Francis Cano

AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. Discovers, develops and commercializes vaccines and therapeutics that address various applications including cardiovascular, viral and bacterial diseases. The company markets Rotarix for rotavirus infection and Megan Egg and Megan Vac 1 for Salmonella infection in chicken. It's immunotherapeutic products include TP10 for cardiac bypass surgery and CETi for cholesterol management. The company develops various bacterial vaccines including CholeraGarde for cholera, Ty800 for typhoid fever and Injectable Anthrax for anthrax infection. AVANT Immunotherapeutics has various products in preclinical development stages which include ETEC for Enterotoxigenic E coli infection, Shigella for dysentery, campylobacter for campylobacter infection, Oral Anthrax and Plague vaccines and other food safety and animal health vaccines. AVANT Immunotherapeutics was organized in 1983 and is headquartered in Needham, MA.

Arbor Vita Corp. engages in discovery and developing of drugs. It targets cellular regulators, PDZ proteins, to accelerate the discovery and development of human therapeutics, and diagnostics. The company was founded by Peter S. Lu in 1998 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

MedImmune Vaccines, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets live vaccines. Its developed vaccine is inhaled FluMist. The company is located in Mountain View, CA

Part of Pfizer Inc., Lederle Laboratories is a company that provides testing services. The company is based in Pearl River, NY.

Altimmune, Inc. develops vaccines and other biological products. The firm offers products for use in companion and commercial livestock, including cats, dogs, horses, swine, poultry and aquaculture. The company was founded by G. Michael Alder and De-chu Tang in 1997 and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD.