Barbara Withers

Aerpio Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the research and development of treatments for ocular diseases. The firm's product candidate is AKB-9778, a small molecule activator of the Tie2 pathway, which completed the Phase 2a clinical trial for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy. It also develops ARP-1536, a humanized monoclonal antibody that is in preclinical development stage for the treatment of diabetic vascular complications; and AKB-4924, a selective stabilizer of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha, which has completed a single ascending dose clinical trial for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. The company was founded by Joseph H. Garder on November 16, 2007 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

United BioSource Corp. is a scientific and medical affairs organization that partners with life science companies to develop and commercialize their products. The company is involved in pre- and post-approval product development; pricing, coverage, reimbursement, and access strategies; and medical publication and communications. United BioSource Corp. was founded by Ethan D. Leder and Mark P. Cleinin in 2003 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD.