Lesley A. Stolz

Cell Genesys is a development-stage biotechnology firm focuses on gene-modification technologies to treat cancer. The company's lead product technology is its GVAX vaccine platform. Cell Genesys is working on GVAX vaccines for lung, prostate, and pancreatic cancer, as well as for leukemia and multiple myeloma, another blood cancer. Its oncolytic viral therapy platform uses specially engineered adenoviruses (such as the common cold) to kill cancer cells; the firm's lead candidate from this platform targets prostate cancer.

Aerovance, Inc. develops drugs for respiratory and inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Jeffrey Howard Tepper and Wolf-Dieter Busse in July 29, 2004 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of new oncology therapeutics for the treatment of solid and hematologic cancers. The firm's activities include conducting research and development internally and through corporate collaborators, in-licensing and out-licensing pharmaceutical compounds and technology, conducting clinical trials and raising capital. The company was founded on February 10, 1998 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

GPC Biotech AG is a biotechnology company discovering and developing new anticancer drugs.It is headquartered in Martinsried/Munich (Germany). The Company's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary has research and development sites in Waltham, Massachusetts and Princeton, New Jersey

BIOCOM provides scientific and technological services. The firm focuses that positively influence the growth of the life science industry, including capital formation, public policy, workforce development and scientific discovery and development. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Johnson & Johnson, Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC focuses on accelerating innovation worldwide and forming collaborations between entrepreneurs and Johnson & Johnson's healthcare businesses. The private company is based in South San Francisco, CA. Johnson & Johnson Innovation provides scientists, entrepreneurs, and emerging companies with one-stop access to science and technology experts who can facilitate collaborations across the pharmaceutical, medical device, and consumer companies of Johnson & Johnson. The company connects with innovators through its regional innovation centers, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JLABS, JJDC, Inc., and its business development teams to create customized deals and novel collaborations that speed up the development of innovations to solve unmet needs in patients. JLABS provides the laboratories, expertise, education, tools, and resources needed to help life science startups thrive, all with no strings attached. Johnson & Johnson Innovation Center for Device Innovation at the Texas Medical Center (CDI @ TMC) has been established to accelerate the development of medical devices.