Les Kaplan

Foundation Fighting Blindness Clinical Research Institute provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Columbia, MD.

Nicox Ophthalmics, Inc. develops ocular diseases treatment products. It offers extensive pipeline such as a number of clinical and pre-clinical programs that principally target ocular allergy, ocular inflammation, and blepharitis. The company was founded by Thomas Cavanagh on December 21, 2007 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.

Medinox, Inc. manufactures pharmaceuticals. It develops new small molecule drugs to treat medical needs including sepsis, arthritis & inflammation, diabetes and sickle cell anemia. The company was founded in May 1995 by Ching-San Lai, Marvin E. Rosenthale and Ernest Chun-Ming Huang and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Altheos, Inc. is an early stage biopharmaceutical company based in the San Francisco Bay area focused on development of highly promising near-clinical and clinical stage novel small molecule drugs. Altheos, Inc. was founded by two seasoned pharmaceutical executives, Dr. Henry H. Hsu and Dr. M. (Ken) Kengatharan who have extensive experience in rapid capital efficient drug development as well as financing and growth of early stage biopharmaceutical companies.

Allergan, Inc. operated as a global healthcare company. It engaged in the development and commercialization of specialty pharmaceutical, medical device ,and over-the-counter products for the ophthalmic, neurological, medical aesthetics, medical dermatology, breast aesthetics, obesity intervention, urological, and other specialty markets. The company was founded by Gavin S. Herbert Sr. in 1950 and headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. designs and develops therapeutic systems for retinal diseases. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Cumberland, RI.