Brian Baker

Cengent Therapeutics, Inc. used to research and develop pharmaceutical drugs. It was a structure-based drug discovery company with a primary focus on compounds targeting signal transduction for the treatment of obesity and diabetes. It used to discover orally active PTP-1B inhibitors for treatment of type II diabetes and obesity. It was headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Phenomix Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel small-molecule product candidates directed toward clinically validated targets in significant therapeutic markets. It's internally discovered product candidates are designed to have improved efficacy, safety or convenience relative to existing therapies and other product candidates in clinical development. Its lead product candidate, dutogliptin tartrate, is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4, or DPP-4, inhibitor that it is developing as an oral, once-daily treatment for Type 2 diabetes. Its Phase 2b clinical trial of dutogliptin demonstrated statistically significant reductions in HbA1c when administered in combination with existing drugs for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. The company commenced its Phase 3 clinical program in the third quarter of 2008. Its second product candidate, PHX1766, is a protease inhibitor currently in Phase 1 of clinical development for the treatment of hepatitis C virus, or HCV, infection. The company intends to maximize the value of its product candidates through independent development, licensing and other partnership opportunities. These may include co-development or co-marketing agreements, licensing agreements with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies that possess established development and commercialization capabilities or direct commercialization by building its own sales and marketing force.

Sequenom, Inc. engages in the provision of early patient management information. It develops and commercializes molecular diagnostic testing services that serve women's health and oncology markets. The company was founded by Hubert Koester and Charles R. Cantor in October 09, 1996 and is headquartered in Burlington, NC.

Cleave Biosciences, Inc. engages in the development of cancer drug products. The company was founded by Raymond J. Deshaies, Seth Cohen, Francesco Parlati, Peter A. Thompson and Laura K. Shawver in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Phage Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures therapeutic protein which makes use of a proprietary production method that improves upon well-established approaches for the manufacture of proteins and results in the production of simple, properly folded therapeutic proteins at high yields. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage oncology biopharmaceutical company, which engages in designing and developing next-generation therapies that target genetic drivers of cancer to improve the lives of patients. Its product pipeline include Repotrectinib, TPX-0022, TPX-0046, and TPS-O131, a next-gen ALK inhibitor. The company was founded by Jingrong Jean Cui and Y. Peter Li in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.