Richard Pfenniger

The Group's principal activity is to merge, consolidation, reorganization, joint venture or licensing agreement with another corporation or entity. The Group is seeking opportunity with one or more firms which have recently commenced operations, or which wish to utilize the public marketplace in order to raise additional capital in order to expand into new products or markets, to develop a new product or service or for other corporate purposes.

SafeStitch Medical, Inc. operates as a developmental stage FDA-registered medical device company, which is focused on the development of medical devices that manipulate tissues for the treatment of obesity, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hernia formation, esophageal obstructions, Barrett's Esophagus, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and other intraperitoneal abnormalities through endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery. It products include AMID Stapler, SMART Dilator, and standard and airway bite blocks. AMID Stapler is used to fix mesh in place, which helps prevent the recurrence of a hernia. SMART Dilators are used when an endoscopy demonstrates the narrowing of the esophagus. The bite blocks are used to protect the endoscope used in transoral gastrointestinal procedures and are required in all such procedures. SafeStitch Medical was founded by Charles J. Filip and Jeffrey G. Spragens in August 1988 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

General Physics Corp. engages in the provision of training, engineering, and consulting services. The company was founded by Robert W. Deutsch in 1966 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

IVAX LLC discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets generic pharmaceuticals, respiratory drugs, and cancer treatments. It offers drugs for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, brain cancer, asthma, and epilepsy. The company was founded by Phillip Frost and Jane H. Hsiao in 1987 and is headquartered in Weston, FL.

IntegraMed America, Inc. engages in developing, marketing, and managing specialty outpatient healthcare facilities. It offers a suite of management support and infrastructure such as clinical and business information systems, sales and marketing, facilities and operations management, finance and accounting, human resources, legal, risk management, and quality assurance. The company was founded by Vicki Baldwin and is headquartered in Purchase, NY.

TransEnterix is advancing the field of minimally invasive surgery through exploration, innovation and collaboration. Based in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, TransEnterix is a rapidly growing medical device company founded in 2006. Since its inception the company has designed, received FDA approval and launched the groundbreaking SPIDER Surgical System, which provides surgeons with enhanced capabilities by creating triangulation via single site access with flexible articulating instruments. The platform enables a whole new class of less invasive surgery - Flexible Laparoscopy - which builds on the proven technologies of laparoscopic surgery and catheter based medical treatments.

Vein Clinics of America, Inc. operates as a medical clinics. It specializes in treatment for varicose veins and spider veins. The firm offers treatment for spider and large ropey varicose veins diseases, venous leg ulcers, leg and hand veins diseases and facial veins diseases. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Downers Grove, IL.