Irwin Scher

Clarient, Inc. provides cancer diagnostic testing services. It offers oncology diagnostic testing services to community pathologists, oncologists, biopharmaceutical companies, and researchers. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. develops therapies for the treatment of chronic diseases. Its lead product candidate, ITCA 650, is currently in development for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The firm’s platform technology is a proprietary subcutaneous delivery system that involves a matchstick-size, miniature osmotic pump implanted sub-dermally to provide continuous and consistent drug therapy, and the company’s proprietary formulation technology, which maintains stability of therapeutic proteins and peptides at human body temperatures for long extended periods of time. The company was founded by Mark Moran in June 1995 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Redpoint Bio Corp. is a development stage biotechnology company, which engages in the discovery and development of novel taste modulators for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. The company was founded by Robert F. Margolskee and Shawn M. Marcell in August 1995 and headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

Part of AstraZeneca PLC, Astra Merck, Inc. is a company that sells pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Orlando, FL. The company was founded by Myrtle S. Potter, Thomas A. McCourt. Astra Merck was acquired by Astra AB from Merck & Co., Inc. on July 12, 1998 for $4,400 million.

Astra Zeneca Oy engages in the development and manufacture of biopharmaceutical products. It specializes in clinical drug research in oncology, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on March 19, 1965 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.