Garry Nicholson

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which engages in the discovery and development of novel protein therapeutics. Its product candidates includes, Cabiralizumab (FPA008), Bemarituzumab (FPA144), and FPA150. The FPA008 is an antibody that inhibits colony stimulating factor-1, or CSF1, receptor, or CSF1R, that are developing in rheumatoid arthritis and plan to clinically develop in pigmented villonodular synovitis, or PVNS, and in combination with nivolumab in multiple cancers. The FPA144 is an antibody that inhibits fibroblast growth factor receptor 2b, or FGFR2b, that are developing to treat patients with gastric cancer. The FPA150 is a CD8 T cell checkpoint which targets B7-H4 that is developing as a monotherapy in multiple cancers. The company was founded by Lewis T. Williams in December 2001 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, C.

TESARO, Inc. is an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research and development of biopharmaceutical products. The firm offers Niraparib products. The company was founded by Leon Oliver Moulder, Jr., Mary Lynne Hedley, and Richard J. Rodgers on March 26, 2010 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc. provides cancer genome analysis to help researchers identify cancer-related genetic changes. The firm's product PDGx develops liquid biopsy technology that uses patient-specific tumor alterations to create a simple blood test that enables tumor detection and monitoring. It provides cancer genome analyses to oncology researchers, drug developers, clinicians and patients. The company was founded by Luis A. Diaz Jr. and Victor Velculescu in 2010 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage oncology biopharmaceutical company, which engages in designing and developing next-generation therapies that target genetic drivers of cancer to improve the lives of patients. Its product pipeline include Repotrectinib, TPX-0022, TPX-0046, and TPS-O131, a next-gen ALK inhibitor. The company was founded by Jingrong Jean Cui and Y. Peter Li in October 2013 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Pfizer Inc., The Pfizer Foundation, Inc. is a company committed to transparency and disclosure of activities of public interest. The company is based in New York, NY. Pfizer is dedicated to discovering breakthrough treatments, including medicines and vaccines, to benefit patients worldwide. The company is focused on treating 225 million people with these breakthrough treatments by 2025. The company's areas of interest include funding for educational activities, health education, and scientific research. Additionally, Pfizer is exploring the potential of mRNA technology to fight viruses and is working to understand the differences between biologics and biosimilars, particularly in terms of cost.