James F. Eliason

Central European Ventures LLC invests in private companies. The firm takes products from proof-of-concept to market for technologies originating from Central European countries. The company is headquartered in Grosse Pointe Park, MI.

Asterand, Inc. is engaged in providing all the information and materials that are needed to conduct research on common disease targets, such as cancer, heart disease and brain disorders. The company is a privately held company founded in 2000 to address the urgent need of genomics and proteomics researchers for high quality biological information and materials. The customers of the company include researchers working at the world's foremost and oldest pharmaceutical, biotech, genomic and proteonic companies.

Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. manufactures pharmaceutical drugs. Its products include influenza fighter Tamiflu, controversial acne medication Accutane, HIV inhibitor Fuzeon, obesity drug Xenical, and hepatitis C therapy Pegasys. The company was founded in 1896 Roche and is headquartered in Nutley, NJ.