Kenneth M. Cohen

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company. The company focuses on the in-licensing, development and commercialization of proprietary branded products and product candidates to treat important medical conditions where there is an unmet medical need and high-level of patient dissatisfaction, currently in the central nervous system therapeutic area. Its product, Silenor, is indicated for the treatment of insomnia characterized by difficulty with sleep maintenance. Somaxon Pharmaceuticals was founded in August 2003 and is headquartered in Solana Beach, CA.

Synbiotics LLC develops, manufactures and markets veterinary diagnostics and services for veterinary practices, livestock and poultry producers, reference laboratories and animal breeders world-wide. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Florham Park, NJ.

Part of Merck & Co., Inc., Canji, Inc. is a gene therapy research company. The company is based in San Diego, CA. Canji was acquired by Schering-Plough Corp., part of Merck & Co., Inc. from November 03, 2009 on February 02, 1996 for $54.50 million.

LifeCell Corp. develops and markets tissue repair products. The firm focuses on reconstructive, urogynecologic and orthopedic surgical procedures. Its products include alloderm, strattice, graft jacket, allocraftdbm and repliform. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Branchburg, NJ.

Pier Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a clinical stage pharmaceutical company which develops a pharmacologic treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It develops Dronabinol a synthetic derivative of the naturally occurring substance in the cannabis plant, namely delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, otherwise known as delta-9 THC. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Louiseville, CO.

Telik, Inc. is an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel small molecule drugs to treat serious diseases. Its TELINTRA product is used for treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome and chemotherapy. The company's product candidates were discovered using its proprietary drug discovery technology TRAP, which enables the rapid and efficient discovery of small molecule drug candidates. Telik was founded in September 1988 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

MabVax Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on discovering and developing innovative vaccine and monoclonal antibody-based therapeutics for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The company was founded on July 8, 2014 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.