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Frazier Management LLC (Frazier Healthcare Partners) is a venture capital subsidiary of Frazier & Co Inc. founded in 1991. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formed in 1997 as the William H. Gates Foundation. In 1999, the foundation was renamed the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust was created in January 2000 through the merger of the Gates Learning Foundation, which worked to expand access to technology through public libraries and the William H. Gates Foundation, which focused on improving global health. The foundation participates in preventive approaches and collaborative endeavors with government, philanthropic and not-for-profit partners. Priority is given to grants that leverage additional support and serve as a catalyst for long-term, systemic change. The foundation also provides funds to promote greater equity in global health, education and public libraries. Through their partnerships in communities across the US, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committed to raising the high school graduation rate and helping all students, regardless of race or family income. The foundation is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

ARCH Venture Partners LLC is a Venture Capital firm founded in 1986. The firm is headquartered in Chicago with additional office in Dublin.

Rally Health, Inc. provides a personal health management platform that enables consumers to record fitness goals, research conditions, access health tools and even communicate directly with other members and medical professionals. Its flagship products, Zensey, is a gamified health social network and employee wellness program. Zensey consists of a place for patients to aggregate health data from providers and an anonymous forum to discuss health concerns with other members, as well as connections to various smartphone-enabled health devices. The company was founded by Gran Lovely Verstandig in 2010 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is a registered broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1987 and provides debt and equity services including underwriting, M&A advice, securities dealing and brokerage and trade execution. Their client base ranges from large global institutional investors to hedge funds at the cutting edge of innovation in the industry.

Allergan Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Inc. develops and distributes pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical devices. It imports and exports pharmaceutical products. The company is located in Irvine, CA

National Cancer Institute provides healthcare services. It specializes in different cancer treatment such as adrenocortical carcinoma, anal cancer, appendix cancer, skin cancer, breast cancer, cardiac tumors, endometrial cancer, and gallbladder cancer. The company was founded in March 1937 and is headquartered in Bethesda, MD.

National Academy of Sciences operates as a private, nongovernmental institution that advises on issues related to science and technology. It provides independent, objective analysis and advice and conducts other activities to solve complex problems and inform public policy decisions. The firm also encourages education and research, recognize outstanding contributions to knowledge, and increase public understanding in matters of science. The company was founded on March 3, 1863 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is an organization that honors excellence and brings together leaders. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA.

The National Academy of Medicine (United States) is based in Washington and is focused on improving the health and well-being of individuals through various initiatives. These initiatives include the clinician well-being collaborative, which aims to accelerate the implementation of a national plan for health workforce well-being, and the development of a code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence in health care. The organization also provides resources to support meaningful community engagement in health and health care programs and policies. Recently, the National Academy of Medicine announced the appointment of Mandy Cohen, a member of the organization, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, the organization has released a publication celebrating 50 years of progress in biomedical science, health, and health care.

Association for Corporate Growth, Inc. is a global organization founded in 1954 by Kenneth S. Berryman and David H. Brenner. The non-profit company is based in Chicago, IL and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Canada, and the United States. The company's mission is to drive middle-market growth and it serves 90,000 investors, executives, lenders, and advisers to growing middle-market companies. The company's core focus is on middle-market M&A, with more than 25 years of sell-side and buy-side advisory experience, closing more than 200 transactions with a combined value of more than $1 billion. The company also publishes Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth, which includes a print magazine, website, weekly e-newsletter, and daily newsfeed. The CEO of the company since 2019 is Brent A. Baxter.

Southern California Biomedical Council, also known as SoCalBio, is an organization that aims to promote the growth and development of the life sciences industry. The non-profit company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company provides leadership, advocacy, and support to their members, and foster collaboration within the industry. The CEO of the company is Ahmed Enany.

The Column Group LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Svennilson. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco.

Freedom Innovations LLC designs, manufactures, and markets prosthetic devices. The firm focuses on developing lower limb prosthetic solutions in collaboration with prosthetists and amputees. Its products include Renegade, Thrive, Pacifica, DynAdapt, Agilix, and Maverick Comfort AT. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Pacific Enterprise Bank (Irvine, California) operates as a state chartered commercial bank. It offers business banking, personal banking, and loan products. The company was founded in April 2007 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

AccuraGen, Inc. engages in cancer diagnostic and research. It develops sequencing-based cancer-mutation detection systems. The company was founded by Shengrong Lin, Kang Ying, Johnny Sun, Paul Tang and Grace Zhao in 2013 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Fog Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops pharmaceutical products. It discovers and develops cell-penetrating miniproteins (CPMPs), which are specifically designed to target cancer-causing proteins inside cancer cells and neutralize them. The company was founded by Gregory L. Verdine, WeiQing Zhou and David Philip Lane and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

GRAIL, Inc. is a healthcare company. It engages in the development of a technology for early detection of cancer. The company was founded by Jeffrey T. Huber, William H. Rastetter, and Mostafa Ronaghi on September 11, 2015 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

LifeMine Therapeutics, Inc. develops drugs from fungi which aims to cure untreatable and significant chronic diseases. The company was founded by Gregory L. Verdine, WeiQing Zhou, Richard D. Klausner and Hingge Hsu and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Hummingbird Bioscience Pte Ltd. operates as a biotechnology company. It engages in the research and development of novel cancer immuno-therapeutics. The firm develops antibodies against a number of oncology and immuno-oncology targets. The company was founded by Jerome Boyd-Kirkup, Piers Ingram, and Lan Zhang in 2015 and is headquartered in Singapore.

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.

Part of Nuvation Bio, Inc., AnHeart Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company based in New York, NY. AnHeart Therapeutics is focused on developing a pipeline of novel precision oncology therapeutics for areas of significant unmet medical need. The company's lead investigational therapy, taletrectinib, is a next-generation ROS1-inhibitor currently in pivotal phase 2 trials for ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). AnHeart Therapeutics, Inc. also has a second investigational therapy, safusidenib, being evaluated in a phase 2 trial for -mutant glioma. AnHeart Therapeutics is supported by leading life sciences investors and has built an organization with deep oncology drug discovery and development expertise. The company was founded by Bing Yan, Junyuan Jerry Wang, Lihua Zheng, and the CEO is Junyuan Jerry Wang. AnHeart Therapeutics was acquired by Nuvation Bio, Inc. on April 09, 2024 for $89.30 million.

Ariagen, Inc. provides investment services. The CEO of the American company is Peter Colabuono.

Altos Labs is a biotechnology company that focuses on cellular rejuvenation programming to restore cell health and resilience. The company is based in Redwood City, CA. The company's goal is to reverse disease and transform medicine. Altos Labs was founded by Rick Klausner and Hans Edgar Bishop. The CEO is Hal V. Barron.