Jan Hillson

ZymoGenetics, Inc. develops protein based drugs. It focuses on the discovery, development, manufacture, and commercialization of therapeutic proteins for the treatment of human diseases, including homeostasis, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, cancer, and viral infections. The company was founded by Earl W. Davie, Benjamin D. Hall and Michael Smith in 1981 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that focuses on the discovery and development of novel biologic therapies for the treatment of rare immune-mediated diseases. Its products include the Glatiramer acetate injection and Enoxaparin Sodium injection. The company was founded by Ram Sasisekharan, Paul R. Schimmel, and Ganesh Venkatraman Kaundinya in May 2001 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

ChemoCentryx, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of medicines. It focuses on inflammatory disorders, autoimmune diseases, and cancer. Its drug candidates such as Avacopan and CCX140, selectively blocks a specific chemoattractant receptor, leaving the rest of the immune system intact. The company was founded by Thomas J. Schall in 1997 and is headquartered in San Carlos, CA.

Virginia Mason Medical Center provides healthcare services. It offers primary and cancer care, diabetes center, digestive disorders, heart care, neurology and neurosurgery, medicine, surgery, urology, and orthopedics and sports. The company was founded by James Tate Mason, John M. Blackford, and Maurice Dwyer in 1920 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.

Provention Bio, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics and solutions. Its products include PRV-031 for the interception of type 1 diabetes (T1D), PRV-015 for the treatment of gluten-free diet non-responding celiac disease, PRV-6527 for Crohn’s disease, PRV-3279 for the treatment of lupus, and PRV-101 for the prevention of acute coxsackie virus B (CVB), and the prevention of type 1 diabetes (T1D) onset. The company was founded by Francisco Leon and Ashleigh Palmer on October 4, 2016 and is headquartered in Red Bank, NJ.