Michael G. Mullen

Founded in 1998, Bellevue Research, Inc. is a fundamental equity investment research firm located in Boston. The firm is US investment research arm of Bellevue Asset Management AG, a privately-owned asset management group based in Zurich, Switzerland. Their ultimate parent is Bellevue Group AG. Bellevue research provides research to Bellevue Asset Management with coverage of the biotechnology, genetic engineering and pharmaceuticals sectors.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

Oldtech, Inc. was engaged in developing treatments for conditions that affect the back of the eye, including age related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME). The company was headquartered in New York.