K. Hirth

Sugen, Inc. developed small molecule drugs and related pharmaceutical products. The company was founded on July 1, 1991 and was headquartered in New York, NY.

KineMed, Inc. develops and commercializes biomarker platform technology. It provides dynamic proteomics platform, a functionally interpretable systems biology platform. The company was founded by David M. Fineman and Marc K. Hellerstein in February 2001 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Plexxikon, Inc. provides clinical and medical drug discovery and development services. The company was founded by Joseph P. Schlessinger, Thomas Richard Kassberg, Sung-hou Kim and K. Peter Hirth in 2001 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Iconic Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of serious eye disorders. Its product ICON-1, is a novel immune-conjugate fusion protein that works with the body’s immune system to address the root causes of inflammation and angiogenesis together, potentially altering the course of causes of blindness. The company was founded by Alan Garen, Kirk Dornbush, and Michael I. Sherman in 2003 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Alios BioPharma, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company which develops novel antiviral therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases. It also develops proprietary chemical libraries of novel nucleosides, nucleoside analogs and non-nucleosides as potential therapeutics for viral infections including RSV, influenza, rhinovirus and emerging viral diseases. The firm offers VX-135, a uridine nucleotide analog for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. The company was founded by Leonid N. Beigelman, Lawrence M. Blatt and John R. Donovan in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Kolltan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engaged in the development of monoclonal antibody drugs. It focused on the discovery and development of novel antibody-based drugs targeting receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. The company was founded by Arthur G. Altschul, Jr. and Joseph P. Schlessinger on November 16, 2007 and was headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Afferent Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops selective drugs for the treatment of debilitating neurogenic disorders. It offers programs for respiratory, cardiovascular, chronic pain, biology, and clinical trials. The firm offers drugs for osteoarthritis pain, treatment-refractory chronic cough, and interstitial cystitis or bladder pain syndrome. The company was founded by Anthony P. Ford in December 2009 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.