Domain Associates

Domain Associates, L.L.C. is a venture capital firm established in 1985, specializing exclusively in the life sciences sector. Headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, with an additional office in San Diego, California, the firm manages approximately $2 billion in capital. Domain focuses on investments in pharmaceuticals, specialty pharmaceuticals, and medical devices, while also exploring opportunities in biomaterials, bioinstrumentation, and diagnostics. The firm typically invests between $10 million and $25 million, primarily participating in the first institutional financing rounds of companies, although it may engage at various stages of development. With nearly 200 years of combined experience in healthcare and venture capital, the partners at Domain have played a significant role in the establishment and growth of over 200 life sciences companies, solidifying its reputation as a leading private equity group in the healthcare field.

Jim Blair

Partner

James C. Blair

Partner

Scott Borgstrom

IT Director

Brian Dovey

Partner

Brian Halak

Partner

Kim Kamdar Ph.D

Partner

Lisa Kraeutler

MD of Finance and Administration

Harish Krishnaswamy

Associate

Debra K. Liebert

Investor

Dennis Podlesak

Advisory Partner

Jesse Treu

Partner Emeritus

Nicole Vitullo

Partner

Eckard Weber

Advisory Partner

322 past transactions

DiObex

Series B in 2007
DiObex, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company in the United States. The company develops novel products for the treatment of metabolic disorders, including type-one and type-two diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, and diabetic nephropathy. Its products include DIO-901, a very low dose glucagon product that is developed for the reduction of nocturnal hypoglycemia in patients with type-one diabetes; and DIO-902, a cortisol synthesis inhibitor that is developed as a therapy for glucose and cholesterol control in patients with type-two diabetes. DiObex, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Tandem Diabetes Care

Series D in 2012
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. develops medical devices for the treatment of diabetes. It offers diabetic insulin pumps for adults and children to diabetes needs, including keeping blood glucose levels within target ranges. The company focuses on insulin infusion therapy. Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in San Diego, California.

Ocunexus Therapeutics

Series B in 2011
Ocunexus Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that develops therapeutics for unmet clinical needs in ophthalmology. The company specializes in developing highly differentiated drug candidates based upon a novel mechanism of action called “Gap Junction Channel Modulation.” It has developed treatments for multiple front- and back-of-the-eye diseases and disorders that would potentially alter the standard of care. In addition, the company's technologies are expected to be transferable to other acute and chronic disease indications. Ocunexus is formerly known as CoDa Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of wound care therapeutics based on gap junction modulation. The company is based in San Diego, California.

Aradigm

Convertible Note in 2001
Aradigm is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a portfolio of drugs delivered by inhalation for the treatment of severe respiratory diseases by pulmonologists. The Company has product candidates addressing the treatment of bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, inhalation tularemia and anthrax infections, and smoking cessation.

ProteinSimple

Series C in 2009
ProteinSimple is part of the Protein Platforms division of Bio-Techne (NASDAQ: TECH). They rethinking protein tools and helping thousands of researchers around the world resolve their protein analysis problems so they can reveal new insight into proteins and their role in disease. Their wide-ranging portfolio of tools includes everything from immunoassay systems that quantify protein expression to systems that probe the structure and purity of protein-based therapeutics.

Sebacia

Series C in 2015
Sebacia, Inc. is a private medical device company dedicated to creating breakthrough topical therapies for the treatment of dermatological conditions affecting millions of people. Sebacia's goal is to provide a better alternative to the daily use of topical and systemic drugs currently available for the treatment of acne. Sebacia's patented microparticles technology was invented at Rice University, and the proprietary dermatology applications were further developed with researchers from the Wellman Center of Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Sebacia is located in Duluth, Georgia.

Cotera

Venture Round in 2012
Cotera, Inc. designs and develops implants that shift muscles and tendons to redirect the forces they exert on joints. Its portfolio includes Latella device, an implant that is attached to the thigh bone (femur) through a surgical procedure for treating patients with medial knee pain due to osteoarthritis. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Veracyte

Series C in 2013
Veracyte, Inc. develops diagnostics for thyroid and non-small cell lung cancer. The company was formerly known as Calderome, Inc. and changed its name to Veracyte, Inc. in March 2008. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in South San Francisco, California.

Atara Biotherapeutics

Venture Round in 2013
Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (@Atarabio) is an off-the-shelf, allogeneic T-cell immunotherapy company developing novel treatments for patients with cancer, autoimmune, and viral diseases. Atara’s technology platform leverages research collaborations with leading academic institutions with the Company’s scientific, clinical, regulatory, and manufacturing expertise. Atara’s pipeline includes tab-cel® (tabelecleucel), which is in Phase 3 development for patients with Epstein-Barr virus-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (EBV+ PTLD) as well as in earlier stage development for other EBV-associated hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC); T-cell immunotherapies targeting EBV antigens believed to be important for the potential treatment of multiple sclerosis; and next-generation chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) immunotherapies. The company was founded in 2012 and is co-located in South San Francisco and Southern California. Our Southern California hub is anchored by the state-of-the-art Atara T-cell Operations and Manufacturing (ATOM) facility in Thousand Oaks, California. For additional information about the company, please visit atarabio.com.

Achaogen

Series B in 2006
Achaogen is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of broad-spectrum antibiotics to treat multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. The company's most advanced drug candidate, ACHN-490, has demonstrated a positive safety and dosing profile in Phase 1 clinical testing and displayed broad spectrum efficacy in preclinical studies against systemic infections caused by multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria (e.g., E. coli, K. pneumoniae, and P. aeruginosa) and MRSA. In addition, the company is pursuing preclinical programs in several other areas of interest to combat the global emergence of bacterial resistance.

