Gregory S. Hageman

Optherion, Inc. develops therapeutic products. It develops products to diagnose and treat dry and wet Age-related Macular Degeneration and other chronic diseases involving the alternative complement system. The company was founded by Gregory S. Hageman, David I. Scheer and Sandy Gordon in 2005 and is headquartered in New Haven, CT.

Genentech, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products for life-threatening medical conditions. It studies various areas including oncology, immunology, neuroscience, ophthalmic diseases, microbial pathogenesis, metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and opportunistic areas. The company was founded by Herb W. Boyer and Robert A. Swanson in 1976 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, CA.

TearLab Corporation, Inc. engages in the development and marketing of a tear testing platform. Its primary product, the TearLab Osmolarity System, enables eye care practitioners to test for highly sensitive and specific biomarkers using nanoliters of tear film at the point-of-care. It measures tear film osmolarity for the diagnosis of dry eye disease. The company was founded by Benjamin D. Sullivan in 1996 and is headquartered in Escondido, CA.

Part of Novartis AG, Novartis, Inc. is a company based in San Francisco.

Tanox, Inc engages in the discovery and development of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in the areas of asthma, allergy, inflammation, other diseases affecting the human immune system, and infectious diseases. Its product, Xolair (omalizumab), is used for treatment of adults and adolescents with moderate-to-severe persistent asthma

Wyeth LLC develops, manufactures, and distributes pharmaceuticals and biological substances. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Madison, NJ.