Fred Kurland

Part of Sanofi, Applied Immune Sciences, Inc. is a surgical and medical instruments company. The private company is based in Menlo Park, CA. The company was founded by Thomas B. Okarma. Applied Immune Sciences was acquired by Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc. on November 28, 1995 for $84.40 million.

Protein Design Labs, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of novel therapies for inflammation and autoimmune diseases, acute cardiac conditions and cancer. PDL markets several biopharmaceutical products in the United States through its hospital sales force and wholly-owned subsidiary, ESP Pharma, Inc. As a company of development of humanized antibodies, It has licensed its patents to numerous pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, some of which are now paying royalties on net sales of licensed products.

MedImmune Vaccines, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets live vaccines. Its developed vaccine is inhaled FluMist. The company is located in Mountain View, CA

Genitope Corp. operates as a biotechnology company, which focuses on the research and development of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer. The company was founded on August 15, 1996 and is headquartered in Redwood, CA.

Bayhill Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes therapeutics. Its technology is BHT-DNA. The firm is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary therapeutic BHT-DNA platform to develop a pipeline of novel and targeted treatment candidates for autoimmune diseases. Bayhill Therapeutics was founded by Lawrence Steinman, Hideki Garren, William H. Robinson and Paul J. Utz in 2001 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.