John P. Richard

SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is based in Menlo Park, CA. Part of Johnson & Johnson, SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a company that markets lipid-based biopharmaceutical products mainly to treat cancer and infectious diseases. SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals was acquired by ALZA Corp., part of Johnson & Johnson from June 22, 2001 on March 16, 1999 for $658.03 million.

VIVUS, Inc. engaged in the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic products. The firm’s products were indicated for the treatment of obese and overweight patients, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and erectile dysfunction. Its products include PANCREAZE, Qsymia, and STENDRA/SPEDRA. The company was founded by Virgil A. Place in April 16, 1991 and it was headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company that sells and markets products to community-based primary care physicians through its primary care sales force in the United States. It markets two products namely, ANTARA fenofibrate capsules, a cardiovascular product and FACTIVE gemifloxacin mesylate tablets, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic. It also has late-stage antibiotic candidate, Ramoplanin for the treatment of clostridium difficile-associated disease. The company was founded on May 09, 1961 and is headquartered in Waltham, MA.

ZP Opco, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that develops transdermal delivery technology for therapeutic indications. The company was founded by Peter E. Daddona and Frank D. Stonebanks in 2006 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Aviragen Therapeutics, Inc. engages in the discovery and development of direct-acting antivirals to treat infections. Its product candidates include vapendavir, an oral treatment for human rhinovirus infections in moderate-to-severe asthmatics; BTA074, a topical antiviral treatment for genital warts caused by human papillomavirus types 6 & 11; BTA585, an oral fusion protein inhibitor for the treatment of RSV-A and RSV-B infections; and laninamivir octanoate, a one-time, inhaled treatment for influenza A and B infections. The company was founded on November 8, 2012 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

AerovectRx Corp. provides dosage controlled solutions to the inhaled drug delivery market. It offers AeroCell disposable drug cartridge for inhaled delivery of drugs, vaccines, and therapeutics. AerovectRx technology includes treatments for asthma, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, pain management and for delivery of vaccines and anti-viral drugs. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Altiris Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes small-molecule drug therapies. The company was founded by Dennis Liotta, Hyunsuk Shim and James P. Snyder in 2005 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

J.E.M. Capital, Inc. is a a shell company, which engages in the identification of a privately held operating company which desires to become a publicly held entity by merging with the firm through a reverse merger or acquisition. The company was founded on September 14, 2011 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Phase4 Ventures ltd (Phase4 Ventures) is a venture capital subsidiary of Nomura International Plc founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in London, UK.

QUE Oncology, Inc. engages in preventing and treating life-threatening cancers such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, and cancer pain; and related conditions. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It engages in the development of novel medicines to address serious medical conditions. The company was founded on March 7, 1997 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Aruna Bio, Inc. manufactures and provides neural stem cells. Its products include neuronet pure human neurons screening kit, neuronet pure human neurons discovery kit, co-culture kit hastropro-neuronet, hastropro human astrocytes kit and motor neurons GFP+htscreening kit. The company was founded by James Stice and Steven L. Stice in 2003 and is headquartered in Athens, GA.