David Shapiro

Gensia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products for cardiovascular diseases. The company is based in San Diego, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company was founded by Robert L. Engler, Paul K. Laikind.

Organon Pharma (UK) Ltd. develops and manufactures pharmaceuticals. It offers osteoarthritis pain treatment Arcoxia, cardiovascular medication Cozaar, HIV drug Crixivan and asthma treatment Singulair. It operates a research center specializing in the development of central nervous system disorder such as Alzheimer's disease, depression, anxiety and migrane. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Hoddesdon, the United Kingdom.

Idun Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery and development of human therapeutics to control apoptosis. The company was founded by John C. Reed, Robert H. Horvitz, and Lawrence C. Fritz in March 1993 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Altair is a privately owned company that was spun out of ISIS Pharmaceuticals in October 2007 with the objective of applying ISIS’s proprietary second generation (2’-MOE Gapmer) antisense oligoneucleotide technology to the field of inhaled therapeutics. Through its collaboration with ISIS Altair has access to both near term clinical stage opportunities, as well as early stage development projects. Altair's first compound AIR645 is currently in phase I clinical trials. This first in class compound posses unique anti-inflammatory activities appropriate for multiple therapeutic applications, including asthma, rhinitis and COPD. Additionally, the characteristics of the 2'-MOE Gapmer chemistry provides for the possibility of administration of AIR645 as an inhaled therapeutic delivered once weekly. Altair is also planning on developing a future pipeline of other best-in-class molecules for respiratory targets by exploiting the advantages of its propriety 2nd generation antisense oligonucleotide chemistry.