---
title: "AVIGEN INC \DE — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ff9537a4-e5b8-5bd3-bb30-4cdac1f1a954
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ff9537a4-e5b8-5bd3-bb30-4cdac1f1a954
identifier: sec:0000932903
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AVIGEN INC \DE

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** US  
**Identifier:** `sec:0000932903`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ff9537a4-e5b8-5bd3-bb30-4cdac1f1a954  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ff9537a4-e5b8-5bd3-bb30-4cdac1f1a954  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **COFFEE MICHAEL DENIS** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/683f0ea8-de80-5bbb-8d36-b7515b8bfb72
- **CHAHINE KENNETH** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb13afe3-6243-5484-9a4f-3e8e5bf70831
- **WALLACE RICHARD JOHN** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fbb9a3be-f235-54cb-a0c3-54a64e6fdad3
- **JOHNSON KIRK WILLIAM** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c984d5e-135b-5034-a5ad-7077856b6efc
- **CHAHINE KENNETH** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fb13afe3-6243-5484-9a4f-3e8e5bf70831
- **PAULSON THOMAS J** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c7f6a5f0-a388-58af-b8cd-95187cda90e1
- **IWAKI YUICHI** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b46dbc3-bfee-5a2f-ab27-d797c4f2ea93
- **THOMSON MARY CHRISTINA** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffe23a2b-db0d-53c0-97b8-98648b52499c
- **MCGUIRE DAWN** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a8cb259e-1a72-510d-b983-a003e9a67c52
- **HOROVITZ ZOLA P** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/df5c5a13-580d-5c3b-aaef-31f4855cd953
- **SAUTER ANDREW AUGUST** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0d52d784-0028-5623-b11d-ad33c4e913b5
- **BVF INVESTMENTS LLC** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b58c086f-c881-5c3b-b585-54bf5342dc64
- **PRENDERGAST JOHN K A** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9af2444b-d29c-5682-bfe3-40cf49e18581
- **BVF INC/IL** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c3788db9-7dee-589d-a6de-f535d1b919df
- **SOUTHPAW CREDIT OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND, L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1b3d2788-2bd1-5d1f-a05a-cc930acf0a3d
- **BURLINGAME ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3db77a62-beec-5c43-ba7d-27278ebbc007
- **LAMPERT MARK N** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/88b59549-d5c2-569d-a163-bc9f5aadeb62
- **DILLY STEPHEN GEORGE** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f2e136e9-eeaa-55dc-a114-dccd4467bc36
- **GOLDEN HOWARD** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f12e23b3-284c-5814-9792-e7da34d4fe94
- **SOUTHPAW ASSET MANAGEMENT LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3b7fc201-0f6e-52d0-bb52-e4f9f707e7c8
- **BVF PARTNERS L P/IL** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2d1fe4be-fda1-5949-a4dc-2db0872357b2
- **BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND II LP** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9ff49e18-8ece-51e1-9f80-9949902ef4c8
- **WYMAN KEVIN** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/513cff70-0bcc-5423-8383-b83548d35aea
- **SOUTHPAW HOLDINGS LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5e66e785-c2cf-521d-81e8-9a8e2a0b1161
- **BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND L P** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e0781eb6-5c7c-50b2-9211-3f2c16af19b5
- **OHRSTROM JAN K** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/70113e49-2e90-5419-8570-fa8caaef0188
- **NODELMAN OLEG** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d122a29-a459-5634-9922-5c09a0c9b22a
- **BVF ACQUISITION LLC** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/980e58f2-3eb8-5e7b-9657-f51d213f4bc8
- **PERRY MATTHEW D** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/123a59cc-9095-5f03-9d9b-81b949978d6c
- **COPPEDGE ROBERT M** (other) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/af835033-221e-59d4-bd89-4805c3a7b1aa
- **BVF INC/IL** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c3788db9-7dee-589d-a6de-f535d1b919df
- **BVF INVESTMENTS LLC** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b58c086f-c881-5c3b-b585-54bf5342dc64
- **BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND L P** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e0781eb6-5c7c-50b2-9211-3f2c16af19b5
- **BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND II LP** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9ff49e18-8ece-51e1-9f80-9949902ef4c8
- **BVF PARTNERS L P/IL** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2d1fe4be-fda1-5949-a4dc-2db0872357b2
- **VAPNEK DANIEL** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/adae9af9-f72e-5054-878c-3fe5f450f8d9

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

1. **COFFEE MICHAEL DENIS** — officer → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **CHAHINE KENNETH** — director → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **WALLACE RICHARD JOHN** — director → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **JOHNSON KIRK WILLIAM** — officer → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **CHAHINE KENNETH** — officer → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **PAULSON THOMAS J** — other → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **IWAKI YUICHI** — director → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **THOMSON MARY CHRISTINA** — officer → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **MCGUIRE DAWN** — officer → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **HOROVITZ ZOLA P** — director → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **SAUTER ANDREW AUGUST** — officer → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BVF INVESTMENTS LLC** — other → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **PRENDERGAST JOHN K A** — director → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BVF INC/IL** — tenpercentowner → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **SOUTHPAW CREDIT OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND, L.P.** — tenpercentowner → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BURLINGAME ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC** — tenpercentowner → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **LAMPERT MARK N** — tenpercentowner → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **DILLY STEPHEN GEORGE** — director → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **GOLDEN HOWARD** — tenpercentowner → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **SOUTHPAW ASSET MANAGEMENT LP** — tenpercentowner → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BVF PARTNERS L P/IL** — tenpercentowner → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND II LP** — other → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **WYMAN KEVIN** — tenpercentowner → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **SOUTHPAW HOLDINGS LLC** — tenpercentowner → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND L P** — other → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **OHRSTROM JAN K** — director → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **NODELMAN OLEG** — other → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BVF ACQUISITION LLC** — other → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **PERRY MATTHEW D** — other → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **COPPEDGE ROBERT M** — other → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BVF INC/IL** — tenpercentownerother → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BVF INVESTMENTS LLC** — tenpercentownerother → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND L P** — tenpercentownerother → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BIOTECHNOLOGY VALUE FUND II LP** — tenpercentownerother → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **BVF PARTNERS L P/IL** — tenpercentownerother → *AVIGEN INC \DE*
1. **VAPNEK DANIEL** — director → *AVIGEN INC \DE*

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AVIGEN INC \DE**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ff9537a4-e5b8-5bd3-bb30-4cdac1f1a954 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ff9537a4-e5b8-5bd3-bb30-4cdac1f1a954._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._