Brenda D. Gavin

Diasome Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a clinical stage diabetes therapeutics company which designs and develops insulin-based therapies for the treatment of diabetes. It focuses on the clinical and commercial development of breakthrough therapies for diabetes and obesity. The company’s technology platform is based on the use of its proprietary Hepatocyte Directed Vesicle or HDV, nanotechnology to deliver a wide range of critically necessary hormones and drugs to the liver, the body’s primary site of glucose storage. The firm’s HDV system is designed to fundamentally improve the way in which insulin works in people with diabetes by enabling much greater amounts of injected insulin to reach hepatocytes, the liver’s glucose storing cells. The company was founded by Len Rosenberg, Lance Converse, W. Blair Geho and Robert Geho in 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

GSK Equity Investment Ltd (GSK Equity) is a venture capital firm a subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline Plc founded in 1985. The firm is headquartered in Reedwood City, California.

Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals products. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Hazelwood, MO.

Quaker Partners Management LP (Quaker Partners Mgmt) is a venture capital subsidiary of Independence Capital Partners Inc founded in 2002 by Ira Mark Lubert and Paul Sherrill Neff. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Biotechnology Greenhouse Corp. of Southeastern PA (BioAdvance) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Celator Pharmaceuticals Corp. is an oncology-based biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on a proprietary technology platform which evaluates combinations of anti-cancer drugs for enhanced anti-cancer activity. The company was founded by Lawrence David Mayer and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

MicroMass Communications, Inc. provides healthcare communications services. Its services include patient engagement and support, relationship marketing, precommercial and clinical, and health behavior consulting. The company was founded by David W. Bulger, Wayne Bulger and Mark Rinehart in 1994 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development manufactures pharmaceutical products. It has locations in the U.S. and across Europe. The company has treatments in the works for therapies such as infectious diseases, neuroscientific requirements and respiratory needs. GlaxoSmithKline is located in Research Triangle Park, NC

EuclidSR Partners is a venture capital firm founded by A. Bliss McCrum Jr and Milton J. pappas in 1970.The firm headquartered in New York.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners /Ventures/ (Ben Franklin Tech Partners) is a venture Capital firm founded in 1982. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.

BioLeap, Inc. discovers, designs and develops drug pharmaceutical products. Its process creates novel compounds with intellectual property protection, enhances the intellectual property estate around existing compounds, avoids obstructive patents and generates fast-follower compounds. The company was founded by Gerald H. Evans and John L. Kulp in 2004 and is headquartered in Pennington, NJ.

Penn State Research Foundation provides scientific research services aimed at improving human conditions. The non-profit company is based in University Park, PA.

Innovation Philadelphia, Inc (Innovation Philadelphia) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Rich A. Bendis. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.