Elizabeth Hamilton Seabury Wyatt

MedImmune LLC develops medicines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases such as cancer and immune system disorders. It offers solutions in the areas of monoclonal antibodies and vaccines for infection, oncology, respiratory disease and inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, and neuroscience. The company was founded by Wayne T. Hockmeyer in 1988 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as an oncology company, which engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of small-molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by Harvey J. Berger and James E. Rothman on January 8, 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

The Group's principal activity is to develop proprietary drugs, focusing primarily on therapeutic proteins. Its technologies to develop proprietary versions of protein drugs with proven safety and efficacy and to improve the therapeutic profiles of proteins being developed. Its proprietary drug development portfolio currently consists of two therapeutic protein candidates.GlycoPEG-EPO (NE-180) is a long-acting version of erythropoietin (EPO) produced in insect cells. EPO is prescribed to stimulate production of red blood cells, and it gives treatment of chemotherapy-induced anemia and anemia associated with chronic renal failure. Its second proprietary protein, GlycoPEG-GCSF, is a long-acting version of granulocyte colony stimulating factor G-CSF and it is prescribed to stimulate production of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell). Its trademarks are NEOSE, GlycoPEGylation and GlycoConjugation. It operates predominantly in the domestic market.

The Medicines Co. is a biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on saving lives, alleviating suffering and contributing to the economics of healthcare by focusing on acute and intensive care hospitals worldwide. The firm markets its brands Angiomax, Cleviprex, injectable emulsion, Ionsys, Kengreal, Minocin for injection, and Orbactiv. The company was founded by Clive A. Meanwell, Helmut Giersiefen, John W. Villiger and T. Scott Johnson on July 31, 1996 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

Serenex, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that develops drugs for tumors and cancers of the blood and bone marrow. Its products include drugs for chemotherapy treatments as well as inhibitor compounds. Serenex was founded by George Young and Timothy Haystead in 2000 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Norwood Abbey Ltd. develops and commercializes innovative projects and technologies that address needs in the medical industry. The company has two divisions: Devices and Immunology. The Devices division manufactures and sells medical devices. The Immunology division is engaged in the development of products relating to the enhancement of the human immune system. The company was founded on November 13, 1998 and is headquartered in Frankston, Australia.