Bionano Genomics

Series B in 2012
BioNanomatrix, Inc. develops nanoscale imaging and analytic platforms that are designed to analyze DNA and other genome-related peptides and proteins. The company's technology provides analysis of genomic, epigenomic, and proteomic information with sensitivity at the single molecule level. Its products are used in genetic diagnostics, personalized medicine, and biomedical research applications.

Marinus Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2009
Marinus Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of ganaxolone, offering a new mechanism of action with safe and convenient dosing, for adult and pediatric patient populations in acute and chronic care settings. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Branford, Connecticut.

GeneOhm Sciences

Series C in 2005
GeneOhm Sciences designs, develops, and delivers nucleic acid-based diagnostic solutions. It focuses on serving the unmet diagnostic needs in a wide range of diseases including inherited disease, infectious disease and oncology. It is developing rapid, nucleic acid-based systems that will detect and identify infectious agents and genetic variations. GeneOhm Sciences is dedicated to offering laboratories and clinical scientists cutting-edge, FDA-approved, molecular based tests that can provide results in less than two hours. Established in San Diego, California in 2001, GeneOhm Sciences merged with Infectio Diagnostic, Inc. of Québec, Canada in 2004. The integrated company combines an extensive portfolio of proprietary technology, strong industry expertise and capabilities with an experienced and accomplished management team to lead the way. Most of GeneOhm’s development focus is on the applications electric current flowing through DNA as a means to detect genetic mutations. GeneOhm was recently acquired by the BD Pharmaceuticals group.

Novadigm Therapeutics

Series B in 2013
NovaDigm Therapeutics develops vaccines to protect patients from fungal and bacterial infections. Its products include NDV-3, a vaccine to demonstrate preclinical efficacy in reducing the severity of disease caused by fungal and bacterial pathogens; and Als3, an antigen vaccine, which provides protection against systemic and mucosal candidal infections. It was founded in 2005 and headquartered in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Aspen Neuroscience

Private Placement in 2020
Aspen Neuroscience, Inc. develops induced pluripotent stem cells to treat neurological conditions. Its products pipeline includes ANPD001, an autologous neuron replacement therapy in sporadic Parkinson disease; and ANPD002, a gene-edited autologous neuron replacement therapy for familial forms of Parkinson disease. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Diego, California.

Kona Medical

Series C in 2012
Kona Medical is committed to alleviating the suffering and health risks associated with drug-resistant hypertension with a more effective, less invasive approach to renal artery denervation. The company was founded in 2009 by Michael Gertner, MD, with seed financing from Essex Woodlands. Kona was formed on the basis of combining Dr. Gertner’s inventions in the field with the assets of Therus Corporation, a predecessor company in the field of therapeutic focused ultrasound.

Aspen Neuroscience

Seed Round in 2019
Aspen Neuroscience, Inc. develops induced pluripotent stem cells to treat neurological conditions. Its products pipeline includes ANPD001, an autologous neuron replacement therapy in sporadic Parkinson disease; and ANPD002, a gene-edited autologous neuron replacement therapy for familial forms of Parkinson disease. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Diego, California.

Tragara

Venture Round in 2010
Adastra Pharmaceuticals is a private clinical-stage oncology company that provides responsible solutions to advance patient care in oncology. It develops pharmaceutical proprietary medicines for the treatment of various cancers. The company's medicines include an oral multi-kinase inhibitor which combines the benefits of inhibiting important cyclin-dependent kinases equipotently, enabling healthcare professional to ensure better survival of their patients. Adastra Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

iScribe

Series D in 2001
iScribe is a healthcare technology company that is focused on the development of mobile, handheld, and wireless electronic prescribing technology solutions. iScribe was founded by David Levison in 1999.

Colorescience

Series B in 2014
Colorescience, Inc. produces and sells mineral-based cosmetics and sun screen products. It offers treatment products, UV protectors, primers, foundations, and enhancers. The company’s products are used to treat pigmentation, redness, dark circles, and aging problems, as well as sensitive, oily, and dry skin. It sells its products through a network of licensed physicians and luxury spas, retailers, and distributors; as well as online. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Carlsbad, California. Colorescience, Inc. is a former subsidiary of SkinMedica, Inc.

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2004
Somaxon Pharmaceuticals is a growing specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to commercializing proprietary branded prescription therapeutics to treat important medical conditions where there is an unmet medical need and/or high-level of patient dissatisfaction. The company currently is focusing on in-licensing, developing and marketing proprietary products and late-stage product candidates for the treatment of diseases and disorders in the central nervous system therapeutic area. Somaxon currently is promoting Silenor®, the first and only nonscheduled prescription medication approved for the treatment of sleep maintenance insomnia. Silenor is now available for prescription in the United States.

Syndax Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2007
Syndax Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that focuses on an HDAC inhibitor for solid tumors and hematological tumors. It offers therapies to treat solid tumors and lung, breast, and hematological cancer. The company is developing axatilimab, a monoclonal antibody that blocks the colony-stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) receptor, in development for chronic Graft versus Host Disease, and entinostat, a class I HDAC inhibitor. Syndax Pharmaceuticals pipeline includes and SNDX-5613, a highly selective inhibitor of the Menin–MLL binding interaction, in development for the treatment of patients with MLLr and NPM1 acute leukemias.

