Kirsten Doerfert

Zavante Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. Its product ZOLYD is an investigational, first-in-class epoxide antibiotic with a spectrum of bactericidal Gram-negative and Gram-positive activity, including activity against most contemporary MDR strains that threaten hospitalized patients. The company was founded by Cam L. Garner, Evelyn Ellis-Grosse and Theodore R. Schroeder in 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Alpha-9 Theranostics, Inc. operates as a clinical stage radiopharmaceutical company. It engages in developing breakthrough targeting agents for cancer imaging by positron emission tomography (PET) and therapy using targeted radioisotopes. The company was founded by Fran?ois B?nard, David Perrin, Kuo-Shyan Lin, and Ian McBeath and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Amunix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures and fabricates drugs. The firm’s pipeline products are based on proprietary XTEN half-life extension, Antibody-XTEN-Drug Conjugate, ProTIA pro-drug and bispecific T-cell engager platform technologies. The company was founded by Willem P.C. Stemmer and Volker Schellenberger in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Inflazome Ltd. engages in developing therapeutic medicines for inflammatory diseases. It manufactures and supplies medicines for muckle wells, type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension, gout, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson, Alzheimer, and multiple sclerosis. The company was founded by Matthew A. Cooper and Luke O'Neill in 2016 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Helomics Corp. provides cancer care development and treatment consulting services. Its products include chemoFx, biospeciFx, geneFx colon and geneFx lung. It also offers research and development services. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA.

Civitas Therapeutics, Inc. develops transformative pulmonary delivery therapies. The company was founded by Glenn Batchelder, Richard P. Batycky, Martin I. Freed, Jennifer Fujii, Jeffrey Elton and James L. Wright on June 17, 2009 and is headquartered in Ardsley, NY.

Longitude Capital Management Co LLC (Longitude Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Juliet Trammenoms Bakker, Patrick Enright, David Hirsch and Marc-Henri Galletti. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

FirstMark Capital LLC (FirstMark Capital) is venture capital firm founded by Rick Heitzmann and Amish Jani in 1996. The firm is headquartered in New York.