Derek Kelaita

ArmaGen, Inc. engages in operation of a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing revolutionary therapies for severe neurological disorders. Its products include AGT-110-Brain-penetrating biologic tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFI) for Alzheimer's disease, AGT-115-Brain-penetrating erythropoietin (EPO) for stroke, AGT-160-Brain penetrating anti-amyloid antibody (AAA) for Alzheimer's disease and AGT-181-Brain-penetrating iduronidase (IDUA) for Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Type I (Hurler's syndrome). The company was founded by William M. Pardridge and Ruben J. Boado in 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute conducts and translates biological research programs. The firm offers tumor initiation and maintenance, cancer metabolism and signaling network, tumor microenvironment and cancer immunology, degenerative disease, development/aging/regeneration, immunity and pathogenesis, human genetic, cardiovascular metabolism, integrative metabolism, metabolism genomic control, bioinformatics and structural biology programs. The company was founded by William Fishman and Lillian Fishman in 1976 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Cebix, Inc. provided treatments for complications of diabetes. It developed Ersatta, a proprietary disease-modifying replacement peptide for the treatment of complications associated with diabetes, including diabetic peripheral neuropathy, autonomic neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy. The company was founded by John Wahren and Lars G. Ekman in 2008 and was headquartered in San Diego, CA.