. Werner. The firm is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Leerink Partners LLC is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Jeffrey Leerink in 1995 and formerly known as SVB Securities LLC. They rebranded as Leerink Partners in 2023. The firm is a subsidiary of SVB Securities LLC. Leerink Partners provides institutional sales, equity research, institutional trading, and corporate finance and asset management services to the healthcare and technology industries. They offer superior execution capabilities in common stock, convertibles and derivatives with a singular focus on healthcare and a knowledge-led approach.

Perkins Coie LLP provides corporate, commercial litigation, and intellectual property legal services. Its practice areas include business law, environment and natural resources, estate planning and trust services, finance, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, product liability, real estate and land use, regulatory and government affairs, and taxation. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP provides legal services. It is a national business and litigation law firm representing businesses based throughout the United States and around the world. The company was founded in 1908 and it is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Tenex Greenhouse Ventures LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2001. Tenex Greenhouse Ventures LLC is headquartered in Burlingame.

Gemin X Pharmaceuticals US Inc. is engaged in the development of cancer therapeutics. It offers mimetic and telomere capping programs, as well as screening, medicinal chemistry, and preclinical development services. The company was founded by Gordon C. Shore in 1998 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

The Washington State Bar Association operates the state bar association.

Aerami Therapeutics, Inc. develops inhaled insulin products to treat diabetes patients. Its product Dance 501 is designed to produce consistently sized particles of liquid insulin in the form of a smooth mist, allowing the efficient and consistent delivery of insulin into the lungs in a few comfortable breaths. The company was founded by John Stuart Patton in February 9, 2009 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Therillia Development Co., Inc. operates as a portfolio company of Sanderling Ventures. It develops novel drug candidates of interest to Sanderling and other venture capital investors from preclinical to clinical proof of concept. The company is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Glycomine, Inc. engages in the development of therapeutics for diseases which have no treatment options. Its therapeutic approach is to combine replacement therapies such as substrates, enzymes, or proteins with intracellular delivery vehicles consisting of bio-nanomaterials or ligands that target the molecules to the cell interior of clinically relevant organs. It focuses on research of mannose-1-phosphate and Ngly1 enzyme replacement therapy, and observational study of GLY-000. The company was founded in 2014 by Agnes Rafalko and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Diazon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development of the onco-therapeutic DZ-2384 that targets a proven therapeutic pathway in oncology. The company was founded by Anne Roulston, Gordon Shore and Patrick Harran in 2013 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Liphorus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops small molecules effective in treating high cholesterol. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.