Perry Karsen

Celgene Corp. is an integrated global biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovery, development and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases. Its primary commercial stage products include Revlimid, Pomalyst, Imnovid, Otezla, Abraxane, and Vidaza. The company was founded by David Stirling and Sol Barer in 1986 and is headquartered in Summit, NJ.

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.

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that exists to place new therapies into the hands of those battling serious disease. Its lead products include BENLYSTA for systemic lupus erythematosus and raxibacumab for inhalation anthrax. The firm's other products include, mapatumumab, darapladib, albiglutide, ZALBIN, HGS1036 and HGS1029. The company was founded by Alan G. Walton and William A. Haseltine in 1992 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on discovering and developing novel therapeutics for cancer's growth, resistance, recurrence and metastasis. The company was founded by Michael F. Clarke and Max Wicha in August 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Biotechnology Innovation Organization is the world's biotechnology organization, providing advocacy, business development and communications services for more than 1,200 members worldwide. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology technologies. Corporate members range from entrepreneurial companies developing a first product to Fortune 100 multinationals. also represent state and regional biotech associations, service providers to the industry and academic centers.

Stalar 3, Inc. operates as a blank check company with no significant operations. The company is formed to pursue a business combination with an operating private company, foreign & domestic, seeking to become a public company. The firm has been engaged in initial financing and has commenced negotiations with operating entities. It was founded on November 13, 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Anthrogenesis Corp. discovered, developed, and commercialized applications for human stem cells. The company was headquartered in Cedar Knolls, NJ.

FirstMark Capital LLC (FirstMark Capital) is venture capital firm founded by Rick Heitzmann and Amish Jani in 1996. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Zimmer, Inc. provides joint replacement solutions. The firm products include trauma and dental implants and orthopaedic surgical products. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Warsaw, IN.

Pearl Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapies for the treatment of chronic respiratory diseases. It offers respiratory product development, high quality therapies for COPD, Asthma and treatment and prevention of chronic respiratory diseases and asthma. The company was founded in 2006 by Sarvajna Dwivedi and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

ARM is a Washington, DC-based multi-stakeholder advocacy organization that promotes global initiatives necessary to facilitate access to life-giving advances in regenerative medicine. The organization promotes legislative, regulatory reimbursement, investment, technical, and other initiatives to accelerate the development of safe and effective regenerative medicine technologies. ARM also works to increase public understand- ing of the field and its potential to transform human healthcare. Prior to the formation of ARM in 2009, there was a need for more coordinated and cohesive advocacy representing the interests of the companies, research institutions, investors and patient groups that comprise the entire regenerative medicine community. Today ARM has more than 140 members and is the leading global advocacy organization in this field.

Jounce Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage immunotherapy company, which engages in developing treatments for cancer. It also provides novel cancer immunotherapies to attack tumors. The company was founded by Louis M. Weiner, Drew M. Pardoll, Thomas F. Gajewski, James P. Allison, Robert Schreiber, and Padmanee Sharma in 2013 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

The Sonoma Land Trust provides environmental services. The non-profit company is based in Santa Rosa, CA.

Part of Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Celgene Cellular Therapeutics develops human pharmaceuticals. The private company is based in Warren, NJ. The company was founded by Robert Joseph Hariri Gordon.

ESCAPE Bio, Inc. is a preclinical stage biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the discovery and development of therapies to treat genetically defined, neurodegenerative diseases. The company was founded by Robert Mahley and Yadong Huang in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Samsara Biocapital LLC (Samsara Biocapital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Srinivas Akkaraju. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Nitrase Therapeutics, Inc. develops drugs against newly discovered nitration enzyme. The firm provides disease modifying drugs for multiple additional aging-dependent diseases, such as neurodegenerative disease, heart disease and cancer. The company was founded by Irene Griswold-Prenner and is headquartered in Jackson, WY.

Graphite Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage gene editing company. It engages in the business of developing therapies that harness targeted gene integration to treat or cure serious diseases. The company was founded by Matthew Porteus and Maria Grazia Roncarolo on June 1, 2017 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Jiya Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company. The firm was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It focuses on identifying promising opportunities in the biopharmaceutical sector. The company was founded in August 2020 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Autobahn Labs, Inc. is a virtual incubator that partners with research institutions to accelerate the advancement of early-stage drug discovery and development. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The organization invests intellectual, financial, and physical capital to efficiently move projects from feasibility to novel drug candidates. Autobahn Labs was created by Samsara Biocapital, Evotec, and KCK Ltd.

Third Rock Ventures LLC (Third Rock Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by Mark Levin, Robert Tepper, Kevin Starr and Nick Leschly. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Alliqua BioMedical, Inc. engages in commercializing differentiated regenerative medical products which assist the body in the repair or replacement of soft tissue. Its commercial wound care portfolio consists of wound bed preparation and human biologics. It also manufactures custom electron beam cross-linked and aqueous polymer hydrogels used for wound care, medical diagnostics, transdermal drug delivery, and cosmetics. The company was founded on October 27, 1997 and is headquartered in Langhorne, PA.