MAP Pharmaceuticals: A development stage company, focuses on developing novel inhalation therapies for respiratory and systemic diseases.

(MENAFNEditorial) MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development stage company, focuses on developing novel inhalation therapies for respiratory and systemic diseases. It has various proprietary product candidates in clinical development, including Unit Dose Budesonide for pediatric asthma in children from six months to eight years of age and MAP0004 for migraine. The companys product portfolio also includes MAP0005 for the treatment of adolescent and adult asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and MAP0001 for the treatment of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes via pulmonary delivery using its Tempo inhaler. MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Management Marc Galletti

Marc Galletti is a founder and Managing Director of Longitude Capital. He focuses on investments in medical devices and specialty pharmaceuticals, including drug-device combinations.

From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Galletti was a Senior Vice President of Pequot Ventures where he worked in the life sciences practice.

Prior to Pequot, Mr. Galletti, worked at Amerindo Investment Advisors and Vector Fund Management where prior venture capital investments included Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN), CancerVax (acquired by Micromet), Eyetech Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: OSIP) and Theravance (NASDAQ: THRX).

Mr. Galletti has also worked in the Global Healthcare Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan & Co.

Mr. Galletti began his life sciences industry career 16 years ago at APM, a management consultancy dedicated to improving operations performance within large acute-care hospitals.

Mr.

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