Dennis D. Kim

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes medicines for diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on September 29, 1987 by Howard E. Greene, Jr. and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the provision and development of access to therapies for patients with liver and other chronic diseases with high unmet medical needs. Its products pipeline includes Seladelpar, MBX-2982, CB-0406, and CB-001. The company was founded on October 5, 1988 and is headquartered in Newark, CA.

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the development of pharmaceutical product candidates for the treatment of obesity. Its primary activities include recruiting personnel, conducting research and development, including clinical trials, raising capital, and preparing for the marketing and commercialization of its product, contrave. The company was founded by Eckard Weber in September 2002 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Zafgen, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of novel therapies for patients affected by complex metabolic diseases. It focuses on the study of MetAP2 inhibitors in both common and rare metabolic disorders. The firm also advancing programs for type 2 diabetes, Prader-Willi syndrome, and liver diseases. The company was founded on November 22, 2005 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

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.

EnteroMedics, Inc. is a medical device company, which in the design, and development of devices that use neuroblocking technology to treat obesity,metabolic diseases, and other gastrointestinal disorders. It offers vBlock system, which is a therapy to limit expansion of hte stomach, help control hunger sensations between meals, reduce the frequency and intensity of stomach contractions and produce a feeling of early and prolonged fullness. The company was founded by Mark B. Knudson, Robert S. Nickoloff, Timothy R. Conrad, Katherine S. Tweden and Richard R. Wilson on December 19, 2002 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Emerald Health Sciences, Inc. develops cannabinoid pharmaceutical drugs. It targets botanicals including medical & recreational and nutraceutical segments. The company was founded on July 31 2007is headquartered in Victoria, Canada.

AFYX Therapeutics AS engages in research and development of pharmaceutical drugs. It develops a platform designed to deliver a pharmaceutical drug uni-directional to a mucosal surface. The company was founded in May 2014 and is headquartered in Virum, Denmark.