Louis C. Bock

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the development of pharmaceutical product candidates for the treatment of obesity. Its primary activities include recruiting personnel, conducting research and development, including clinical trials, raising capital, and preparing for the marketing and commercialization of its product, contrave. The company was founded by Eckard Weber in September 2002 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Zogenix, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company. The firm engages in the development and commercialization of central nervous system (CNS) therapies and products for the treatment orphan diseases and other CNS disorders. Its products include Fintepla and MT1621. The company was founded by Stephen James Farr, Cam L. Garner, Roger L. Hawley, Bret E. Megargel, Jonathan M. N. Rigby, Scott L. Glenn, and John J. Turanin on May 11, 2006 and is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

New Century Hospice, Inc. provides hospice care services. It offers physician directed nursing care, medical, social & spiritual counselling, bereavement, trained volunteers, related medications, medical equipment and supplies, physical, speech, and other related therapies, continuous care for acute symptom management and short-term inpatient care. The company was founded by David Charles Gasmire in 2006 and is headquartered in Moorsville, NC.

Iterion Therapeutics, Inc. provides pharmaceuticals services. The firm products are used in the treatment of colorectal, hematopoietic, and other targeted cancers. The company was founded by Jonathan P. Northrup in 2010 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Scale Management LLC (Scale Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Kate D. Mitchell and Anchie Y. Kuo. The firm is headquartered in Foster City, California.

SGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops drugs and other pharmaceutical products. The company was incorporated in June 20, 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Ascenta Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of medicines for cancer. Its core technology consists of agents designed to re-establish the natural program of apoptosis (cell death) in abnormal cancer cells. Its has three small molecule programs against distinct apoptosis targets: Bcl-2 (AT-101 – an oral pan-Bcl2 inhibitor), IAP (AT-406 – an oral multi-IAP inhibitor) and HDM2. The company was founded by Dajun Yang, Marc E. Lippman, and Shaomeng Wang on June 5, 2006 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

Cellective Therapeutics, Inc. provides biopharmaceuticals products. It develops monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of oncology and autoimmune diseases. Cellective Therapeutics products include monoclonal antibodies that target the B-cell antigens CD19, CD20 and CD22 are in preclinical stage programs. It was founded by Thomas F. Tedder and Alter E. Geller in May, 2003 and is headquartered in Durham, NC

Sonexa Therapeutics, Inc. developed drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related disorders. Its lead compound, ST101 had demonstrated both the cognitive benefits of currently marketed AD treatments along with significant disease modifying effects. The company was founded in January 2008 and was headquartered in San Diego, CA.

SHVMS, LLC (Sante Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm founded in 2006 by Joe Hal Cunningham, Kevin Myles Lalande and Doug Dewitt French. The firm is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

CardioKinetix, Inc. develops ventricular partitioning device for heart failure disease. It develops transcatheter implant called the Parachute Ventricular Partitioning Device, which intends to treat heart failure resulting from a heart attack in patients by improving overall cardiac function. The company was founded by Alexander Khairkhahan, Serjan D. Nikolic and Hugh R. Sharkey in 2002 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Molecular Templates, Inc. operates as a holding company that engages in the discovery and development of immunotoxins for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases. These are capable of targeting validated therapeutic cell surface receptors but also non-traditional targets that cannot be therapeutically targeted by antibodies or small molecules. Its product pipeline consists of lead candidates for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and breast cancer. The company was founded by Jean Gariépy and Leigh Revers in 2009 and is headquartered in Georgetown, TX.

Horizon Pharma, Inc. discovers and develops medicines for the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases. It is a specialty pharmaceutical company that has developed and is commercializing DUEXIS and RAYOS, both of which target unmet therapeutic needs in arthritis, pain and inflammatory diseases. The company products include DUEXIS (ibuprofen and famotidine) Tablets, is a proprietary, single-tablet combination of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug ibuprofen and the histamine H2-receptor antagonist famotidine; RAYOS (prednisone) delayed-release tablets, known as LODOTRA outside the U.S., is a proprietary delayed-release formulation of low-dose prednisone for the treatment of moderate to severe, active RA in adults, particularly when accompanied by morning stiffness. Horizon Pharma was founded on March 23, 2010 and is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

Diadexus, Inc. engages in the research, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. Its portfolio intends to treat cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on November 27, 1995 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Archer Venture Management, Inc. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA.