Atul Saran

MedImmune LLC develops medicines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases such as cancer and immune system disorders. It offers solutions in the areas of monoclonal antibodies and vaccines for infection, oncology, respiratory disease and inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, and neuroscience. The company was founded by Wayne T. Hockmeyer in 1988 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corp. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of therapies for glaucoma and other diseases of the eye. The company's product candidate includes Trabodenoson, an adenosine mimetic that has completed Phase II clinical trials for lowering IOP by restoring the eye's natural pressure control mechanism. It is also developing Trabodenoson plus Latanoprost, a prostaglandin analogue that has completed Phase II clinical trials for use in patients with inadequate responses to treatment with latanoprost; and Trabodenoson monotherapy for the treatment of optic nerve neuropathy. Inotek Pharmaceuticals was founded on July 7, 1999 by Csaba Szabo and Andrew L. Salzman and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Arriva Pharmaceuticals is a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing anti-inflammatory therapies for treating respiratory diseases. The company's areas of therapeutic focus are: hereditary emphysema, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) including smoking-related emphysema, cystic fibrosis and other respiratory indications. Arriva’s current clinical focus is the development of Respriva™, its nebulized, recombinant alpha 1-antitrypsin for hereditary emphysema. Arriva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is located in Alameda, California.

MedImmune Ventures, Inc. ( Medimmune Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by Ron Laufer, Wayne Hockmeyer and David Mott . The firm is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes novel medicines for the treatment of cancer, respiratory, and inflammatory diseases. It focuses on the development of novel small molecule product candidates targeting toll-like receptor 8 for applications in oncology, allergy, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Michael J. Kamdar and Robert Hershberg on June 12, 2006 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.