Mary Gray

Catalent JNP, Inc. engages in the research and development of drugs and therapeutics. It offers analytical characterization and pre-formulation testing; formulation development; and clinical manufacturing of capsules and tablets. The company was founded in December 1986 and is headquartered in Somerset, NJ.

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.

Dyax Corp. engages in discovery, development and commercialization of novel biotherapeutics. The company was founded by Henry E. Blair in 1989 and is headquartered in Burlington, MA.

Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJA) is a registered broker-dealer headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. The firm was founded in 1962 and is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF), a diversified holding company. RJA offers a full array of capital markets services, strategic advice and planning for institutional investors.

Telik, Inc. is an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel small molecule drugs to treat serious diseases. Its TELINTRA product is used for treatment of cytopenias due to myelodysplastic syndrome and chemotherapy. The company's product candidates were discovered using its proprietary drug discovery technology TRAP, which enables the rapid and efficient discovery of small molecule drug candidates. Telik was founded in September 1988 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Senomyx, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of flavor ingredients for the packaged food, beverage, and ingredient supply industries. It develops high intensity sweeteners, savory flavors, bitter taste blockers, and cooling agents. The company was founded by Paul A. Grayson, Lubert Stryer, Yon Chien Tsien, Denis Baylor, Harold McGee, and Charles Zuker on September 16, 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Galena Biopharma, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which develops and commercializes hematology and oncology therapeutics that address unmet medical needs. The company focuses on identifying and advancing therapeutic opportunities to improve cancer care from direct treatment of the disease to the reduction of its debilitating side effects. Its products include Abstral sublingual tablets and Zuplenz oral soluble film. The company was founded by Craig Mello on April 3, 2006 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Burril LLC (Burrill) is a private equity/venture capital firm founded in 1994 by G. Steven. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Federated Investment Management Co. (FIMCO) is a mutual fund manager and SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm is a subsidiary of FII Holdings, Inc., owned by Federated Hermes, Inc. (NYSE: FHI). FIMCO offers domestic and international equity, fixed-income and money market mutual funds, and a variety of separate account options for many investors.

Seneca Biopharma, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research, development, and commercialization of central nervous system therapies based on human neuronal stem cells and small molecule compounds. Its pipeline includes NSI-189 small molecule program, NSI-566 stem cell therapy program, and novel & proprietary chemical entity screening platform. The company was founded by I. Richard Garr, Karl Y. Johe, and Merrill Solomon in 1996 and is headquartered in Germantown, MD.

Apthera, Inc. develops a pipeline of peptide-based immunotherapies for cancers. It has products in clinical trials aimed at reducing disease recurrence rates for breast, prostate, and pancreatic cancers. The company was founded Robert E. Kennedy, William Gannon, and Joseph Sinkule in July, 2005 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

rEVO Biologics, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of specialty therapeutics to address unmet medical needs in patients with rare, life-threatening conditions. Its products include ATryn, which prevents blood clots during and after surgery and childbirth for patients with hereditary antithrombin deficiency. The company was founded in February 1993 and is headquartered in Framingham, MA.