David C. Furlano

Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. develops and commercializes novel pharmaceutical and diagnostic products. Its enables physicians to provide individualized patient care. It applies the principles of personalized medicine to the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and applies it to oncology. The firms markets and promotes pharmaceutical products and complementary proprietary diagnostic testing services. The company was founded by Jonathan Braun, Stephan R. Targan, Michael J. Walsh, and Scott L. Glenn in 1995 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Vical, Inc. engages in the research and development of biopharmaceutical products based on patented DNA delivery technologies for the prevention and treatment of serious and life-threatening diseases. It focuses on the antifungal VL-2397, which treats patients with invasive aspergillosis. Its products include Vaxfectin, a cationic lipid formulation optimized to increase the immune response to vaccines. The company was founded by Howard E. Greene, Jr. Timothy J. Wollaeger, Karl Y. Hostetler, and Douglas D. Richman in April 1987 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops and commercializes medicines for diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded on September 29, 1987 by Howard E. Greene, Jr. and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Part of Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Laboratories Ltd. is a British company that manufactures, develops and sells pharmaceutical and nutritional products. The company is based in Maidenhead, UK and was founded in 1937.