Le-Van Nguyen

Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research and development of desensitization treatments for peanut and other food allergies. Its portfolio includes the characterized oral desensitization immunotherapy system. The firm product include Palforzia, which is an oral immunotherapy indicated for the mitigation of allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis that may occur with accidental exposure to peanut. The company was founded on June 24, 2011 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA.

InterMune, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that researches, develops and commercializes therapies in pulmonology and orphan fibrotic diseases. It focuses on therapies for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive and fatal lung disease. The firms research programs are focused on the discovery of targeted, small-molecule therapeutics and biomarkers to treat and monitor serious pulmonary and fibrotic diseases. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

APT Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operated as a drug development company. The company was founded on December 15, 1999 and was headquartered in Burlingame, CA.

CoMentis, Inc. focuses on developing drugs to treat various central nervous system disorders. Its research and development spectrum include BACE inhibitors and modulators of the a7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (NAChR). The company was founded by John P. Cooke and Muralitharan Kengatharan in 2006 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Telik, Inc. is an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel small molecule drugs to treat serious diseases. Its TELINTRA product is used for treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome and chemotherapy. The company's product candidates were discovered using its proprietary drug discovery technology TRAP, which enables the rapid and efficient discovery of small molecule drug candidates. Telik was founded in September 1988 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.