Michael Barrett

Aradigm Corp. was a pharmaceutical company, which was focused on the development and commercialization of drugs delivered by inhalation for the prevention and treatment of severe respiratory diseases by pulmonologists. The company was founded in 1991 and was headquartered in Hayward, CA.

Nucleonics, Inc. develops RNA interference-based therapeutics. It offers DNA vaccine programs. The company was founded in January 2001 and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

YM BioSciences, Inc. operates as a drug development company, which manufactures advancing hematology and cancer-related products. It is currently advancing in late-stage products, which include CYT387, an oral small molecule inhibitor of the kinase enzymes JAK1 and JAK2; and Nimotuzumab, an EGFR targeting humanized monoclonal antibody. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Pharmion Corp. engages in the development and commercialization of products for the treatment of hematology and oncology patients. It has operations in Switzerland, Israel, and Philippines. The company was founded by Patrick J. Mahaffy in 1999 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Inhibitex, Inc. operates as an clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The firm develops differentiated anti-infective products to prevent or treat serious infections. Its research and development efforts are currently focused on oral, small molecule compounds to treat viral infections, and in particular, chronic infections caused by HCV and herpes zoster. The company was founded by Joseph M. Patti in May 1994 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Eximias Pharmaceutical Corp. develops pharmaceuticals for treatment of cancer disorders. It offers its services in the mid-Atlantic areas. The company is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

Psyadon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. specializes in the development of drugs for central nervous system diseases. Its ecopipam product is an antagonist of the d1 dopamine receptor that blocks the actions of the neurotransmitter dopamine at the d1 receptor-family in the brain. The firm focuses its efforts on drugs for orphan indications because of the high medical need for effective treatments in these areas. The company was founded by Jeffrey D. Rothstein and David S. Block in 2004 and is headquartered in Germantown, MD.

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. engages in the provision of technology enabled transportation and supply chain management services. It offers truckload, small parcel, intermodal, domestic air and expedited services, and international transportation solutions. The company was founded by Bradley A. Keywell and Eric P. Lefkofsky in January 2005 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

ZP Opco, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that develops transdermal delivery technology for therapeutic indications. The company was founded by Peter E. Daddona and Frank D. Stonebanks in 2006 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, Inc. discovers and develops therapies and technologies for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. It offers nitroxyl therapeutics, including CXL-1020, a nitroxyl donor compound for the intravenous treatment of acute decompensated heart failure and nitroxyl donor compounds for unmet medical needs in other cardiovascular indications. The company was founded by Vincent J. Kalish and Douglas Cowart in 2005 and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC.

Sorrento Tech, Inc., also known as Roka Bio Science, is a private company that specializes in food safety technology. The company is based in Warren, NJ and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company's core technology is the Roka pathogen detection assays, which combine the power of target capture, transcription-mediated amplification, and hybridization protection assay to deliver a fully automated, single-protocol assay with reduced enrichment times and superior sensitivity. The company's products include the Atlas® system and various detection assays for E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Legionella. Roka Bio Science provides solutions for the beef, dairy, pet food, poultry, produce, ready-to-eat foods, spices and ingredients, and environmental testing industries. Roka Bio Science was founded in 2009 by Paul G. Thomas.

Closely, Inc. provides mobile and web-based tools that help merchants promote their business and create loyal customers. It specializes in small business marketing, local marketing, SMB, SAAS startup. The company was founded by Karyn German and Perry R. Evans on December 3, 2009 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

J.E.M. Capital, Inc. is a a shell company, which engages in the identification of a privately held operating company which desires to become a publicly held entity by merging with the firm through a reverse merger or acquisition. The company was founded on September 14, 2011 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Genetic Therapy, Inc. develops human gene therapy products for the treatment of genetic and acquired diseases. The company also conducts research on human gene development. Genetic Therapy was founded by M. James Barrett in May 1986 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Peptimmune was founded in 2002 with technology from the laboratories of Dr. Jack Strominger, Higgins Professor of Biochemistry at Harvard University; and Dr. Hidde Ploegh, from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Peptimmune has therapeutics in clinical development for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Peptimmune's flagship program in multiple sclerosis features PI-2301, which has the opportunity to replace Copaxone® (Teva Pharmaceuticals), the world's leading first-line therapy for the treatment of MS. Peptimmune has broad expertise in MHC Class II molecules and their role in antigen presentation and modulation of immune responses. The Company exploits its proprietary DEEP Technology (Directed Expansion of Epitope Permutation) to design peptides and peptide mixtures for development as therapeutics, diagnostic kits, and as reagents for antibody generation. The Company is building a unique suite of expertise in the manufacture and control of peptide copolymer-based drug products.

New Enterprise Associates LLC (New Enterprise Associates) is a venture capital firm founded in 1977. The firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Targacept, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which is engaged in the design, discovery and development of a new class of drugs to treat multiple diseases and disorders of the nervous system by selectively targeting Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors, or NNRs. NNRs are found on nerve cells throughout the human nervous system and serve as key regulators of nervous system activity. Targacept was founded by J. Donald deBethizy, Merouane Bencherif, William S. Caldwell and Patrick M. Lippiello on March 7, 1997 and is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.