NPS Pharmaceuticals

Seed Round in 1992
NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, provides therapeutic products for the treatment of gastrointestinal and endocrine disorders. The company offers Gattex for the treatment of adult patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS) who are dependent on parenteral support in the United States; and Revestive for the treatment of adult patients with SBS in the European Union. Its products also include Gattex/Revestive in pediatric SBS, which has completed an open-label 4-cohort study; Natpara, a bioengineered replica of human parathyroid hormone to control hypocalcemia in patients with hypoparathyroidism; and Natpar to treat hypoparathyroidism, as well as NPSP795, a calcilytic agent, which is in Phase IIA clinical stage for treating disorders involving increased calcium receptor activity. In addition, the company offers various royalty-based products, such as Sensipar and Mimpara for the treatment of primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism; Sensipa for treating hypercalcemia in parathyroid cancer; REGPARA for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism; NUCYNTA and Nucynta ER for treating acute pain and chronic pain; and Ronacaleret that is in phase II clinical stage for treating stem cell mobilization. It has collaborations and license agreements with Amgen Inc., GlaxoSmithKline, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Takeda GmbH, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Hoffman-La Roche Inc. and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Bedminster, New Jersey. As of February 21, 2015, NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Shire Pharmaceutical Holdings Ireland Limited.

Alimera Sciences

Series B in 2005
Alimera Sciences is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development, and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. They are presently focused on diseases affecting the back of the eye, or retina because these diseases are not well treated with current therapies and will affect millions of people in their aging populations. It was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Carticept Medical

Series A in 2007
Carticept Medical develops therapies to improve the quality of life of patients with osteoarthritis or cartilage damage. Carticept currently offers a cartilage implant product and distributes Sonosite ultrasound products.

Meritage Pharma

Series A in 2008
Meritage Pharma, Inc. develops prescription products for the treatment of gastrointestinal and atopic diseases. It offers budesonide, an active pharmaceutical ingredient and a glucocorticoid steroid for products that treat pediatric asthma, allergic rhinitis, and Crohn’s disease; and oral budesonide suspension, an oral formulation of budesonide for the potential treatment of adolescents and young adults with eosinophilic esophagitis, an allergic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Meritage Pharma, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in San Diego, California.

Corthera

Series C in 2007
Corthera Inc., formerly BAS Medical, is a biopharmaceutical company committed to acquiring, developing and commercializing therapies for illnesses in the acute care setting. Corthera's lead product candidate, relaxin, is currently being evaluated in a global, phase 2/3 clinical trial for acute decompensated heart failure. Corthera has worldwide rights to develop and commercialize relaxin.

Helixis

Series A in 2007
Helixis, Inc. is a company that develops low-cost molecular diagnostic products.

Fractyl Health

Series F in 2022
Fractyl Laboratories Inc. develops a minimally invasive procedural therapy for metabolic diseases. It offers Revita DMR, a duodenal mucosal resurfacing therapy to rejuvenate the lining of the duodenum. Its Revita DMR procedure uses hydrothermal ablation to safely remove the excessive layer of the duodenal mucosa that develops due to high fat and sugar diets. Fractyl Laboratories Inc. was formerly known as MedCatalyst, Inc. and changed its name to Fractyl Laboratories Inc. in January 2012. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Zogenix

Series A in 2006
At Zogenix, our core strategy is to develop and commercialize differentiated central nervous system (CNS) and pain therapeutics that can address significant unmet medical needs or overcome limitations of existing products. We are a specialty pharmaceutical company with two proprietary product candidates in late-stage development for the treatment of central nervous system disorders and pain. Our lead product candidate, sumatriptan DoseProâ„¢, enables needle-free subcutaneous delivery of sumatriptan for the treatment of acute migraine. Our second product candidate, ZX002, is a novel controlled release formulation of hydrocodone for the treatment of chronic pain.

Esperion

Venture Round in 2013
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes medicines for the treatment of patients with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the United States. Its lead product candidates are NEXLETOL (bempedoic acid) and NEXLIZET (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) tablets for the treatment of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. The company has a license and collaboration agreement with Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH. Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Orqis Medical

Series C in 2003
ORQIS Medical Corporation operates as a medical device company. It develops and sells minimally invasive devices for improving cardiac performance through aortic flow therapy. It offers Cancion System, a heart failure treatment that uses continuous aortic flow augmentation technology to improve symptoms of heart failure and change the underlying course of the disease for patients hospitalized for de-compensated heart failure. The company’s products also include Exeleras System to treat chronic heart failure patients.

NovaCardia

Series B in 2007
NovaCardia is a product-focused pharmaceutical company with significant capabilities and experience in cardiovascular drug development. The company is committed to improving the quality of care for patients with cardiovascular disease by developing and commercializing a portfolio of novel small molecule drugs. NovaCardia will be focused initially on the acute cardiac care marketplace.

GeneOhm Sciences

Series C in 2004
GeneOhm Sciences designs, develops, and delivers nucleic acid-based diagnostic solutions. It focuses on serving the unmet diagnostic needs in a wide range of diseases including inherited disease, infectious disease and oncology. It is developing rapid, nucleic acid-based systems that will detect and identify infectious agents and genetic variations. GeneOhm Sciences is dedicated to offering laboratories and clinical scientists cutting-edge, FDA-approved, molecular based tests that can provide results in less than two hours. Established in San Diego, California in 2001, GeneOhm Sciences merged with Infectio Diagnostic, Inc. of Québec, Canada in 2004. The integrated company combines an extensive portfolio of proprietary technology, strong industry expertise and capabilities with an experienced and accomplished management team to lead the way. Most of GeneOhm’s development focus is on the applications electric current flowing through DNA as a means to detect genetic mutations. GeneOhm was recently acquired by the BD Pharmaceuticals group.

