Pratik Shah

Kalypsys, Inc. discovered and developed novel, first-in-class therapeutic agents to address unmet medical needs in respiratory and inflammatory diseases. The firm advanced its proprietary lead program, a novel, non-corticosteroid small molecule formulated for intranasal delivery, into clinical proof of concept studies. The company was founded by Pratik Shah, Jeremy S. Caldwell, Randall W. King, Kevin D. Lustig, Peter G. Schultz and Robert Downs in 2001 and was headquartered in Solana Beach, CA.

NephRx Corp. provides therapeutic products for the treatment of kidney failures. The firm's flagship product includes NX001 is a kidney growth factor peptide for acute renal failure that is currently in preclinical development for treatment of delayed graft function in transplant patients. The company was founded in 2001 by Pratik Shah and is headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

CNS Therapeutics, Inc. develops and manufactures drug delivery products. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Cebix, Inc. provided treatments for complications of diabetes. It developed Ersatta, a proprietary disease-modifying replacement peptide for the treatment of complications associated with diabetes, including diabetic peripheral neuropathy, autonomic neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy. The company was founded by John Wahren and Lars G. Ekman in 2008 and was headquartered in San Diego, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals products. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Hazelwood, MO.

Thomas, McNerney & Partners LLC (Thomas McNerney & Partner) is a venture capital subsidiary of the Coral Group Inc founded in 1998. The firm is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The firm focuses on the development and commercialization of novel medicines for the treatment of orphan diseases. The company was founded by Sepehr Sarshar, Thomas G. Gant and Manouchehr M. Shahbaz on February 28, 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.