Francis J. T. Fildes

Flamel Technologies SA engages in the research, development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. Its portfolio includes Bloxiverz, Vazculep, Micropump, LiquiTime, Trigger Lock and Medusa. The company was founded by Gérard Soula in August 1990 and is headquartered in Vénissieux, France.

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. engaged in the manufacture, development, and commercialization of medicines for use in treating human diseases. The company was founded in August 1, 2002 and was headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

PIramed Ltd. develops drugs, diagnostics, and other therapeutic products. It develops treatment for cancers which include proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, and metastasis. The company was co-founded by Michael Waterfield, Peter Parker, and Paul Workman in 2003 and is headquartered in Slough, UK.

Part of Galapagos NV, ProSkelia SAS conducts bone disease research. The private company is based in Romainville, France. The French company was founded by Roland Baron. ProSkelia was acquired by Galapagos Genomics NV from Kyowa Kirin International Plc on December 22, 2006 for $59.24 million.

Kyowa Kirin International Plc is a specialty pharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of prescription medicines for the treatment of unmet therapeutic needs in major markets. It offers Sancuso, a prescription medicine used to prevent nausea and vomiting in people receiving some types of chemotherapy treatment and Abstral, a medicine used in the management of breakthrough pain in adult patients using opioid therapy for chronic cancer pain. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Galashiels, the United Kingdom.

Founded in 1998, Kyowa Kirin Ltd. is a British pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, and distributes pharmaceutical products. Part of Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd., the private company is based in London, UK.