Nuon Therapeutics

Series B in 2008
Nuon Therapeutics is focused on the development and commercialization of new therapies in inflammation and neurological diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuropathic pain.

Sera Prognostics

Series A in 2011
Sera Prognostics, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops diagnostic tests for the early prediction of a woman’s individualized risk of premature birth, preeclampsia, and other pregnancy complications. It focuses on addressing the economic and healthcare burden that premature birth places on infants, their families, and society. Sera Prognostics, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Twelve

Venture Round in 2012
Twelve manufactures medical devices. It was formerly known as Foundry Newco XII, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Exalys Therapeutics

Series A in 2020
Exalys Therapeutics is developing a portfolio of novel anti-inflammatory therapeutics with best-in-class properties to target a range of diseases with urgent unmet needs and limited treatment options. Exalys is initially targeting postoperative delirium, the most common complication of surgery in older patients and a key driver of poor health outcomes.

Celator Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2005
Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops therapies to treat cancer. The company focuses on CombiPlex, a drug ratio technology platform that enables to the development of combination therapies. Its products include CPX-1 (Irinotecan HCI-Floxuridine), a treatment for colorectal cancer; and CPX-351 (Cytarabine-Daunorubicin), a treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Celator Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was formerly known as Celator Technologies, Inc. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

IntegenX

Series B in 2009
IntegenX, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets automation systems that enable reliable microsample preparation and analysis for the life sciences. It offers Apollo 100, a platform that allows the processing of DNA sequencing reactions; Apollo 200, an integrated sample preparation system for human DNA identification; microfluidics for DNA sequencing, molecular diagnostics, and human identification applications; and Apollo 324 system, a benchtop robotic workstation that automates the construction of DNA fragment libraries for next-generation sequencing. The company was formerly known as Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc. and changed its name to IntegenX, Inc. in March 2010. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Pleasanton, California.

Alimera Sciences

Series C in 2008
Alimera Sciences is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development, and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. They are presently focused on diseases affecting the back of the eye, or retina because these diseases are not well treated with current therapies and will affect millions of people in their aging populations. It was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.

IntegenX

Series B in 2011
IntegenX, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets automation systems that enable reliable microsample preparation and analysis for the life sciences. It offers Apollo 100, a platform that allows the processing of DNA sequencing reactions; Apollo 200, an integrated sample preparation system for human DNA identification; microfluidics for DNA sequencing, molecular diagnostics, and human identification applications; and Apollo 324 system, a benchtop robotic workstation that automates the construction of DNA fragment libraries for next-generation sequencing. The company was formerly known as Microchip Biotechnologies, Inc. and changed its name to IntegenX, Inc. in March 2010. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Pleasanton, California.

Novalar Pharmaceuticals

Series C in 2005
Novalar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, develops oral pharmaceutical products. It focuses on dental products. The company’s OraVerse product (phentolamine mesylate) reverses the effects of local anesthetic with a vasoconstrictor and accelerates the return of normal sensation and function. Novalar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in San Diego, California. As of March 22, 2011, Novalar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Septodont Limited.

SelfCare.com

Venture Round in 2000
SelfCare.com, a health and wellness e-commerce site for women and their families.

Ocunexus Therapeutics

Series B in 2012
Ocunexus Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that develops therapeutics for unmet clinical needs in ophthalmology. The company specializes in developing highly differentiated drug candidates based upon a novel mechanism of action called “Gap Junction Channel Modulation.” It has developed treatments for multiple front- and back-of-the-eye diseases and disorders that would potentially alter the standard of care. In addition, the company's technologies are expected to be transferable to other acute and chronic disease indications. Ocunexus is formerly known as CoDa Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of wound care therapeutics based on gap junction modulation. The company is based in San Diego, California.

Onyx Pharmaceuticals

Venture Round in 2002
Onyx Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company committed to improving the lives of people with cancer. Their lead product is Nexavar (sorafenib), a novel, oral multiple kinase inhibitor that targets proteins involved in both tumor cell proliferation and angiogenesis.

Clovis Oncology

Venture Round in 2009
Clovis Oncology is a biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing cancer treatments in the United States, Europe and other international markets. Their development programs are targeted at specific subsets of cancer, combining precision medicine with companion diagnostics to direct therapeutics to those patients most likely to benefit from them.

Esperion

Series A in 2008
Esperion Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes medicines for the treatment of patients with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the United States. Its lead product candidates are NEXLETOL (bempedoic acid) and NEXLIZET (bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) tablets for the treatment of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. The company has a license and collaboration agreement with Daiichi Sankyo Europe GmbH. Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

aTyr Pharma

Series C in 2010
aTyr Pharma is a biotherapeutics company that discovers and develops protein biologics for human therapeutics. The company has established a dominant intellectual property estate surrounding Physiocrine-based compositions and potential therapeutic applications. aTyr’s key programs are focused on immunomodulation disorders in the areas of inflammation and immunity and are in preclinical development. The company's primary focus is ATYR1923, a clinical-stage product candidate which binds to the neuropilin-2 receptor and is designed to down-regulate immune engagement in interstitial lung diseases. The privately held biotech was founded by The Scripps Research Institute Professor Paul Schimmel, a leading aminoacyl tRNA synthetase scientist, and is backed by top life sciences investors Alta Partners, Cardinal Partners, Domain Associates and Polaris Ventures.

