Mike Besserman

Bausch & Lomb, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets eye health products. It offers over-the-counter supplements, eye care products, ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, contact lenses, lens care, ophthalmic surgical devices, and instruments. The company was founded by John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb in 1853 and is headquartered in Rochester, NY.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Ocudyne, Inc.provides vegetarian dietary supplement products. The company is headquartered in Roseville, MN.

Layerbio, Inc. develops bio erodible sustained-release technology for use in standard intraocular lens in cataract surgery. The private company is based in Lexington, MA. The company was founded in 2013 by Kenneth J. Mandell, Paula Hammond. Kenneth J. Mandell has been the CEO since 2013.

Alcon Laboratories, Inc. develops and manufactures ophthalmic pharmaceutical products. The firm offers over-the-counter eye care products, medical devices, equipment, ophthalmic drugs, surgical instruments, needles, and sutures for microsurgery and disposable drapes. The company was founded by Robert Alexander and William Conner in 1945 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Part of BioTelemetry, Inc., Card Guard Scientific Survival Ltd is a manufacturer of medical technology. The company is based in HaMerkaz, Israel.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP provides legal advisory services. Its practice areas include mergers and acquisitions, finance, litigation, corporate finance, insurance, tax, labor and employment, political law, private equity, corporate, antitrust, white collar crime, international, regulatory, and legislation. The company was founded by Marshall Skadden, John Slate, and Les Arps in 1948 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Merge Healthcare Solutions, Inc. provides radiology, medical image and information management solutions to specialty healthcare providers. Its go-to-market strategy focuses on two primary market segments: Ambulatory Imaging Businesses and Acute Care Facilities. The Ambulatory Imaging Businesses segment consists of radiology groups, teleradiology businesses, imaging centers, multi-specialty groups and billing services. The Acute Care Facilities segment consists of hospitals and integrated delivery networks. The company was founded in November 1996 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Millennium Partners LLC develops mixed-use properties which includes hotels, condominiums, entertainment and fitness facilities. The company was founded by Christopher M. Jeffries, Philip E. Aarons and Philip H. Lovett in 1991 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY.

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. manufactures and markets vision care products. The company was founded on March 07, 1962 and is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.

ForstmannLeff Associates LLC is a private investment group based in New York, NY. ForstmannLeff Associates LLC is led by its management team and specializes in private investments. The private company was founded by Tony Forstmann.

Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary operates as hospital that provides patient care for disorders of the eye, ear, nose, throat, head and neck. It offers ophthalmology and otolaryngology research services and is a teaching partner of Harvard Medical School. The firm’s programs and services include anesthesiology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, radiology, Coolidge Clinic laboratory and libraries. The company was founded in 1824 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Sunlight Medical Ltd. develops and manufactures medical devices for hospitals. Its products include Sunlight Omnisense 7000S, Tetrax, BonAge, and Omnisense 8000. The firm offers its products for gynecologists, family physicians, internists, pediatricians, and orthopedists. The company was founded by Edward Kantorovich and Amir Noy in 1995 and is headquartered in Petach Tikva, Israel.

Laboratoires Alcon SAS engages in the treatment of eye diseases and conditions. The company was founded by Robert Alexander and William Conner in 1945 and is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France.

Ora, Inc. provides ophthalmic services. It engages in the provision of ophthalmic services and it specializes in allergy, allergic rhinitis, dry-eye, retina, anti-infective, anti-inflammatory, glaucoma, drug delivery, and ophthalmic devices. The firm offers development services including preclinical models, clinical research and development, regulatory strategy, statistics and data management, medical writing, and marketing and advertising. The company was founded by Mark Barry Abelson in 1985 and is headquartered in Andover, MA.

Sprout Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides delivery of a treatment option for the unmet need of women with Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder. The company was founded by Cynthia E. Whitehead and Robert S. Whitehead on November 29, 2011 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

PolyActiva Pty Ltd. develops drug-polymer conjugate technology. Its platform technology is used to make plastic components for medical devices from drugs and manufacture process is novel and provides greater flexibility over the composition of the final material and better product outcomes compared with competitor technologies. The firm has built drug-polymer conjugates from a number of drug candidates with different chemical structures and linkage points, demonstrating the plasticity of the technology and developed a number of functional co-monomers and polymer segments, which modularises the production of the final conjugate. The company was founded in February 2010 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Life Sciences Alternative Funding LLC provides capital to commercial-stage life sciences firms. The company was founded by Steve J. DeNelsky and Rich A. Gumer and is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

Visus Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing multi-targeted ophthalmic therapeutics for the front and back of the eye. The company is based in Seattle, WA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company is developing novel, pupil-modulating therapeutics designed to correct the loss of near vision associated with presbyopia. In parallel, Visus is advancing its pipeline of early-stage ophthalmic drug candidates engineered to preserve and restore visual function associated with the leading causes of vision loss including cataract and presbyopia, ocular surface and corneal disease, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration. The company was founded by Benjamin Scot Bergo, Rhett M. Schiffman, and Benjamin Scot Bergo has been the CEO since incorporation.