Sukumar Nagendran

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is an independent philanthropic organization headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1972 and is dedicated solely to health. RWJF funds a wide array of programs which are working to help build a national Culture of Health.

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in identifying, developing, and commercializing pharmaceutical products. Its product candidates are bardoxolone methyl and omaveloxolone, which activate the transcription factor Nrf2 to restore mitochondrial function, reduce oxidative stress, and resolve inflammation. The company was founded by J. Warren Huff in 2002 and is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Medocity, Inc. develops a care platform that bridges the gap between the clinic and the patient?s home. It offers a patient-centric mobile solution that combines key aspects of disease-specific care into a platform that can be used on application and Web-based devices. The firm platform also tracks key symptoms and side effects in real time; displays reports and graphic summaries to understand the patient?s health status on a daily basis. The company is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

RestorGenex Corp. operates as a specialty biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on developing products for dermatology, ophthalmology, and oncology. It products includes novel PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway inhibitor which has completed two Phase I clinical trials for age-related macular degeneration and is in preclinical development in oncology, specifically glioblastoma multiforme. The company current pipeline also includes a soft anti-androgen compound for the treatment of acne vulgaris. RestorGenex was founded on March 14, 2008 and is headquartered in Buffalo Grove, IL.

Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. developed gene therapies for patients and families devastated by rare and life-threatening neurological genetic diseases. The firm’s robust AAV-based pipeline is used to provide advance treatments for Rett syndrome and Friedreich’s ataxia. The company was founded by John D. Harkey, Jr., David G. Genecov and John A. Carbona on March 8, 2010 and was headquartered in Bannockburn, IL.