Our investments in Consumer Medicine focus on the growing influence of the Patient-as-Consumer in allocating healthcare expenditures. These opportunities span across many Therapeutic Areas as well as a variety of different business models, whether they be tightly regulated Rx therapies or more modestly regulated OTC products. Our investments range from seed to later-stage and include both biopharmaceutical and medtech therapeutics.
Consumer
Medicine Portfolio
Cadence (NASDAQ: CADX)
Cadence Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the hospital market. One of the company's key advanced programs is focused on developing an IV formulation of acetaminophen for the management of peri-operative pain.
Cryogen Acquired by American Medical Systems(NASDAQ: AMMD) Cryogen produces low-temperature surgical devices for the women's health market.
Cholestech
Cholestech (formerly NASDAQ: CTEC) is a leading provider of diagnostic devices and information for point-of-care diagnostic testing for cholesterol and related lipids, blood glucose and glycemic control, inflammation and liver enzymes
Essentialis Essentialis is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company targeted at obesity and other metabolic disorders.
Iomai(NASDAQ: IOMI)
Iomai is developing vaccines delivered via a novel, needle-free technology. The company's clinical-stage programs include seasonal flu, traveler's diarrhea and pandemic flu.
Iridex (NASDAQ: IRIX)
Iridex manufactures and markets light-based medical systems and delivery devices for multiple specialties including Aesthetic Medicine, Ophthalmology, and Otolaryngology.
Leptos Biomedical
Leptos Biomedical is developing a proprietary neuromodulation therapy for obesity. The treatment, delivered via a pacemaker-type device, involves electrical activation of a specific nerve in the autonomic nervous system.
NeuraLieve
Neuralieve is a medical technology company developing a hand-held device for the treatment of migraine headache. Neuralieve's core technology is based on the science of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
Revance Therapeutics
ReVance Therapeutics is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on aesthetic dermatology.
Thermage (NASDAQ: THRM)
Thermage is producing and marketing non-invasive devices to tighten and contour skin, utilizing a proprietary combination of radio frequency energy and surface cooling technology.
Tria Beauty (Formerly Spectragenics)
Tria Beauty is a medical device company focused on bringing light-based dermatologic therapies into the home.
Latest News and
Events
Jim Glasheen Chairman of Recent Consumer Medicine Summit:
2nd Annual CBC Financial Summit: Meritocracy, The Industry Spin and Aesthetics - Making Sense of the Global Aesthetic Market
