Stefan Ryser

Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc (Bear Stearns) is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of The Bear Stearns Cos LLC founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in the US.

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.

Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and uses genetic information to diagnostic and therapeutic products. The company was founded by Kevin L. Rakin and Gualberto Ruano in 1992 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel drugs that target G protein-coupled receptors. It offers drugs for treatment in the field of cardiovascular, central nervous system, inflammatory, and metabolic diseases. The company was founded by Dominic P. Behan and Jack Lief on April 14, 1997 and is headquartered in Park City, UT.

Tolerx, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company in the discovery and development of therapies for immune-mediated diseases. They are also engaged in preclinical development of monoclonal antibody product candidates that engage the body’s immune system and promote and enhance immune responses. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Cambridge, MA.

Trellis Bioscience, Inc. is discovers and develops novel human antibody therapeutics. It provides the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies from human B cells. The firm develops the CellSpot antibody discovery platform, which enables the identification of antibodies directly from human blood. The company was founded by Lawrence Kauvar and Stote Ellsworth in 1998 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of oral small molecule complement system inhibitors. Its pipeline includes Danicopan and ACH-5228. The company was founded on August 17, 1998 and is headquartered in Blue Bell, PA.

Entelos, Inc. develops predictive computer models of human disease. Its solutions include mechanism-based, mathematical models; virtual patients, populations; biosimulation software and biosimulation expertise. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.