Brian C. Cunningham

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was engaged in development, marketing and sale of prescription drugs. It operated as a biopharmaceutical company which focuses on the treatment of patients with serious, difficult-to-treat autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. The company's primary product was H.P. Acthar Gel, an injectable drug for the treatment of proteinuria in the nephrotic syndrome of the idiopathic type, or NS, the treatment of acute exacerbations of multiple sclerosis, or MS, in adults, the treatment of infantile spasms, or IS, in infants and children under two years of age, and the treatment of certain rheumatology related conditions, including the treatment of the rare and closely related neuromuscular disorders dermatomyositis and polymyositis. Questcor Pharmaceuticals was founded in September 1992 and was headquartered in Anaheim, CA.

Synexus Compass, Inc. provided medical image-analysis, subject-recruitment and biochemical marker services that enable life-science industry clients to execute clinical trials while decreasing the time, uncertainty and cost of product development. The company was founded in 1998 and was headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

MacuSight, Inc. develops and manufactures pharmaceuticals products. The firm engages in developing therapeutics for the treatment of severe ocular diseases and conditions. It offers sirolimus, a therapeutic for the treatment and prevention of wet age-related macular degeneration, as well as for the treatment of diabetic macular edema; and related compounds and other select therapeutics in the eye, as well as minimally-invasive ocular formulations. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Union City, CA.

Cooley LLP engages in the provision of legal services. It offers strategic litigation and business transaction services and is a representative of private and public companies, financial institutions, venture capital firms and nonprofit organizations. Its practices include commercial litigation; patent counseling and prosecution; employment and labor; asset recovery; and estate planning and personal representation. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Monsanto Co. engages in the provision of agricultural products to farmers. It provides other seed companies with genetic material and biotechnology traits for their seed brands. The company was founded by John F. Queeny in 1901 and is headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Trellis Bioscience, Inc. is discovers and develops novel human antibody therapeutics. It provides the discovery and development of therapeutic antibodies from human B cells. The firm develops the CellSpot antibody discovery platform, which enables the identification of antibodies directly from human blood. The company was founded by Lawrence Kauvar and Stote Ellsworth in 1998 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

Rigel SRL specialises in computer systems integration. The3 company is headquartered in Roma, Italy.