Andreas Woppmann

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as an oncology company, which engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of small-molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer. The company was founded by Harvey J. Berger and James E. Rothman on January 8, 1992 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. It engages in the acquisition, development and commercialization of products in the fields of urology, gynecology and infectious diseases. The company markets it's product SANCTURA for the treatment of overactive bladder and has compounds in clinical development including SANCTURA XR, NEBIDO, PRO 2000, IP 751, Pagoclone and Aminocandin. It focuses on the clinical development, regulatory review and commercialization of biopharmaceutical products. Indevus Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Lexington, MA.

Cell Genesys is a development-stage biotechnology firm focuses on gene-modification technologies to treat cancer. The company's lead product technology is its GVAX vaccine platform. Cell Genesys is working on GVAX vaccines for lung, prostate, and pancreatic cancer, as well as for leukemia and multiple myeloma, another blood cancer. Its oncolytic viral therapy platform uses specially engineered adenoviruses (such as the common cold) to kill cancer cells; the firm's lead candidate from this platform targets prostate cancer.