Ian Lobley

EUSA Pharma is a rapidly growing transatlantic specialty pharmaceutical company focused on in-licensing, developing and marketing late-stage oncology, pain control and critical care products. The company currently has eight products on the market, including Caphosol for the treatment of oral mucositis, a common and debilitating side-effect of radiation therapy and high-dose chemotherapy, ProstaScint for imaging the extent and spread of prostate cancer, Quadramet for the treatment of pain in patients whose cancer has spread to the bones, Erwinase and Kidrolase for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the antibiotic surgical implant Collatamp. EUSA also has several products in late-stage development, notably Collatamp topical, a gentamicin impregnated collagen sponge for the prevention and treatment of infected skin ulcers, and CollaRx bupivacaine implant for local post-surgical pain control. Founded in 2006, EUSA Pharma is supported by a consortium of leading life science capital investors, comprising TVM Capital, Essex Woodlands, 3i, Goldman Sachs, Advent Venture Partners, SV Life Sciences, NeoMed and NovaQuest. Since its foundation, the company has raised over $275 million, and completed several significant transactions, including the acquisitions of Cytogen Corporation, Talisker Pharma Ltd, the French biopharmaceutical company OPi SA and the European antibiotic and pain control business of Innocoll Pharmaceuticals Inc. As part of its rapid growth strategy the company has established commercial infrastructure in the US, a pan-European presence covering over 20 countries and a wider distribution network in a further 25 territories. EUSA Pharma plans to continue its aggressive program of acquisitions and in-licensing within its specialist areas of medical and geographic focus, in line with its ambitious target to create a rapidly growing $1 billion company by the beginning of the next decade.

3i Infrastructure Plc acts as a private equity fund, which invests in infrastructure businesses and assets in the UK, Europe and North America. The fund focuses on range of investment opportunities across adjacent sectors to utilities, transportation, communications and energy. It provides financing for infrastructure capital requirements. The company was founded on January 16, 2007 and is headquartered in St. Helier, the United Kingdom.

The British Standards Institution provides international standards, testing, registration, and certification for businesses. Its services include certification, compliance tools and software, developing new standards, events and conferences, product certification and standard subscription services. The firm serves in the areas of aerospace and aviation, automotive, construction, energy and utilities, food and drink, IT and telecom and medical devices industries. The company was founded by John Wolfe-Barry in 1901 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

DiBcom is at the heart of Mobile TV. As a fables semiconductor company that designs high-performance chipsets, DiBcom enables low-power mobile and portable TV reception everywhere and at speeds exceeding 200 km/h. The company's solutions are used in automotive, PC/peripheral, mobile phones and other handheld devices. It has extensive experience solving real-world mobile digital terrestrial television (DTT) reception problems and has overcome the main technological barriers to high-quality service. The company has developed a number of patented algorithms and architectures for fast and accurate channel estimation and high Doppler compensation. Its chipsets are compliant with the current worldwide Digital Video Broadcast standards DVB-T, DVB-H, DVB-SH, T-DMB and ISDB-T.

Psytechnics Ltd. develops voice quality measurement software solutions. It offers a range of active and passive software solutions for both enterprises and service providers markets. The firm’s software solutions are used to improve the performance of real-time communications including unified communications applications and networks designs. The company was founded by Michael Hollier, Phil Gray, Antony W. Rix and Richard J. B. Reynolds in December 2000 and is headquartered in Ipswich, the United Kingdom.

Intense Ltd. designs and manufactures optoelectronic semiconductors. The company is a provider of single and multimode monolithic laser array products and laser diodes. It was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Glasgow, UK.

CRF Box Oy operates as a software company. It creates electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) solutions. The firm offers project management, scientific support, collaborative design, program management, localization, training and eLearning, and logistic services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

The Cloud Networks Ltd. provides Wi-Fi technology. It builds and operates public access on cellular devices, such as smartphones and mobile devices like the iPad, iPod Touch, games consoles, MP3 entertainment devices, laptops or notebooks, Wi-Fi enabled cameras and other mobile Wi-Fi enabled devices. The company was founded by Niall Murphy and George Polk on May 28, 2004 and is headquartered in Middlesex, the United Kingdom.