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Portfolio
Selected Investments
Fast Track Systems (acquired by Medidata Solutions)
Location: Conshohocken, PA
Fast Track Systems offers a data-driven systems approach to expediting clinical trial design, setup and execution. Drawing on the industry's largest database of protocols, disease indications and performance benchmarks, Fast Track is effecting system-wide change in clinical development with products and services that streamline and improve the trial process. Fast Track's flagship TrialSpace® Designer platform provides an infrastructure for optimizing operational design and management, speeding time to market and reducing trial costs. Fast Track provides products and services to 10 of the top 15 global pharmaceutical companies.
Other investors include: ARCH Venture Partners, CW Ventures, The Dow Chemical Company, Frazier Healthcare Ventures, J.P. Morgan Partners, State Farm Insurance and W Capital Partners.
InnoCentive
Location: Waltham, MA
InnoCentive is the first online forum that allows world-class scientists and science-based companies to collaborate in a global scientific community to achieve innovative solutions to complex challenges. Companies including Dow AgroSciences, Eli Lilly and Company, Procter & Gamble and others, which collectively spend billions of dollars on R&D, post scientific problems confidentially on the InnoCentive web site where nearly 100,000 scientists and scientific organizations in more than 175 countries can solve them.
Other investors include: Omidyar Network and Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc.
MedManage Systems
Location: Seattle, WA
MedManage Systems offers the most comprehensive prescription drug-sampling solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. Designed to augment field sales efforts, MedManage's OmniSampleSM™ Solution includes the eMedSample™ online drug-sampling platform, alternative drug-sampling systems, physician targeting and recruitment services and marketing informatics. MedManage's solutions allow pharmaceutical companies to achieve broader, deeper and faster market penetration and provide a comprehensive sampling system through all stages of the product life cycle. Working closely with physician access partners and sample fulfillment organizations, MedManage ensures a fully integrated sampling solution.
Other investors include: Prism Ventures, Versant Ventures, and QuestMark Partners.
NexCura (acquired by Thomson Corporation, TOC: NYSE)
Location: Seattle, WA
NexCura is a healthcare education and information company that offers patients, caregivers and providers relevant, timely and evidence-based knowledge that is individually tailored to each patient's unique clinical situation, enabling them to make better informed decisions about treatment options and care. The company distributes its services to consumers and providers for free through a network of pre-eminent resource centers, including national patient advocacy groups, payers, providers and health care portals.
Other investors include: Arch Venture Partners and Cardinal Health Partners.
Phase Forward (PFWD: NASDAQ)
Location: Waltham, MA
Phase Forward is a leading provider of clinical and safety solutions for drug development and is dedicated to helping pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies bring needed drugs and therapies to market faster. The company offers proven solutions in electronic data capture (EDC), clinical data management (CDM), electronic patient diary, and adverse event reporting (AER) as either an integrated solution or as stand-alone applications.
Other investors include: ABS Capital Partners, Atlas Venture, BioVentures Investors, HLM Management Co., IBM, North Bridge Venture Partners, Schroder Ventures Life Sciences, Sprout Group, St. Paul Venture Capital and Thomas Weisel Capital Partners.
RelayHealth (acquired by McKesson Corporation, MCK: NYSE)
Location: Emeryville, CA
RelayHealth is the premier provider of secure online healthcare communication services linking patients, healthcare professionals, payors, and pharmacies. Accessed via the Internet, the RelayHealth messaging platform enables clinically structured, auditable communications between doctors and their patients, colleagues and staff. RelayHealth helps medical groups and doctors address their need to recoup income and reduce administrative costs while facilitating improved patient care and enhanced patient satisfaction. At the same time, RelayHealth offers patients convenience and access by enabling direct communication with the doctor's office at any time, from any place.
Other investors include: Concord Venture Management, SI Venture Management, U.S. Venture Partners and Venrock Associates.
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