Irwin Lerner

Medarex, Inc. provides commercial physical and biological research services. The company's UltiMAb, a human antibody development system creates and develops antibodies products for cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory, autoimmune, and infectious diseases. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

Vitex is a Delaware Corporation incorporated in 1995. Vitex’s scientific and clinical programs originated in anti-infective technologies designed to prevent the spread of infectious disease by blood transfusions. In March of 2005, Vitex merged with Panacos Pharmaceuticals, a private company developing HIV therapeutics with novel mechanisms of action. The merger with Panacos immediately expanded the Vitex pipeline into novel, high value therapeutics. The Panacos team that joined Vitex is recognized for fundamental contributions to HIV biology and drug development

Covance, Inc. operates as a contract research organization and drug development company. Its services include research, lead optimization, analysis services, safety assessment and drug safety testing, consulting and partnering, clinical development, informatics, clinical testing, commercialization, and manufacturing support. The company was founded on November 12, 1996 and is headquartered in Princeton, NJ.

Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. sells, markets and develops cardiovascular pharmaceutical products. The company focuses on marketing promotionally sensitive pharmaceutical products to the primary care, cardiovascular and specialist physician markets in the United States. The company is headquartered in Liberty Corner, NJ

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America provides pharmaceutical research and biotechnology services. It represents the country’s biopharmaceutical research companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered Washington, DC.