Amarantus Bioscience Holdings Inc (AMBS)

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You may or may not be aware of this.

Henry L Nordhoff is the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Baynan is also on the Board of Trustees of the non-profit Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in San Diego.

http://www.banyanbio.com/?page_id=22

http://www.sanfordburnham.org/talent/Pages/home.aspx

In January 2014 Sanford-Burham received a pledge of $ 275 million over 10 years.

"Our scientists will accelerate the pursuit of novel insights into the fundamental mechanisms of human biology and disease, and development of innovative, personalized therapeutic approaches past the conventional point where nonprofit institutes hand off their scientific discoveries. Existing and new partnerships with health-care organizations such as Mayo Clinic, Florida Hospital, and Sanford Health will foster two-way communication between basic and clinical researchers to inform each partner’s research and ensure that basic science is grounded in clinical reality...

Further, we will more vigorously pursue research breakthroughs into the realm of therapeutics development by leveraging our small-molecule drug discovery platform—the most advanced in the nonprofit research world. The Institute will refine drug candidates through pre-clinical validation to facilitate stronger partnerships with pharmaceutical companies such as those that currently exist with Takeda, Pfizer, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals. This more robust therapeutics-discovery engine is expected to generate future revenue by partnering with the commercial sector..."

http://beaker.sanfordburnham.org/2014/01/a-new-10-year-vision-launched-with-a-landmark-gift/

Check out the Catagories on the right of the above link.

Not all funding needs to come through the NIH.

DH