Wim van Bree

Boots Group Plc retails chemists' merchandise and auto parts; provision of opticians' and other healthcare services; development, manufacture and marketing of healthcare and consumer products

Part of Sanofi, Lorex Pharmaceuticals is an American company that manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company is located in the US. The company was founded in 1990. Lorex Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Sanofi from Monsanto Co. on May 01, 1998.

Pharmacia Corp. developed, manufactured and marketed pharmaceutical products. Prescription pharmaceuticals included general therapeutics, ophthalmology and hospital products including oncology and diversified therapeutics. It also operated in consumer health care, animal health, diagnostics and contract manufacturing and bulk pharmaceutical chemicals. The customers of the group were pharmacies, hospitals, chain warehouses, governments, physicians, wholesalers and other distributors. It was headquartered in Peapack, NJ.

Part of Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd., OTL Pharma SA is a French company that develops and markets pharmaceutical products in the therapeutic areas of oncology, hematology, neurology, and supportive and intensive care. The company is based in Paris, France. The company was founded by Marc Moguilewsky, Jean-François Labbé, Wim van Bree. OTL Pharma was acquired by Strakan Group Ltd. on January 26, 2004 for $8.92 million.

Kyowa Kirin International Plc is a specialty pharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of prescription medicines for the treatment of unmet therapeutic needs in major markets. It offers Sancuso, a prescription medicine used to prevent nausea and vomiting in people receiving some types of chemotherapy treatment and Abstral, a medicine used in the management of breakthrough pain in adult patients using opioid therapy for chronic cancer pain. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Galashiels, the United Kingdom.

SpePharm is a European specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, registering and marketing high medical value specialty medicines, essentially for the hospital market. Particular therapeutic areas of interest are in oncology and hematology, critical and supportive care. SpePharm aims to be the preferred partner for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, especially those from outside of Europe, seeking to maximize product and commercial opportunities within Europe. The vision of SpePharm is to become a leading specialty pharmacy company offering the first truly pan-European commercial platform for high value niche hospital and specialist products. The company was founded in September 2006 by Jean-François Labbé together with leading life-science investment firms, TVM Capital (Germany) and Signet Healthcare Partners, part of the Sanders Morris Harris Group Inc (USA). SpePharm headquarters are located in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Its European operations are run from its French subsidiary, SpePharm SAS, in Paris, France. Since January 2008, Spepharm is also present in Europe through subsidiaries in Italy (Milan), Germany (Munich), The United-Kingdom (Oxford) and Denmark (Copenhagen) for the Nordic countries.