Jon S. Kuwahara

EMI Holding, Inc. discovers, develops, and commercializes treatments and therapies for rare diseases. The firm also engages in the marketing and sale of NutreStore L-glutamine powder for oral solution, a treatment for short bowel syndrome and the sale of L-glutamine as a nutritional supplement under the brand name AminoPure. The company was founded by Yutaka Niihara in 1987 and is headquartered in Torrance, CA.

Espero Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in developing therapeutics for unmet needs in thrombosis and cardiac rhythm control. Espero Pharmaceuticals is based in Jacksonville, FL and has subsidiaries in the United States. The private company's portfolio includes tecarfarin, which is used for patients requiring anticoagulation, and a novel candidate for treating arrhythmias. The company was founded by Jeffrey S. Cole and Quang X. Pham.

Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development of therapeutic products for the treatment of nervous system disorder. The company was founded on August 31, 1988 and headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA.

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.