Sandford Sommer

Schering Plough Corp. manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals, consumer and animal health care products. The firm discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and uses genetic information to diagnostic and therapeutic products. The company was founded by Kevin L. Rakin and Gualberto Ruano in 1992 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Acambis Plc develops biopharmaceutical products and vaccines. It offers ACAM2000, a smallpox vaccine for emergency-use stockpiling; and ChimeriVax-JE, a single-dose Japanese encephalitis vaccine for endemic markets and travelers. Its products in pipeline include ChimeriVax-JE, ChimeriVax-West Nile, and ChimeriVax-Dengue. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, UK.

Qualigen, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that develops and commercializes novel therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. It offers FastPack, a diagnostic platform. The company was founded by Michael S. Poirier in 1996 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Part of Sanofi, Sanofi-Synthélabo Ltd. is a pharmaceutical company based in Reading, UK. The British company was founded in 1990 and specializes in manufacturing and distributing solid-dose and pharmaceutical products.

The Medical Research Council provides human healthcare and social services. It offers funding for biomedical spectrum, fundamental lab-based science, clinical trials and all major disease areas. The company was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

Aptalis Pharma, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets pharmaceutical products for cystic fibrosis and gastroenterology. The company's products include Zenpep, Canasa, Carafate, Pylera, Lacteal, Panzytrat, Delursan, Rectiv and Salofalk.. It provides therapies for unmet medical needs including cystic fibrosis and gastrointestinal disorders. The company formulates and clinically develops enhanced pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products for itself and others using its proprietary pharmaceutical technology. Aptalis Pharma was founded 1982 and is headquartered in Birmingham, AL.

KPMG LLP engages in the provision of audit, tax, and advisory services. It serves the banking and capital markets, building, construction and real estate, consumer and retail, energy, natural resources and chemicals, financial services, government and public sector, healthcare and life sciences, industrial manufacturing, insurance, media and entertainment, private equity, technology, telecommunications, and venture capital industries. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

Pepsi-Cola North America manufactures and markets beverage products. It offers soft drinks, bottled waters, iced teas, juices, and sports drinks. The company is headquartered in Purchase, NY

Arrow Therapeutics Ltd. operates as a pharmaceutical company that focuses on research and development of novel antiviral drugs. Its products include novel antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and preclinical compounds. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Part of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ligand UK Research Ltd. develops pharmaceutical products. The company is based in London, UK. Founded in 1995.

Founded in 1995, Ligand UK Group Ltd. is a subsidiary of Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and functions as an investment holding company. The company is based in Cambridge, UK.

OmniAb Operations, Inc. operates as a drug discovery company. It provides pharmaceutical industry partners access to antibody repertoires and screening technologies to enable discovery of next-generation therapeutics. Its OmniAb platform includes the Biological Intelligence of its transgenic animals, including OmniRat, OmniChicken and OmniMouse, that have been genetically modified to generate antibodies with human sequences to facilitate development of human therapeutic candidates. The company is headquartered in Emeryville, CA.

Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. researches and develops oncology drugs. It is dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapeutics with a focus on cancer. Its products include Guadecitabine, Onalespib, AT7519, AT13148, ASTX727, ASTX660. The company was founded on May 28, 1997 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Roche Holding (UK) Ltd. manufactures and sells drugs. It operates as a holding company for Roche Products Ltd. and Roche Diagnostics Ltd. Its pharmaceuticals include Copegus, a hepatitis C therapy, HIV inhibitor Fuzeon, and breast cancer therapy, Herceptin. The firm's consumer and professional tests include Accutrend glucose monitoring systems, CoaguChek blood coagulation tests, and the Amplicor line of DNA disease diagnostics. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, UK.

Part of Ernst & Young Global Ltd., Arthur Andersen (UK) is a British company that provides accounting services. The company is based in Reading, UK.

Part of GSK Plc, Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. manufactures and supplies pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Lincoln, NE.

Pfizer Consumer Healthcare Ltd. wholesales pharmaceutical goods. The company was established in 1913 and is headquartered in Berks, GB.

Part of UCB SA, UCB Celltech is a British company that develops novel therapeutic products for humans. The company is based in Slough, UK and was founded in 2006.