Jeffery S. Loutit

Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. engages in discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs for metabolic diseases using the proprietary technology and the knowledge of processes and pathways within the liver that are useful for liver-selective drug targeting and treatment of metabolic diseases. Metabasis was incorporated in April 1997 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

BIOCOM provides scientific and technological services. The firm focuses that positively influence the growth of the life science industry, including capital formation, public policy, workforce development and scientific discovery and development. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

MPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and manufactures therapies for antibiotic resistance with focus on gram-negative organisms. It offers Aeroquin (MP- 376), an aerosol formulation of levofloxacin for the treatment of pulmonary infections in patients with cystic fibrosis, as well as antibiotic programs to address antibiotic resistance in gram negative organisms. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., SICOR, Inc. is a company that manufactures pharmaceuticals. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The company was founded by Harry E. Gruber, Jack W. Reich, Paul K. Laikind, Robert L. Engler. SICOR was acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. on January 22, 2004 for $3,297.10 million.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP provides legal advisory services. Its practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, finance, litigation, corporate finance, insurance, tax, labor and employment, political law, private equity, corporate, antitrust, white collar crime, international, regulatory, and legislation. The company was founded by Marshall Skadden, John Slate, and Les Arps in 1948 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bass, Berry & Sims Plc is a law firm with over 280 attorneys representing various publicly traded companies and Fortune 500 businesses. The private company is based in Nashville, TN. The firm has been involved in significant litigation matters, investigations, and business transactions in the United States. Bass, Berry & Sims is dedicated to guiding clients through complex legal matters and delivering value, advantage, and results. The company was founded by F. M. Bass, Frank Berry, and Cecil Sims. Todd Rolapp has been the CEO of the company since 2013.

Idun Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery and development of human therapeutics to control apoptosis. The company was founded by John C. Reed, Robert H. Horvitz, and Lawrence C. Fritz in March 1993 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC provides legal services. The firm offers services to the communications, education, environmental, health, immigration, public finance, real estate and tax industries. The company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Chromis Therapeutics, Inc. focuses on the development of curative treatments for chronic HBV infection, based on its advanced proprietary drug design and discovery platform. Its CHR101 has a potential to eradicate HBV and to efficiently cure chronically infected HBV patients, as compared to drugs currently on the market. The company was founded by Vadim Bichko and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

San Diego Athena operates as a not-for-profit organization. It supports and develops women. The company was founded by Barbara Bry in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

MatriSys Bioscience, Inc. engages in the development of biologic therapeutics. It offers therapies for dermatology and skin care conditions including atopic dermatitis, rosacea, psoriasis, acne, and skin infections. The company was founded by Mark S. Wilson and Richard L. Gallo in 2015 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Corporate Directors Forum operates as a forum for corporate directors. The non-profit company is based in La Jolla, CA.

Therini Bio, Inc. engages in research and development in the field of biotechnology. The company was founded by Katerina Akassoglou in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Tripex Pharmaceuticals LLC provides pharmaceutical services. The company is headquartered in Encinas, CA.

Santarus, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company. The company was founded on December 6, 1996 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

Castle & Cooke, Inc. owns and develops real estate, leases transportation equipment and manufactures brick. The firm conducts residential real estate development operations in Hawaii, Bakersfield, California, Sierra Vista, Arizona and Florida. The company was founded by Samuel Northrup Castle and Amos Starr Cooke on June 2, 1851 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Hollis Eden Pharmaceuticals is a private company that focuses on researching and developing drugs for adrenal steroid hormones. The company is based in San Diego, CA.

Nabriva Therapeutics GmbH is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research and development of novel anti-infective agents to treat serious infections. It focuses on the pleuromutilin class of antibiotics. The company was founded by Rodger Novak in October 2005 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Avalyn Pharma, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical products. It develops improved therapies for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other severe respiratory diseases. The company was founded by Richard Glenn Vincent and Mark W. Surber in 2011 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Pulmocide Ltd. provides biopharmaceutical services. It develops inhaled medicines for viral and fungal infections of the respiratory tract. The company was founded by William Garth Rapeport, John Murray, Kazuhiro Ito, and Peter Strong on March 23, 2007 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Leiter's Enterprises, Inc. provides ophthalmology and hospital-based services. It develops ophthalmic sterile injectables, sterile eye drops, non-sterile eye drops and trimix intracavernosal injections. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

SV Health Investors LLC is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of SV Health Investors LLP founded in 2006. SV Health Investors LLC is headquartered in Boston.

Qpex Biopharma, Inc. develops a pipeline of agents addressing critical needs for the treatment of infectious diseases in the inpatient and outpatient settings. The company is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Leiters, Inc. manufactures sterile drug compounds. The private company is based in Fort Lauderdale.