Iterum Therapeutics

Private Placement in 2017
Iterum Therapeutics plc, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, engages in developing anti-infectives for multi-drug resistant pathogens in Ireland and the United States. The company is developing sulopenem, a novel penem anti-infective compound with oral and IV formulations that is in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections, complicated urinary tract infections, and complicated intra-abdominal infections. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Kona Medical

Series C in 2012
Kona Medical is committed to alleviating the suffering and health risks associated with drug-resistant hypertension with a more effective, less invasive approach to renal artery denervation. The company was founded in 2009 by Michael Gertner, MD, with seed financing from Essex Woodlands. Kona was formed on the basis of combining Dr. Gertner’s inventions in the field with the assets of Therus Corporation, a predecessor company in the field of therapeutic focused ultrasound.

Optherion

Series A in 2007
Optherion, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops diagnostic and disease-modifying therapeutics for the management and treatment of early-stage age-related macular degeneration, dense deposit disease, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, and other chronic diseases involving the alternative complement cascade. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.

Astute Medical

Series C in 2012
Astute Medical, Inc., a life science tools company, discovers and develops protein biomarkers to serve as the basis for novel diagnostic tests for conditions that require rapid diagnosis and risk assessment. The company focuses on prognostic biomarker validation. It offers NephroCheck, a single use cartridge to detect biomarkers of acute kidney injury. The company also provides Astute140, a meter that converts fluorescent signal from NephroCheck test cartridge into a single numerical result. It sells its products in the United States and Europe. Astute Medical, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in San Diego, California with a location in Paris, France. As of April 4, 2018, Astute Medical, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of bioMérieux S.A.

Epic Sciences

Series D in 2017
Epic Sciences is a privately held diagnostics company committed to improving cancer management by providing easily accessible and real-time biopsy material to guide personalized medicine. Epic is founded on a powerful platform to identify and characterize rare cells including circulating tumor cells ("CTCs"). Epic is working with a number of partners including numerous pharmaceutical companies, major cancer centers, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institutes of Health.

Celladon

Series B in 2005
Celladon Corporation, a biotechnology company, develops and manufactures molecular therapies for the treatment of heart failure. Its products include SERCA2a, an enzyme that regulates calcium cycling and contractility in heart muscle cells; and MYDICAR, an enzyme replacement therapy for heart failure. Celladon was founded in 2000 and is based in La Jolla, California.

Asmacure Ltée

Series A in 2007
Asmacure Ltée, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of proprietary molecules that target cholinergic receptors for the treatment of inflammation (primarily pulmonary airway diseases). It develops ASM-024 for the treatment of moderate asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with a dry powder for inhalation formulation. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Quebec City, Canada. As of August 19, 2015, Asmacure Ltée operates as a subsidiary of Odan Laboratories Ltd.

Fractyl Health

Series D in 2017
Fractyl Laboratories Inc. develops a minimally invasive procedural therapy for metabolic diseases. It offers Revita DMR, a duodenal mucosal resurfacing therapy to rejuvenate the lining of the duodenum. Its Revita DMR procedure uses hydrothermal ablation to safely remove the excessive layer of the duodenal mucosa that develops due to high fat and sugar diets. Fractyl Laboratories Inc. was formerly known as MedCatalyst, Inc. and changed its name to Fractyl Laboratories Inc. in January 2012. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Exalys Therapeutics, Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
Exalys Therapeutics, Inc. operates in the healthcare industry focusing on pharmaceutical business. Exalys Therapeutics, Inc. was formerly known as Derexa Therapeutics, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Diego, California.

Sequent Medical

Series C in 2012
Founded in 2007, Sequent Medical, Inc. is a privately-held venture backed medical device company dedicated to the development of innovative catheter-based neurovascular technologies. The company has invented and developed the proprietary Microbraid™ technology to create the WEB™ Aneurysm Embolization System, a compelling and versatile new option for the treatment of both ruptured and unruptured aneurysms. The WEB has received the CE mark and to date has been used to treat a wide variety of nearly 600 aneurysms in Europe, Latin America and New Zealand. The WEB is not available for sale or use in the United States. Sequent Medical, Inc. is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California and has European operations based in Bonn, Germany.

aTyr Pharma

Series E in 2015
aTyr Pharma is a biotherapeutics company that discovers and develops protein biologics for human therapeutics. The company has established a dominant intellectual property estate surrounding Physiocrine-based compositions and potential therapeutic applications. aTyr’s key programs are focused on immunomodulation disorders in the areas of inflammation and immunity and are in preclinical development. The company's primary focus is ATYR1923, a clinical-stage product candidate which binds to the neuropilin-2 receptor and is designed to down-regulate immune engagement in interstitial lung diseases. The privately held biotech was founded by The Scripps Research Institute Professor Paul Schimmel, a leading aminoacyl tRNA synthetase scientist, and is backed by top life sciences investors Alta Partners, Cardinal Partners, Domain Associates and Polaris Ventures.

