Other partners include Anne-Mari Paster, previously CFO of MPM Capital, a venture capital firm, and Nick Leschly, a biotech executive.

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The partners at MPM are at the top of the game because they've been at it for so long.

FORBES: Splicing For Dollars

Now all eyes are on MPM (stands for Medical Portfolio Management)and what it decides to do with so much money.

FORBES: Splicing for Dollars

Dennis Henner joined MPM as a partner in 2001, after 20 years at Genentech, where he served as head of re-search.

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Now all eyes are on MPM (stands for Medical Portfolio Management) and what it decides to do with so much money.

FORBES: Splicing For Dollars

Dennis Henner joined MPM as a partner in 2001, after 20 years at Genentech, where he served as head of research.

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The big dollars have enabled MPM to invest in nontraditional ways, too.

FORBES: Companies, People, Ideas

Peter, managing director at MPM Capital, invited WCC to invest in Aratana alongside his firm and another VC firm, Avalon.

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CHF's investors include MPM Capital, Investor Growth Capital and SV Life Sciences.

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Von Emster invests alongside the MPM venture team and has access to MPM's 9 analysts, 16 other partners and 17 advisory board members, throwing a lot of brainpower behind each buy or sell.

FORBES: Companies & Strategies

So despite having a drug in front of the FDA, AVEO is currently a negative return for its venture investors (the ones who have held large portions to date) or at most a marginal win (1.3x) for those that exited in 2011 (looks like Flagship has exited, whereas MPM, Highland have been holding at least some of their positions).

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