Intercell USA, Inc. discovers and develops vaccines and immune system stimulants. The vaccine patch enhances the efficacy of existing vaccines, enables new vaccines that are viable only through transcutaneous administration and expand the global vaccine market. The company was founded by Gregory M. Glenn and Dean P. Lewis in September 1997 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Senseonics, Inc. develops transformative glucose monitoring products. It develops Senseonics continuous glucose monitoring system, an implantable continuous glucose monitoring system, which includes a miniaturized sensor and receiver that is inserted into the subcutaneous space under the skin to wirelessly transmit glucose levels to an external receiver. The company was founded by Michael James Barrett and Arthur E. Colvin in 1996 and is headquartered in Germantown, MD.

Teva Biopharmaceuticals USA, Inc. develops and commercializes biological products. It uses albumin-fusion technology to develop and commercialize certain albumin-fusion proteins for therapeutic use. The company was founded by Craig A. Rosen, Steven C. Mayer, Indra Sanyal and Mark A. Rampy in 2005 and is headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Predictive Biosciences is a fully-integrated developer of novel molecular diagnostic cancer assays, and a subspecialty, urology-focused provider of anatomic pathology laboratory products and services. The Company pioneered the Clinical Intervention Determining Diagnostic (CIDD) and Multi-Analyte Diagnostic Readout (MADR) approaches to cancer management, leveraging its portfolio of patented biomarkers and clinical algorithms. Based on these approaches, the Company is building a unique portfolio of assays that enable physicians to reliably determine the presence or absence of cancer with very high levels of confidence. Predictive Biosciences' first tests are targeted toward the growing bladder cancer and prostate cancer survivor populations and the large number of individuals undergoing clinical workups for these malignancies. Predictive Biosciences' corporate headquarters and innovation center is located in Lexington, Massachusetts. The Company's commercial division, OncoDiagnostic Laboratory (ODL), is located in Cleveland, Ohio. ODL is a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)-certified anatomic pathology and molecular diagnostics lab with a national sales force serving urologists, gastroenterologists, dermatologists, gynecologists, and other subspecialty physicians. Founded in 2006, Predictive Biosciences is privately funded by Flybridge Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Kaiser Permanente Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.

Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. It engages in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) and other diseases caused by an imbalance in the proteostasis network. The company was founded by William Balch, Jeffery W. Kelly, Andrew Dillin, Richard I. Morimoto, Alfred Lewis Goldberg, Daniel Finley, Christopher T. Walsh, and Randall W. King in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Clovis Oncology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the acquisition, development, and commercialization of innovative anti-cancer agents in the United States, Europe, and additional international markets. Its U.S. marketed product, Rubraca (rucaparib), an oral small molecule inhibitor of poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP), is approved for use in the maintenance treatment and treatment of eligible adult patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer, and also for the treatment of adult patients with a deleterious BRCA mutation (germline and/or somatic)-associated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), which have been treated with androgen receptor-directed therapy and a taxane-based chemotherapy. In Europe, Rubraca is approved for use in recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer. The company was founded by Andrew R. Allen, Gillian C. Ivers-Read, Patrick J. Mahaffy, and Erle T. Mast on April 20, 2009 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

GlaxoSmithKline LLC engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines, vaccines, and other healthcare products. It offers prescription medicines that treat various diseases, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, herpes, asthma, migraine, and heart diseases, as well as stomach and skin problems, infections, and flu. It also provides vaccines for children and adults; and over-the-counter products. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Tarveda Therapeutics, Inc. discovers and develops cancer therapeutics and drugs. Its proprietary technology, assets and expertise are built around an integrative research and development process that brings together new-molecule drug discovery engine and patented nanoparticle engineering platform. The company was founded by Omid C. Farokhzad, Stephen J. Lippard and Robert S. Langer Jr., in 2011 and is headquartered in Watertown, MA.

Loxo Oncology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. It focuses on genetic alterations, targeted therapies, and genetic testing. The company was founded by Joshua H. Bilenker in May 2013 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Placon Therapeutics, Inc. develops novel platinum therapies. The private company is based in Watertown.

Roka Bioscience, Inc. is a company that specializes in food safety technology. The company is based in Mendham, NJ and was founded in 2009 by Paul G. Thomas. Roka Bioscience's core technology is their pathogen detection assays which combine the power of target capture, transcription-mediated amplification, and hybridization protection assay to target ribosomal RNA (rRNA), an optimal target for molecular technology in food pathogen detection applications. The company offers a range of products including the Atlas® System and various detection assays for E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Legionella. Roka Bioscience also provides environmental testing solutions and technical support for their customers. Mary Duseau has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

Zosano Pharma Corp. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of human pharmaceutical products. It also focuses on providing rapid systemic administration of therapeutics to patients using proprietary intracutaneous microneedle system. The company was founded in October 2006 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.