Fredrick Frank

Applied Bioscience International, Inc. was previously engaged in providing consulting services and contract research in the areas of environmental and life sciences for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company was a provider of biotechnology industry outsourcing on biological safety testing of pharmaceuticals, foods and chemicals. The company was founded in 1986 and was headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Diagnostic Products Corp. provides immunodiagnostic systems, which includes IMMULITE series of immunoassay systems, more than 75 immunoassays. It also designs and manufactures automated laboratory instrumentation and automation solutions. Diagnostic Products is located in Los Angeles, CA.

A subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Lehman Brothers, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. They provide global equity and fixed research. The equity research department covers more than 100 sectors. They use a fundamental, quantitative, strategic and tactical research approach. In addition to these Lehman has also developed special products, such as 10 uncommon values and 10 uncommon eurovalues.

Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC engages in the operation of a global contract research organization, which provides drug development, laboratory and lifecycle management services. It offers adaptive trial design, bio analytical lab, bio similar development, biostatistics, GMP lab, clinical supplies, trial monitoring, CMC regulatory, data management, dental pain clinic, real-world outcomes, site intelligence and activation, central lab, global regulatory affairs, IRT systems, late stage research, medical communications, device and diagnostics, medical writing, nonclinical development and regulatory consulting and intelligence, regulatory development, innovation and vaccine sciences. The company was founded by Fredric N. Eshelman in 1985 and is headquartered in Wilmington, NC.

EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. used to develop targeted contrast agents both to improve the capability and expand the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a tool for diagnosing human disease. The company was founded in 1988 and was headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Predix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops novel drugs and other related products. It is a clinical stage drug development company that uses proprietary discovery and lead optimization engine to develop novel drugs for G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) and ion channel targets. The company was founded by Silvia Noiman, Haim Aviv, Oren M. Becker and Oren M. Ramot in September, 2002 and is headquartered in Woburn, MA.

Peter J. Solomon Co. provides investment advisory services. The company offers corporate finance, restructuring, private financings, merger and acquisitions services. It also offers services to the retail, wholesale, catalogue distribution, consumer products, healthcare and media industries. Peter J. Solomon Co. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in New York City, NY

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.