Steven Lo

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute is a non profit organization that provides healthcare plans and services. It focuses on total health of its members and guided by personal physicians, specialists, and team of caregivers. Its expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, care delivery, and chronic disease management. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Valitor, Inc. develops a new generation of biotechnology drugs. It develops methods of modifying therapeutic proteins to achieve substantial control over pharmacokinetics, target specificity and bioactivity. The company was founded by Kevin E. Healy, Wesley M. Jackson and David Schaffer in 2010 and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

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.