Evofem Biosciences

Series C in 2014
Evofem Biosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes various products to address unmet needs in women’s sexual and reproductive health. Its commercial product is Phexxi, a vaginal gel for the prevention of pregnancy. The company is also involved in the development of EVO100, a vaginal pH regulator for the prevention of urogenital transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in women. Evofem Biosciences, Inc. is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Otonomy

Series C in 2013
Otonomy was founded in 2008 by Avalon Ventures and experts in the otology field in order to build the premier company dedicated to the treatment of otic disorders via localized drug delivery. This approach has already been widely adopted for the delivery of short-acting antibiotics to treat otitis media through a tympanostomy tube. In addition, otolaryngologists have demonstrated that the injection of steroids into the middle ear cavity can provide a therapeutic effect for patients with acute inner ear disorders such as Ménière’s disease and sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Expansion of this effort holds great promise for the treatment of chronic hearing loss, severe vertigo, and even tinnitus. The key to Otonomy's leading position in this nascent field is the development of a proprietary formulation platform that provides sustained drug exposure from a single administration. Broad application of this technology has already been established across a number of therapeutic classes and from these, three product candidates have been advanced into development.

IntraLase Corporation

Venture Round in 2000
IntraLase Corporation is a leader in the first step of LASIK surgery, the most common means of surgical vision correction. They design, develop and market a laser, related software and disposable devices used to create a cut of tissue across the cornea of a patient’s eye, or a corneal flap, which is the first step in LASIK surgery. Their advanced laser technology improves the safety, precision and visual acuity of LASIK surgery by providing a computer-controlled laser solution as an alternative to the traditional method of creating the corneal flap using a hand-held mechanical, metal-bladed device called a microkeratome. They believe their product offering will become the new standard of care for corneal flap creation. As of April 2, 2007, IntraLase Corp. was acquired by Advanced Medical Optics Inc.

Obalon Therapeutics

Series C in 2012
Obalon is an engineering-driven medical technology company with a singular focus on innovative, high-quality gastric balloon technology. Located in San Diego, California, the technical team at Obalon has a long history of working closely with leading clinicians to develop innovative medical products that revolutionize the treatment of chronic disease. As a company, they believe in the fundamental value of imagination and invention, combined with rigorous testing and analysis, to ensure the highest levels of safety and performance. The result is a user-focused approach that deploys the power of advanced technological thinking to support clinical treatment objectives. It was founded in 2008.

Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals

Series A in 2006
Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, a specialty pharmaceutical company developing therapies for the treatment of cancer. Cabrellis plans to initiate three separate clinical trials in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in 2006. The first trial, designed to assess the safety and efficacy of Calsed(TM) in reference to topotecan in the second-line treatment of patients with SCLC who previously responded to platinum-based chemotherapy, is currently underway at multiple clinical trial sites in the United States.

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals

Series C in 2013
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company involved in the discovery and development of innovative treatments for rare inherited diseases affecting the liver, along with cancers, and other therapeutic areas to address liver problems. It is using ribonucleic acid interference (RNA) technology platform to develop its products. The product candidates are DCR-PHXC (for primary hyperoxaluria), DCR-undisclosed (for orphan genetic disease), DCR-PCSK9 (for cardiovascular disease), and DCR-HBV (for hepatitis B virus) among others. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Veracyte

Private Equity Round in 2012
Veracyte, Inc. develops diagnostics for thyroid and non-small cell lung cancer. The company was formerly known as Calderome, Inc. and changed its name to Veracyte, Inc. in March 2008. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in South San Francisco, California.

Medpool

Venture Round in 1999
Medpool is a healthcare company that is using the Internet to provide a unique pooling and interactive contract negotiation tool between buyers and sellers of medical equipment, supplies, and services. As a market maker, it has filed several patents on its business model. Buyers' purchasing power is pooled together on a virtual trading floor to collectively purchase medical equipment, supplies, and services for the best value. Selected sellers have the ability to capture large volumes of new business, retain at-risk business, and reduce operating costs. Medpool automates this process. The Medpool contracting marketplace benefits both sellers and buyers by allowing sellers to differentiate their products and receive committed business while buyers benefit from the volume pricing and streamlined purchasing process.

CoLucid Pharmaceuticals

Series C in 2015
CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on therapies for central nervous system disorders. The company develops COL-144, a neurally acting anti-migraine agent, which is designed to treat migraine; and COL-204, a conjugated stigmine platform that produces novel chemical entities for therapy of sleep/wake disorders, chronic pain, Alzheimer's disease, and psychiatric disorders. CoLucid Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2005 and is based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Achaogen

Series D in 2013
Achaogen is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of broad-spectrum antibiotics to treat multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. The company's most advanced drug candidate, ACHN-490, has demonstrated a positive safety and dosing profile in Phase 1 clinical testing and displayed broad spectrum efficacy in preclinical studies against systemic infections caused by multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria (e.g., E. coli, K. pneumoniae, and P. aeruginosa) and MRSA. In addition, the company is pursuing preclinical programs in several other areas of interest to combat the global emergence of bacterial resistance.

SkinMedica

Series D in 2004
SkinMedica is focused on developing, acquiring, and commercializing products that improve the appearance of skin. SkinMedica markets and sells to physicians, with a focus on aesthetics, both prescription and non-prescription skin care products. The company's full line of aesthetic skin care products includes the revolutionary TNS Essential Serum® and hallmark TNS Recovery Complex®. The formulations in SkinMedica’s clinical skin care collection enhance skin appearance, reduce signs of aging, and provide other skin care benefits. SkinMedica's primary prescription product, VANIQA® (eflornithine hydrochloride) Cream 13.9%, is the only FDA-approved prescription product for the reduction of unwanted facial hair in women. Colorescience Pro’s dermatologist recommended, high-performance cosmetics are formulated to remedy and camouflage specific skin concerns and protect skin from damaging effects of the sun and environment. Colorescience Pro’s luxury aesthetic makeup line is sold in the physician and medical spa channels.

