Patrick Mahaffy

NeXstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was a commercial biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of proprietary pharmaceutical products to treat life-threatening and other serious diseases. The firm was located in Boulder, CO.

Psyadon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. specializes in the development of drugs for central nervous system diseases. Its ecopipam product is an antagonist of the d1 dopamine receptor that blocks the actions of the neurotransmitter dopamine at the d1 receptor-family in the brain. The firm focuses its efforts on drugs for orphan indications because of the high medical need for effective treatments in these areas. The company was founded by Jeffrey D. Rothstein and David S. Block in 2004 and is headquartered in Germantown, MD.

Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus) is a private equity subsidiary of Warburg Pincus & Company US LLC founded in 1966. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on the development of pharmaceutical product candidates for the treatment of obesity. Its primary activities include recruiting personnel, conducting research and development, including clinical trials, raising capital, and preparing for the marketing and commercialization of its product, contrave. The company was founded by Eckard Weber in September 2002 and is headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Clovis Oncology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the acquisition, development, and commercialization of innovative anti-cancer agents in the United States, Europe, and additional international markets. Its U.S. marketed product, Rubraca (rucaparib), an oral small molecule inhibitor of poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP), is approved for use in the maintenance treatment and treatment of eligible adult patients with recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer, and also for the treatment of adult patients with a deleterious BRCA mutation (germline and/or somatic)-associated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), which have been treated with androgen receptor-directed therapy and a taxane-based chemotherapy. In Europe, Rubraca is approved for use in recurrent epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer. The company was founded by Andrew R. Allen, Gillian C. Ivers-Read, Patrick J. Mahaffy, and Erle T. Mast on April 20, 2009 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of novel and local therapies. It specializes in the treatment of patients with musculoskeletal conditions including osteoarthritis. It offers products under the Zilretta brand, an extended-release corticosteroid approved to manage osteoarthritis knee pain. The company was founded by Michael D. Clayman and Neil Bodick on November 5, 2007 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Pharmion Corp. engages in the development and commercialization of products for the treatment of hematology and oncology patients. It has operations in Switzerland, Israel, and Philippines. The company was founded by Patrick J. Mahaffy in 1999 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.