Annemarie B. Moseley

Part of Sanofi, Applied Immune Sciences, Inc. is a surgical and medical instruments company. The private company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The company was founded by Thomas B. Okarma. Applied Immune Sciences was acquired by Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. on November 28, 1995 for $84.40 million.

Guidant Corp. manufactures cardiovascular therapeutic devices. The company also provides cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. It operates in Europe and Japan. Guidant was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in St. Paul, MN.

Systemix, Inc. develops cell-based gene therapies for diseases. The company is based in Palo Alto, CA. The company was founded by Irving L. Weissman, Leroy E. Hood. Systemix was acquired by Novartis AG on February 14, 1997 for $75.90 million.

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the research, development, manufacture, and commercialization of regenerative medicine products. Its biosurgery business focuses on using unique tissue preservation technologies to develop viable human tissue products designed to improve wound closure and surgical outcomes for patients and physicians over standard of care alone. The company was founded by Peter A. Friedli and James S. Burns on December 23, 1992 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

Novartis Corp. manufactures pharmaceuticals, vaccines, consumer health, generics, eye care and animal health products. It manufactures drugs for oncology, hypertension, diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on November 15, 1996 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on discovering and developing cellular immunotherapies for cancers and orphan inherited blood disorders. The firm uses its proprietary chemical induction of dimerization that controls components of the immune system in real time. Its product candidates include BPX-601, BPX-603, and Rivo-cel (rivogenlecleucel, formerly known as BPX-501). The company was founded by Kevin M. Slawin and David M. Spencer on July 14, 2004 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. discovers, develops and markets human pharmaceuticals. It operates in all major markets of the world. The company is headquartered in Collegeville, PA.

Cognate BioServices, Inc. engages in the provision of commercialization services to regenerative medicine, cellular immunotherapy, and cell therapy companies. It offers cGMP clinical and commercial manufacturing; process and assay development and optimization; logistics, supply chain, and manufacturing support services; and clinical, regulatory, and custom services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.