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
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
Arete Therapeutics
Clinical stage company developing
a small molecule portfolio to soluble epoxide hydrolase to treat metabolic and cardiovascular disease
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.
Calistoga Pharmaceuticals
Clinical stage company developing small molecule portfolio in the PI-3 kinase family to treat cancer and inflammation
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
Collegium Pharmaceutical
Specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of proprietary, later stage pharmaceutical products in the pain, respiratory and dermatology fields
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
Marcadia Biotech
Clinical stage company developing pipeline of peptide therapeutics to treat metabolic diseases
Nuon Therapeutics
Clinical stage company developing Tranilast® to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other indications
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
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
Tobira Therapeutics
Clinical stage HIV company developing best in class CCR5 therapeutics
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
ViroPharma
Developing novel therapies to treat infectious disease including its marketed product Vancocin™ for treatment of colitis from Clostridium difficile (Exited)
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
Barosence
Developing trans-oral medical devices and procedures for addressing obesity and its co-morbidities
BARRX Medical
Provides solutions for Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous change to the thin layer of tissue lining the esophagus
Calibra Medical
Developing a mechanical disposable insulin pump.
Calypso Medical
Developed and selling a system to guide precise targeting of radiation therapy
Cardiac Dimensions
Developing novel interventional tools for the treatment of mitral valve regurgitation
CVRX
Developing stimulation-based products to treat hypertension and other chronic conditions
EBR Systems
Pursuing novel approaches in cardiac rhythm management
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
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
PowerVision
Developing an accommodating intraocular lens implant for the correction of Presbyopia
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
Zeltiq Aesthetics
Developing new technologies for non-invasive fat layer reduction
Zonare
A paradigm-shifting ultrasound company