Richard M. Murawski

Baxter BioScience Corp. provides biopharmaceutical and vaccines services. It offers a portfolio of therapeutic proteins derived from either human plasma or recombinant technology. The company is headquartered in Beltsville, MD.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals (EUSA Pharma USA), Inc. develops and markets biopharmaceutical products. The company was founded on November 7, 1980 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

WelGen produces pharmaceutical and chemical products.

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.

Vital Therapies, Inc. operates as a biotherapeutic company, which develops a cell-based therapy targeting the treatment of acute forms of liver failure. Its product candidate, ELAD System, is a human cell-based bio-artificial liver support system that operates outside the body or extracorporeal. The company was founded in May 2003 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Dendreon Corp. discovers, develops and commercializes novel products for the treatment of cancer. The company applies its expertise in antigen identification, engineering and cell processing to produce active cellular immunotherapy ACI product candidates designed to stimulate an immune response in a variety of tumor types. It is an exploring the application of additional ACI product candidates and small molecules for the potential treatment of a variety of cancers. Dendreon was founded by Christopher S. Henney, Edgar G. Engleman and Samuel Strober in 1992 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.