Brenda D. Gavin

Ben Franklin Technology Partners /Ventures/ (Ben Franklin Tech Partners) is a venture Capital firm founded in 1982. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

GlaxoSmithKline Research & Development manufactures pharmaceutical products. It has locations in the U.S. and across Europe. The company has treatments in the works for therapies such as infectious diseases, neuroscientific requirements and respiratory needs. GlaxoSmithKline is located in Research Triangle Park, NC

Innovation Philadelphia, Inc (Innovation Philadelphia) is a venture capital firm founded in 2001 by Rich A. Bendis. The firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the research and development of biopharmaceutical products. The company was founded by Lawrence David Mayer, and Marcel B. Bally in 1999 and is headquartered in Ewing, NJ.

BioLeap, Inc. discovers, designs and develops drug pharmaceutical products. Its process creates novel compounds with intellectual property protection, enhances the intellectual property estate around existing compounds, avoids obstructive patents and generates fast-follower compounds. The company was founded by Gerald H. Evans and John L. Kulp in 2004 and is headquartered in Pennington, NJ.

Ocera Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals products. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Hazelwood, MO.

Nucleonics, Inc. develops RNA interference-based therapeutics. It offers DNA vaccine programs. The company was founded in January 2001 and is headquartered in Horsham, PA.

Diasome Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a clinical stage diabetes therapeutics company which designs and develops insulin-based therapies for the treatment of diabetes. It focuses on the clinical and commercial development of breakthrough therapies for diabetes and obesity. The company’s technology platform is based on the use of its proprietary Hepatocyte Directed Vesicle or HDV, nanotechnology to deliver a wide range of critically necessary hormones and drugs to the liver, the body’s primary site of glucose storage. The firm’s HDV system is designed to fundamentally improve the way in which insulin works in people with diabetes by enabling much greater amounts of injected insulin to reach hepatocytes, the liver’s glucose storing cells. The company was founded by Len Rosenberg, Lance Converse, W. Blair Geho and Robert Geho in 2004 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Penn State Research Foundation provides scientific research services aimed at improving human conditions. The non-profit company is based in University Park, PA.

Adolor Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel prescription pain management products. The company develops and commercializes of novel opioid receptor-targeted therapeutics designed to maintain or improve pain relief and reduce opioid-related side effects. Its commercial product ENTEREG is a small molecule, peripherally acting mu opioid receptor antagonist intended to block the adverse side effects of opioid analgesics like morphine, on the gastrointestinal tract without interfering with central nervous system and mediated analgesia. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Exton, PA.

MicroMass Communications, Inc. provides healthcare communications services. Its services include patient engagement and support, relationship marketing, precommercial and clinical, and health behavior consulting. The company was founded by David W. Bulger, Wayne Bulger and Mark Rinehart in 1994 and is headquartered in Cary, NC.

Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that develops pharmaceutical products. Its products include Aptiom (eslicarbazepine acetate) tablets, Latuda (lurasidone HCl) tablets, Lunesta (eszopiclone) tablets, Xopenex (levalbuterol HCl) Inhalation Solution, Xopenex HFA (levalbuterol tartrate) Inhalation Aerosol, Brovana (arformoterol tartrate) Inhalation Solution, Omnaris (ciclesonide) Nasal Spray, Alvesco (ciclesonide) Inhalation Aerosol, and Zetonna (ciclesonide) Nasal Aerosol. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Synbiotics LLC develops, manufactures and markets veterinary diagnostics and services for veterinary practices, livestock and poultry producers, reference laboratories and animal breeders world-wide. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Florham Park, NJ.

Vicuron Pharmaceuticals LLC develops pharmaceutical products. It engages in discovering, developing, manufacturing, and commercializing vital medicine for seriously ill patients. The company offers anidulafungin drug, which prevents cell wall formation and other infectious fungi. It also offers antibiotic for the treatment of complicated skin and soft-tissue infections. The company was founded by Christopher T. Walsh in 1995 and is headquartered in King of Prussia, PA.

National Venture Capital Association provides business association services. It facilitates networking opportunities and provides research data to its members. The company is headquartered in Washington, DC.