Biopharma Venture Portfolio

Alexza Pharmaceuticals
Focused on multiple clinical stage therapeutics all leveraging the proprietary Staccato™ system for rapid delivery of drugs to the CNS to treat acute agitation, migraine, breakthrough pain, panic attacks, and insomnia

Public - (ALXA)

Palo Alto, CA

Alnara
Focused on developing non-systematic protein therapeutics for the treatment of metabolic diseases

Private

Boston, MA

Amicus Therapeutics
Developing clinical pipeline of oral small molecule chaperone therapeutics to treat lysosomal storage disease, including Fabry, Gaucher, and Pompe, as well as other genetic diseases

Public - (FOLD)

North Brunswick, NJ

Anaptys
Developing novel anitbody therapeutics using proprietary somatic hypermutation platform

Private

La Jolla, CA

Arete Therapeutics
Clinical stage company developing a small molecule portfolio to soluble epoxide hydrolase to treat metabolic and cardiovascular disease

Private

Hayward, CA

Array BioPharma
Developing a clinical pipeline of oral small molecule drugs to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases (Exited)

Public - (ARRY)

Boulder, CO

Cadence Pharmaceuticals
Clinical stage, hospital-focused company awaiting FDA approval of OFIRMEV™ for acute pain.

Private

San Diego, CA

Calistoga Pharmaceuticals
Clinical stage company developing small molecule portfolio in the PI-3 kinase family to treat cancer and inflammation

Private

Seattle, WA

Calixa Therapeutics
Clinical stage, infectious disease company in clinical trials with a potent antibiotic to treat gram negative infections, including those from the hard-to-treat Pseudomonas. Acquired by Cubist in December 2009. (Exited)

Acquired by Cubist

San Diego, CA

Cerexa
Acquired by Forest Labs (FRX). Now a wholly-owned subsidiary developing Ceftaroline™ and other novel anti-infectives for life threatening bacterial infections (Exited)

Acquired by Forest Labs

Alameda, CA

Chimerix
Clinical stage company with pipeline of anti-viral assets to treat smallpox, HPV, CMV, HIV leveraging proprietary platform technology to improve oral drug delivery

Private

Durham, NC

Collegium Pharmaceutical
Specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of proprietary, later stage pharmaceutical products in the pain, respiratory and dermatology fields

Private

Cumberland, RI

Cotherix
Developed Ventavis™ for pulmonary arterial hypertension (Exited)

Public - (CTRX); Acquired by Actelion

Belmont, CA

CV Therapeutics
Developed Ranexa™ for chronic angina and clinical pipeline of small molecule therapeutics to treat cardiovascular disease (Exited)

Public - (CVTX), Acquired by Gilead

Palo Alto, CA

Geron
Anti-cancer drugs and cancer vaccines targeting the enzyme telomerase as well as developing embryonic stem cell-based therapeutics (Exited)

Public - (GERN)

Menlo Park, CA

Intradigm
Preclinical stage company developing proprietary platform of novel, systemically delivered RNAi therapeutics

Private

Rockville, MD

Marcadia Biotech
Clinical stage company developing pipeline of peptide therapeutics to treat metabolic diseases

Private

Carmel, IN

Nuon Therapeutics
Clinical stage company developing Tranilast® to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other indications

Private

San Mateo, CA

OraPharma
Developed Arrestin™ for periodontal diseases (Exited)

Acquired by J & J

Warminster, PA

Portola Pharmaceuticals
Clinical stage company developing next-generation antithrombotic drugs, including oral Factor Xa inhibitor, Betrixaban™, and an ADP receptor antagonist, for acute and chronic cardiovascular disease

Private

South San Francisco, CA

QuatRx
Clinical stage company in Phase III trials with Osphena™ for post-menopause vaginal atrophy

Private

Ann Arbor, MI

Rigel
Developing small molecule drugs for inflammatory/autoimmune diseases, cancer, viral and metabolic diseases (Exited)

Public - (RIGL)

South San Fancisco, CA

Stromedix
Clinical stage company developing antibody to avb6 to treat fibrosis associated with renal transplantation

Private

Boston, MA

Tobira Therapeutics
Clinical stage HIV company developing best in class CCR5 therapeutics

Private

San Diego, CA

Trubion Pharmaceuticals
Developing small modulatory immunoparticles (SMIPs) for CD20, CD37 and other high value targets

Public - (TRBN)

Seattle, WA

Tularik
Engaged in the discovey and development of a broad range of novel and superior oral available medicines that act through the regulation of gene expression. (Exited)

Acquired by Amgen

South San Francisco, CA

VentiRx Pharmaceuticals
Clinical stage company developing small molecule portfolio in the TLR family to treat cancer, infectious, repiratory and autoimmune diseases

Private

La Jolla, CA

ViroPharma
Developing novel therapies to treat infectious disease including its marketed product Vancocin™ for treatment of colitis from Clostridium difficile (Exited)

Public - (VPHM)

Exton, PA

Vivus
Clinical portfolio to treat obesity and sexual health (Exited)

Public - (VVUS)

Mountain View, CA

XenoPort
Clinical portfolio including Solzira™ for restless legs syndrome and neuropathic pain as well as pipeline of drugs to treat GERD, Parkinsons and migraine, all developed using its proprietary platform technology to improve bioavailability (Exited)

Public - (XNPT)

Palo Alto, CA

Zymogenetics
Focused on developing a pipeline of therapeutic proteins including Recothrom™ for hemostasis (Exited)

Public - (ZGEN)

Seattle, WA

Medical Device Venture Portfolio

Ascension
Leading orthopedics company addressing unmet needs in the extremeties field

Private

Austin, TX

Barosence
Developing trans-oral medical devices and procedures for addressing obesity and its co-morbidities

Private

Redwood City, CA

BARRX Medical
Provides solutions for Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous change to the thin layer of tissue lining the esophagus

Private

Sunnyvale, CA

Calibra Medical
Developing a mechanical disposable insulin pump.

Private

Redwood City, CA

Calypso Medical
Developed and selling a system to guide precise targeting of radiation therapy

Private

Seattle, WA

Cardiac Dimensions
Developing novel interventional tools for the treatment of mitral valve regurgitation

Private

Kirkland, WA

CVRX
Developing stimulation-based products to treat hypertension and other chronic conditions

Private

Maple Grove, MN

EBR Systems
Pursuing novel approaches in cardiac rhythm management

Private

Palo Alto, CA

FlowCardia
Focused on the treatment of chronic total occlusions in coronary artery and peripheral vascular disease (Exited)

Acquired by CR Bard

Sunnyvale, CA

Glaukos
Clinical stage ophthalmology company developing treatments for glaucoma

Private

Laguna Hills, CA

InnerPulse
Developing a disruptive interventional technology platform for cardiac rhythm management devices

Private

Research Triangle Park, NC

PatientKeeper
Market leader in mobile HCIT solutions for healthcare providers

Private

Cambridge, MA

PowerVision
Developing an accommodating intraocular lens implant for the correction of Presbyopia

Private

Palo Alto, CA

Primaeva
Early stage medical device company developing a skin tightening and rejuvenation dermatological device (Exited)

Acquired by Syneron Medical

Fremont, CA

Xoft
Developing a family of micro-miniature x-ray source based medical devices to address various types of cancers

Private

Santa Clara, CA

Zeltiq Aesthetics
Developing new technologies for non-invasive fat layer reduction

Private

Pleasanton, CA

Zonare
A paradigm-shifting ultrasound company

Private

Mountain View, CA