Robert Alexander

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.

Alta Partners Management Co. LP (Alta Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Jean Deleage, Guy Paul Nohra, Marino Polestra and Garrett P. Gruener. The firm is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming.

Founded in 1997 by Ansbert Gadicke and Luke Evnin, MPM BioEquities Adviser LLC is a hedge fund manager located in South San Francisco, California with an additional office in Boston. The firm is a subsidiary of MPM Capital LP, a private equity firm.

SARcode Bioscience, Inc., develops biopharmaceutical products. Its program is a novel class of lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) antagonists for the treatment T-cell mediated inflammatory diseases. The company was founded by Thomas Gadek and John P. Burnier in 2006 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.

ZS Pharma, Inc. engages in the development of development and commercialization of non-absorbed drugs to treat renal, cardiovascular, liver and metabolic diseases. It develops treatment of hyperkalemia. It also focuses on clinical development, novel technology, and clinical trials. The company was founded by Alvaro F. Guillem and Donald Jeffrey Keyser on February 5, 2008 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Lumena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. developed oral therapeutics for rare liver diseases. The firm was engaged in the development and commercialization of novel products for rare cholestatic liver diseases and serious metabolic disorders, such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. The company was founded by Bronislava Gedulin and Michael G. Grey in January 2011 and was headquartered in San Diego, CA.