Nuon Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2010
Nuon Therapeutics is focused on the development and commercialization of new therapies in inflammation and neurological diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuropathic pain.

ReVision Optics

Series D in 2007
ReVision Optics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and delivers implantable products for the treatment of presbyopia. It offers PRESBYLENS Corneal Inlay, a refractive surgery solution to correct vision lost by the natural aging process called presbyopia. The company serves the ophthalmology professionals. ReVision Optics, Inc. was formerly known as IntraLens Vision, Inc. and changed its name to ReVision Optics, Inc. in 2005. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Lake Forest, California.

NovaCardia

Series B in 2006
NovaCardia is a product-focused pharmaceutical company with significant capabilities and experience in cardiovascular drug development. The company is committed to improving the quality of care for patients with cardiovascular disease by developing and commercializing a portfolio of novel small molecule drugs. NovaCardia will be focused initially on the acute cardiac care marketplace.

Omniome

Private Placement in 2018
Omniome engages in developing a proprietary DNA sequencing platform capable of delivering unsurpassed sequencing accuracy. Backed by leading life sciences venture investors and a proven management team, Omniome’s vision is to be the most trusted DNA sequencing platform and leader in clinical sequencing. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States.

Alimera Sciences

Series A in 2004
Alimera Sciences is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the research, development, and commercialization of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals. They are presently focused on diseases affecting the back of the eye, or retina because these diseases are not well treated with current therapies and will affect millions of people in their aging populations. It was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.

ReVision Optics

Series E in 2013
ReVision Optics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and delivers implantable products for the treatment of presbyopia. It offers PRESBYLENS Corneal Inlay, a refractive surgery solution to correct vision lost by the natural aging process called presbyopia. The company serves the ophthalmology professionals. ReVision Optics, Inc. was formerly known as IntraLens Vision, Inc. and changed its name to ReVision Optics, Inc. in 2005. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Lake Forest, California.

CoLucid Pharmaceuticals

Venture Round in 2011
CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on therapies for central nervous system disorders. The company develops COL-144, a neurally acting anti-migraine agent, which is designed to treat migraine; and COL-204, a conjugated stigmine platform that produces novel chemical entities for therapy of sleep/wake disorders, chronic pain, Alzheimer's disease, and psychiatric disorders. CoLucid Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2005 and is based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

ESP Pharma

Series B in 2003
ESP Pharma is a hospital-focused pharmaceutical company, engages in acquiring and enhancing the marketing of approved specialty therapeutics and late-stage development drugs. It provides therapeutics to physicians, hospitals, and acute-care patients. ESP produces drugs for acute-care hospital use. Its drugs include therapeutics for high blood pressure and angina.

Miramar Labs

Series D in 2014
Miramar Labs develops medical devices for aesthetic indications that treat primary axillary (underarm) hyperhidrosis in adults. The miraDry System cannot be used to treat hyperhidrosis elsewhere on the body, including the hands and feet. It was founded in 2006 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

GenVault

Series A in 2005
GenVault is dedicated to stabilizing biosamples and to the integration of biosample transport, storage and retrieval, in a way that meshes seamlessly with day-to-day lab operations: thus simplifying sample sharing for customers in genomic medicine, discovery and identification. Today, we are empowering over 150 pharmaceutical companies, medical centers, academic institutions and law enforcement agencies, to more fully leverage the rapidly growing genomics industry. GenVault’s proprietary dry-state storage platform enables the extraction, preservation, recovery and distribution of DNA at room temperature. Currently work is proceeding on equivalent storage technologies for protein and RNA. The need for such sample management solutions is growing at an exponential rate, as more and more samples are collected worldwide for disease diagnosis, research, identification and criminal investigations

Carticept Medical

Series C in 2012
Carticept Medical develops therapies to improve the quality of life of patients with osteoarthritis or cartilage damage. Carticept currently offers a cartilage implant product and distributes Sonosite ultrasound products.

iScribe

Series B in 2000
iScribe is a healthcare technology company that is focused on the development of mobile, handheld, and wireless electronic prescribing technology solutions. iScribe was founded by David Levison in 1999.

Orqis Medical

Series D in 2007
ORQIS Medical Corporation operates as a medical device company. It develops and sells minimally invasive devices for improving cardiac performance through aortic flow therapy. It offers Cancion System, a heart failure treatment that uses continuous aortic flow augmentation technology to improve symptoms of heart failure and change the underlying course of the disease for patients hospitalized for de-compensated heart failure. The company’s products also include Exeleras System to treat chronic heart failure patients.

Sequent Medical

Series B in 2010
Founded in 2007, Sequent Medical, Inc. is a privately-held venture backed medical device company dedicated to the development of innovative catheter-based neurovascular technologies. The company has invented and developed the proprietary Microbraid™ technology to create the WEB™ Aneurysm Embolization System, a compelling and versatile new option for the treatment of both ruptured and unruptured aneurysms. The WEB has received the CE mark and to date has been used to treat a wide variety of nearly 600 aneurysms in Europe, Latin America and New Zealand. The WEB is not available for sale or use in the United States. Sequent Medical, Inc. is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California and has European operations based in Bonn, Germany.

