Samuel Hopkins

Trimeris, Inc. develops therapeutics for viral diseases. It is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of viral disease. The core technology platform of fusion inhibition is based on blocking viral entry into host cells. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Parion Sciences operates as a development-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of new treatments for serious diseases in multiple therapeutic areas. The firm's technology corrects defects in the innate defense of mucosal surfaces by developing inhibitors of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). The company was founded by Richard C. Boucher and is headquartered in Durham, NC.