Joel Z. Melnick

Part of Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Laboratories Ltd. is a British company that manufactures, develops and sells pharmaceutical and nutritional products. The company is based in Maidenhead, UK and was founded in 1937.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Cytochroma, Inc. is a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company. It develops and markets prescription products for the prevention of vitamin D insufficiency. The firm specializes in pharmaceutical products to treat and prevent secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with chronic kidney disease. The company was founded by Martin J. Petkovich in 1996 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.