Apnex Medical

Series C in 2012
Apnex Medical, Inc. manufactures and markets medical devices such as implants for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. Apnex Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Benvenue Medical

Series C in 2011
Benvenue Medical, Inc. is developing innovative, minimally invasive surgical solutions to treat spinal disorders. The company is privately held and funded by CRG Partners.

Corthera

Series A in 2003
Corthera Inc., formerly BAS Medical, is a biopharmaceutical company committed to acquiring, developing and commercializing therapies for illnesses in the acute care setting. Corthera's lead product candidate, relaxin, is currently being evaluated in a global, phase 2/3 clinical trial for acute decompensated heart failure. Corthera has worldwide rights to develop and commercialize relaxin.

TargetRx

Series D in 2005
TargetRx provides pharmaceutical and biotech companies with unique insight into the true drivers of product choice and adoption for their brands, so that they can confidently take the actions that will grow their businesses and help patients. They offer a suite of solutions that extends from the pipeline through patent expiry.

ReVision Optics

Series D in 2010
ReVision Optics, Inc. designs, manufactures, and delivers implantable products for the treatment of presbyopia. It offers PRESBYLENS Corneal Inlay, a refractive surgery solution to correct vision lost by the natural aging process called presbyopia. The company serves the ophthalmology professionals. ReVision Optics, Inc. was formerly known as IntraLens Vision, Inc. and changed its name to ReVision Optics, Inc. in 2005. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Lake Forest, California.

Zogenix

Venture Round in 2010
At Zogenix, our core strategy is to develop and commercialize differentiated central nervous system (CNS) and pain therapeutics that can address significant unmet medical needs or overcome limitations of existing products. We are a specialty pharmaceutical company with two proprietary product candidates in late-stage development for the treatment of central nervous system disorders and pain. Our lead product candidate, sumatriptan DoseProâ„¢, enables needle-free subcutaneous delivery of sumatriptan for the treatment of acute migraine. Our second product candidate, ZX002, is a novel controlled release formulation of hydrocodone for the treatment of chronic pain.

Zyga Technology

Series C in 2012
Zyga Technology is a surgical solutions provider developing & commercializing medical devices for treating spine problems. In addition to the SImmetry Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System, the company is also developing the Glyder Facet Restoration Device. Zyga has put together a team of engineers, marketing personnel, and management with significant experience developing medical devices for the spine industry. Zyga Technology was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Minnesota, USA.

Immune Control

Series A in 2005
Immune Control, Inc. was formed in 2001 based on technology developed in the laboratories of Professors Bradford Jameson and Ana Tretiakova, Department of Biochemistry, Drexel University College of Medicine. Initial funding came from Argil Management, LLC, of Boston. In 2003, Stephen Roth, Ph.D., became president and CEO of Immune Control. The Company plans to complete an investigational new drug (IND) application to be submitted to the Food and Drug Agency in 2005. The IND application will propose the use of an already marketed serotonin antagonist in multiple myeloma patients in a small, and relatively short, phase 1/2 clinical trial. If the drug has significant, clinical efficacy against the malignant B cells characteristic of multiple myeloma, they would immediately begin plans for a larger, phase 3 trial. Positive results in the first trial would constitute clinical proof-of-concept for the Company's basic premise-that serotonin antagonists have clinical utility against inappropriately activated immune cells. Another Company goal focuses on proprietary serotonin antagonists that are more potent than those already approved, and that do not cross the blood-brain barrier, making them free of adverse neurological side-effects. Such new chemical entities would be screened for their abilities to bind to specific immunological serotonin receptors, which are now being characterized. The Company has made progress with at least two receptors, one of which has apparently not previously been described. Research on the molecular biology of the receptors is underway at Drexel University College of Medicine, and new chemical entities to be screened for serotonin antagonist activity are being synthesized for the Company. Ultimately, they hope to find compounds that can be used against many hematologic cancers, transplant rejection, and against a host of diseases that are all caused by inappropriate lymphocyte activation. Examples of such diseases are type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, asthma, and many of the muscular dystrophies. The market size for drugs that treat each of these conditions exceeds a billion dollars. Simultaneously, the Company aggressively protects its intellectual property with patent applications. Novel use applications, novel compound applications, and novel receptor applications are all examples of the Company's existing IP portfolio, which has been licensed exclusively and worldwide to the Company by Drexel University.

Benvenue Medical

Series F in 2016
Benvenue Medical, Inc. is developing innovative, minimally invasive surgical solutions to treat spinal disorders. The company is privately held and funded by CRG Partners.

DiObex

Series A in 2005
DiObex, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company in the United States. The company develops novel products for the treatment of metabolic disorders, including type-one and type-two diabetes, dyslipidemia, obesity, and diabetic nephropathy. Its products include DIO-901, a very low dose glucagon product that is developed for the reduction of nocturnal hypoglycemia in patients with type-one diabetes; and DIO-902, a cortisol synthesis inhibitor that is developed as a therapy for glucose and cholesterol control in patients with type-two diabetes. DiObex, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Celtaxsys

Series D in 2015
Celtaxsys, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage drug discovery and development company that focuses on novel therapeutics to treat patients suffering from inflammatory diseases. It offers CTX-4430, a small-molecule drug that targets the enzyme Leukotriene A4 hydrolase in immune cells for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and moderately severe acne diseases. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ascenta Therapeutics

Series B in 2004
Ascenta Therapeutics is a privately-held, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of new medicines to treat cancer. Ascenta's current focus is a portfolio of novel, orally-active, small molecule drugs that restore the natural potential for cancer cells to undergo cell death (apoptosis).