Heidi Hagen

Dendreon Corp. discovers, develops and commercializes novel products for the treatment of cancer. The company applies its expertise in antigen identification, engineering and cell processing to produce active cellular immunotherapy ACI product candidates designed to stimulate an immune response in a variety of tumor types. It is an exploring the application of additional ACI product candidates and small molecules for the potential treatment of a variety of cancers. Dendreon was founded by Christopher S. Henney, Edgar G. Engleman and Samuel Strober in 1992 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

ZappRx, Inc. develops prescription and prior authorization platform services. It provides healthcare providers, specialty pharmacies, biopharmacies, and security standards solutions. The company was founded by Zoe Barry in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Vineti, Inc. develops software for scaling and digital solutions for cell and gene therapies. The firm focuses on enabling life changing autologous therapies, supporting standards, and developing infrastructure that will expand patient access through expedited discovery, delivery and regulation in the field. The company was founded by Heidi Hagen, Malek Faham, Amy DuRoss and Razmik Abnous and is headquartered in San Francisco CA.

Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc. develops cell and gene therapeutics that employ precise exogenous control of transgenes for improved safety and efficacy. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

A-Alpha Bio, Inc. designs and develops a drug discovery platform. The firm offers AlphaSeq platform. The company was founded by Randolph Lopez and David Younger in 2017 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Sonoma Biotherapeutics, Inc. provides research, development, and manufacturing capabilities in cell therapy and genetic engineering. The company was founded by Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Fred Ramsdell, Alexander Rudensky, and Qizhi Tang in 2019 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.