Brent Ahrens

Relievant Medsystems, Inc. develops treatment and technologies for chronic back pain. Its Intracept System solution is a minimally invasive procedure that uses radiofrequency energy delivered into the vertebral body of the spine to ablate the basivertebral nerve. Relievant Medsystems was founded by James C. Peacock, Jeffrey Charles Lotz, and Rex Peters in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Semnur Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceutical products. The firm focuses on the clinical and commercial development of products such as SP-102: a non-opioid epidural steroid injectable potentially for the treatment of Lumbosacral radicular pain. The company was founded by Mahendra G. Shah in 2013 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

SCILEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. It acquires late-stage clinical development and sales and marketing of generic and branded generic products. Its product includes ZTlido. The company was founded by Anthony P. Mack and William Pedranti in 2011 and is headquartered in Berwyn, PA.

Canaan Management, Inc. (Canaan Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 by Eric A. Young. The firm is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. manufactures surgical devices and equipments. Its products include the ENDOPATH XCEL access system, CONTOUR curved cutter stapler, HARMONIC ultrasonic cutting and coagulation surgical devices and the MAMMOTOME breast biopsy system. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Novare Surgical Systems, Inc. manufactures and supplies surgical equipment. Its products include laparoscopic, surgical, electrosurgical instruments, surgical laser and clamps, skin markers and orthopedic appliances. The company was founded by Thomas J. Fogarty and Kerry Pope in 1999 and is headquartered in Cupertino, CA.

Minimally Invasive Devices, Inc. develops laparoscopic visualization tools and systems. It offers FloShield Air, a vortex barrier technology that provides a continuous flow of dry carbon dioxide gas over the tip of the scope, instantly defogging it while continuously shielding it from condensation, debris, and smoke. It also offers FloShield Plus, an intra-operative flush that can be used to clean a scope if it gets dirty during surgery. The company was founded by Wayne L. Poll and Jodi Wolfe in 2006 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Spinifex Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd. discovers and develops new drugs for the treatment and management of pain. The firm conducts medicinal chemistry and drug discovery activities, preclinical and early-phase clinical studies before seeking a partnership with pharmaceutical company to complete clinical development, file for regulatory approval, and carry out marketing activities. The company was founded in June 2005 and is headquartered in Preston, Australia.

BAE Systems IAP Research, Inc. provides research, development, and engineering services. Its solutions include electro magnetic, magnetic compaction, power electronics and advanced materials. The company was founded by Dave Bauer and John Barber in 1981 and is headquartered in Dayton, OH.

Abyrx, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets medical therapeutic devices. It offers montage, hemasorb, heamsorb plus, hemasorb apply, and absorbable hemostatic bone putty. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Irvington, NY.

Unchained Labs designs, develops, and manufactures tools and devices for biologics research. It sells its products to biopharma and academic customers. The company was founded by Timothy A. Harkness in January 2015 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Nexcida Therapeutics, Inc. operates in the field of infectious disease therapeutics. The company was founded by Yigong Ge and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Biothera Pharmaceutical, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops Imprime PGG, a novel dectin receptor agonist that reverses tumor-mediated immunosuppression while promoting antigen presentation to drive T cell activation. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Roseville, MN.

Iterum Therapeutics International Ltd. engages in the development of clinical-stage pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Grey Wolf Therapeutics Ltd. is a biotechnology company, which engages in the drug discovery in immuno-oncology. It targets endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidases 1 and 2 in the antigen presentation pathway to drive modulation of the neoantigen repertoire on tumour cells. The company was founded by Thomas D. McCarthy and Peter Joyce and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Pathios Therapeutics Ltd. engages in discovering and developing novel small molecule drugs. The company was founded by Thomas David McCarthy, Alan Naylor, Kirsty McCarthy, Peter Joyce and Someit Sidhu in 2017 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Transposon Therapeutics, Inc. provides pharmaceutical products. The company is headquartered in Westport, CT.

Durata Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes novel therapeutics for infectious diseases and acute illnesses. The company was founded on November 4, 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.