John C. Gutheil

Aphelion Capital LLC (Aphelion Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Ned Scheetz and Rodney Altman. The firm is headquartered in Mill Valley, California.

Part of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center provides medical research services. The company is based in San Diego, CA. Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center was acquired by Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute on June 23, 2009 for $25 million.

Vical, Inc. engages in the research and development of biopharmaceutical products based on patented DNA delivery technologies for the prevention and treatment of serious and life-threatening diseases. It focuses on the antifungal VL-2397, which treats patients with invasive aspergillosis. Its products include Vaxfectin, a cationic lipid formulation optimized to increase the immune response to vaccines. The company was founded by Howard E. Greene, Jr. Timothy J. Wollaeger, Karl Y. Hostetler, and Douglas D. Richman in April 1987 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Proacta, Inc. develops drugs to treat cancer. It is developing a new generation of hypoxia-activated prodrug compounds to treat cancer. The firm’s lead product PR610, is a proprietary, hypoxia-activated prodrug with potential antineoplastic activity. The company was founded in 2001 by William A. Denny, Amato J. Giaccia, William Robert Wilson and Martin J. Brown and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.