Barbara H. Deptula

Wyeth Holdings LLC manufactures and distributes chemicals. The firm's chemical contains phosphate rock, calcium, lime, carbide and nitrogen which are used in fertilizers. The company was founded by Frank Washburn in 1907 and is headquartered in Wayne, NJ.

Genetics Institute LLC develops pharmaceutical products through recombinant DNA and other genetic technologies. It develops drugs to make the blood of hemophiliacs clot, as well as substances that stimulate the production of red and white blood cells and proteins that enhance bone growth. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Schering Plough Corp. manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals, consumer and animal health care products. The firm discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

Shire is a global specialty pharmaceutical company marketing products to defined customer groups (specialist doctors). Sales and marketing is a core Shire competence. Shire combines investment in product development with careful attention to risk management. Shire currently focuses on three therapeutic areas - central nervous system disorders (CNS), gastrointestinal (GI) and renal diseases. Shire has particular expertise in ADHD as a result of its development and marketing of the leading brand in the US market, ADDERALL and the new once a day version, ADDERALL XR. The group has a sales and marketing infrastructure with a broad portfolio of products targeting the US, Canada, UK, Republic of Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Shire covers other significant pharmaceutical markets indirectly through distributors. They have already appointed such distributors including, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Malaysia, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea and Thailand. It is founded in 1986

Part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., SICOR, Inc. is a private company that manufactures pharmaceuticals. The company is based in San Diego, CA. The company was founded by Harry E. Gruber, Jack W. Reich, Paul K. Laikind, Robert L. Engler. SICOR was acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. on January 22, 2004 for $3,297.10 million.

Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. manufactures drugs to treat chronic diseases. The company discovers and develops receptors therapeutic candidates for cancers, asthma, and allergic disorders. It was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Wellesley, MA

The Group's principal activity is the researching, development and marketing of prescription medicines. The Group operations focuses on three therapeutic areas - central nervous system disorders, gastrointestinal and renal diseases. The Group's marketed products for such disorders include ADDERALL and ADDERALL XR, for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, REMINYL for Alzheimer's, co-marketed with Johnson and Johnson and CARBATROL. for epilepsy. The Group is also developing a range of treatments for ADHD which may treat children, adolescents and adults extending the use of its current brand as well as researching non-scheduled compounds. The Group operates in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Canada, the Netherlands and the Cayman Islands.

CombinatoRx, Inc. develops new medicines built from synergistic combinations of approved drugs. The company develops biopharmaceutical products. It conducts clinical trials and research programs. The company was founded by Alexis Borisy, Brent R. Stockwell, Michael A. Foley, Curtis T. Keith and Jacob D. Goldfield in 2000 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA

Shire Plc is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research, development, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and sale of medicines. Its products include adderall, advate, adynovate, agrylin, antithrombin 3, aralast, bebulin, buccolam, feiba, firazyr, and foznol. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.