James Smartt

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Neusentis is a biopharmaceutical company, which is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel orally-administered small molecule drugs that modulate ion channel targets. The company has developed an integrated technology platform that allows for the efficient discovery of drug leads. The firm is conducting research and development activities in a number of disease areas, including epilepsy, pain and inflammation. Icagen has two clinical stage programs in epilepsy and pain. The company was formerly known as Icagen, Inc. It was founded by Andre L. Lamotte and P. Kay Wagoner on November 23, 1992 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

C-SATS, Inc. operates online platform for doctors to improve surgical skills. The company was founded by Derek Streat, Thomas Lendvay, Timothy Kowalewski and Lee White in 2014 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Prismic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the research and development of prescription drugs for kidney disease, mental health, and chronic pain. It also offers medical foods for patients with chronic kidney disease, and depression and bipolar disorder. The company was founded by Zachary Dutton, Danilo Casadei Massari, and Peter J. Moriarty in 2011 and is headquartered in Worcester, MA.

Curtana Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the provision of therapies for the treatment of brain cancer. It focuses on the development of small molecule therapeutics targeting cancer stem cells in the central nervous system for the treatment of glioblastoma and other brain cancers. The company was founded by Gregory Stein in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Microbiomx, Inc. provides fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) solution. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA.