James Moodie Rae

Telesta Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which focuses on the licensing/acquisition and development of transformational therapeutics for the treatment of serious human diseases, such as cancer, immune diseases, and targeted rare diseases. The company was founded by Graeme McRae in 1979 and is headquartered in Pointe-Claire, Canada.

Arius Research, Inc. develops anti-cancer antibodies. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Cangene Corp. developed, manufactured and sold biopharmaceutical drugs. The company was founded on February 22, 1984 and was headquartered in Winnipeg, Canada.

Cita Neuro Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes small molecule drugs. Its clinical drug portfolio consists of drugs for Parkinson's disease and neuropathic pain. Cita Neuro Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1997 by Brian Bennett, Roland Boegman, Khem Jha-mandas, James Reynolds and Gregory Thatcher and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.

Cytochroma, Inc. is a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company. It develops and markets prescription products for the prevention of vitamin D insufficiency. The firm specializes in pharmaceutical products to treat and prevent secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with chronic kidney disease. The company was founded by Martin J. Petkovich in 1996 and is headquartered in Markham, Canada.

Part of DMK Pharmaceuticals Corp., Vaxis Therapeutics Corp manufactures and researches pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Kingston, Canada. Vaxis Therapeutics was acquired by Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on November 29, 2001 for $4 million.

Aegera Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing targeted therapeutics to address major unmet medical needs. Aegera has three programs in clinical development, two for oncology and one for neuropathic pain. Aegera is also dedicated to identifying novel development candidates based upon its core technologies and internal expertise and experience in rapidly moving lead candidates through preclinical development and into clinical trials.

Viron Therapeutics, Inc. discovers and develops novel therapeutics for inflammatory disorders. Its products include VT-111a, a recombinant protein that functions to reduce monocyte infiltration to sites of viral infection, as well as inhibits cardiovascular damage due to coronary stent placement. The firm also develops VT-310, a glycoprotein for the treatment of cancer, VT-384 that inhibit interferon gamma production, VT-346, a glycoprotein that protects against human TNF-mediated inflammatory signals and VT-214, a chemokine binding protein. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in London, Canada.