Manish Singh

Cell Genesys is a development-stage biotechnology firm focuses on gene-modification technologies to treat cancer. The company's lead product technology is its GVAX vaccine platform. Cell Genesys is working on GVAX vaccines for lung, prostate, and pancreatic cancer, as well as for leukemia and multiple myeloma, another blood cancer. Its oncolytic viral therapy platform uses specially engineered adenoviruses (such as the common cold) to kill cancer cells; the firm's lead candidate from this platform targets prostate cancer.

ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd. is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, focused on the development of therapeutics and delivery technologies for the treatment of inflammatory conditions and ocular diseases. Its lead clinical asset is EOM613 solution, a peptide nucleic-acid solution with anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory effects on cytokines and chemokines for the treatment of cancer cachexia and rheumatoid arthritis. The company also develops EOM 147, an investigational, broad-spectrum aminosterol with an intracellular mechanism for the treatment of chronic and debilitating retinal diseases. The company was founded on March 20, 1987 and is headquartered in Montvale, NJ.

Genetic Therapy, Inc. develops human gene therapy products for the treatment of genetic and acquired diseases. The company also conducts research on human gene development. Genetic Therapy was founded by M. James Barrett in May 1986 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

Chiron Viagene, Inc. provides technical services and life science research. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The company specializes in EMSA reagents and services, as well as producing innovative technology. The company was founded by Paul K. Laikind, David F. Hale, Jack W. Reich, Harry E. Gruber. Chiron Viagene was acquired by Chiron Corp. on October 03, 1995 for $135 million.

California Technology Ventures LLC (California Technology Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Jacobs Capital Group LLC founded in 1999 by Alex B. Suh. The firm is headquartered in Pasadena, California.

Aliva Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. is building the next generation animal systems for accurate prediction in human drug profiling at the pre-clinical stage with its BAC (Bacterial Artificial Chromosome) based genome engineering technology. In addition, Aliva's technology platform provides animal models that mimic serious human functional and infectious diseases for assessing effectiveness of new therapeutics prior to selecting a lead compound for Phase I testing. This technology will also be applicable for assessing the drug response of people with small genetic differences, which would allow matching drug candidates with appropriate patient populations.