John M. Harland

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.

Immunex Corporation is a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving lives through immune system science innovation

Piper Sandler & Co. (Broker) (PSC-Broker) is the full-service brokerage division of Piper Sandler & Co., a financial service firm headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are a subsidiary of Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR). The firm was founded in 1969 and previously known as Piper Jaffray & Co. They became Piper Sandler & Co. when Piper Jaffray Companies and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. merged to become Piper Sandler Companies in 2020. PSC-Broker provides brokerage and investment banking services to financial institutions, corporations and other financial investors. Their core focus sectors are Agriculture, renewables & cannabis, Business services, Chemicals & Materials, Consumer, Diversified industrials & services, Energy, Financial services, financial sponsors, Healthcare, and Technology.

Great Point Partners LLC (Great Point) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm was founded in 2003 by Dr. Jeffrey Jay and David Kroin. Great Point provides discretionary investment management services to pooled investment vehicles, which includes hedge funds and private equity funds, as well as separately managed accounts.

Biotheranostics, Inc. develops and provides diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tests that support physicians in the treatment of cancer patients. It has commercialized two proprietary, highly differentiated products focused on early stage breast cancer and all metastatic cancers, Breast Cancer Index (BCI) and CancerTYPE ID (CTID). The company was founded by Thomas M. Baer in 2008 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Phase4 Ventures ltd (Phase4 Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Nomura International Plc founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in London, UK.

IntegenX, Inc. develops rapid human DNA identification technology, next-gen sequencing library preparation, and DNA/RNA ambient temperature stability and storage products. The firm platforms are the result of the integration of advanced fluidics, optics, and biochemistry capabilities to produce products for DNA-based human identity testing and forensics and biodefense applications. The company was founded by Stevan Jovanovich, Dennis W. Harris, Richard A. Mathies in 2003 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Vivaldi Biosciences Inc. develops and markets vaccines. It specializes in developing live attenuated influenza vaccines (LAIVs). The company was founded by Eliott Kieff, Peter Palese, and Adolfo García-Sastre in 2006 and is headquartered in Fort Collins, CO.

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

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets prescription drugs. It manufactures and markets prescription drugs used to treat a number of diseases and conditions including cardiovascular, dermatological, central nervous system, bone disease, cancer, organ transplantation, psychiatry, infectious disease, and respiratory. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in East Hanover, NJ.

Great Point Partners Private Equity (Great Point Partners) is a private equity subsidiary of Great Point Partners LLC founded in 2003 by Jeffrey Robert Jay and David Eric Kroin. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Abbott Diagnostics, Inc. develops, manufactures and sells medical diagnostic instrument, test and automation products. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Aruna Bio, Inc. manufactures and provides neural stem cells. Its products include neuronet pure human neurons screening kit, neuronet pure human neurons discovery kit, co-culture kit hastropro-neuronet, hastropro human astrocytes kit and motor neurons GFP+htscreening kit. The company was founded by James Stice and Steven L. Stice in 2003 and is headquartered in Athens, GA.

Dataguise, Inc. engages in the provision of data security intelligence and protection solutions. Its solutions include information security, privacy operations, IT operations, data analytics, financial services and insurance, healthcare, and data minimization. The company was founded by Manmeet Singh Bhasin and Adrian Booth and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Preventice Solutions, Inc. develops mobile health applications. It integrates technology from industries in health care, pharmaceuticals, medical device companies and mobile phone technology in an open, secure cloud-computing framework. The firm also offers HealthClips Rx, an interactive patient education platform that feeds data about patient compliance and post-surgical complications back into the clinical system. The company was founded in 2007 by Scott Burrichter, Dan Spors, Jonathan P. Otterstatter and Greg Wobig and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Tigerconnect, Inc. provides secure mobile messaging services. It offers secure, real-time mobile messaging for the enterprise, empowering organizations to work more securely. The company serves healthcare, enterprise, personal and developers. The company was founded by Jeffrey Albert Evans, Andrew A. Brooks and Brad Brooks in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.

QUE Oncology, Inc. engages in preventing and treating life-threatening cancers such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, and cancer pain; and related conditions. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

AllSeated Ltd. develops an events management platform. It operates as an online collaboration application built for the events industry to plan an event, wedding, and a charity function. The firm offers exact floor plans to scale, guest lists, and seating arrangements and event data updates hosted in the cloud. The company was founded by Sandy Hammer and Daniel Anisman in 2011 and is headquartered in Netanya, Israel.

Trinity Medical Devices, Inc. operates as a medical device company. It delivers single use medical products. The firm offers ventilation, humidification, aerosol delivery, respiratory care, oxygen delivery, anesthesia delivery, resuscitation, critical care and temperature management products as well as blood pressure accessories. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.