Wayne P. Yetter

SYNAVANT, Inc. provides Internet marketing solutions to the health care sector. It also offers strategic consulting services that support sales and marketing decision-making and program implementation. The company was founded on August 31, 2000 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

IQVIA, Inc. provides information technology solutions to the healthcare industry. It offers research and development, enterprise information management, commercial analytics, market analysis, patient consent system, content management, and other related solutions. The company was founded by Bill Frohlich and David Dubow in 1954 and is headquartered in Danbury, CT.

Part of AstraZeneca PLC, Astra Merck, Inc. is a company that sells pharmaceutical products. The company is based in Orlando, FL. The company was founded by Myrtle S. Potter, Thomas A. McCourt. Astra Merck was acquired by Astra AB from Merck & Co., Inc. on July 12, 1998 for $4,400 million.

Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a pharmaceutical company with transdermal expertise. It specializes in the research and development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of prescription pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Verispan LLC provides information products and services to the healthcare industry. The company offers sales targeting and compensation products, market research audits, healthcare profiles, primary market research, data integration, data analysis & consulting, direct mail, disease management studies, clinical trial investigator targeting, and protocol recruitment evaluation. Verispan was founded in April 2002 and is headquartered in Yardley, PA.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets prescription drugs. It manufactures and markets prescription drugs used to treat a number of diseases and conditions including cardiovascular, dermatological, central nervous system, bone disease, cancer, organ transplantation, psychiatry, infectious disease, and respiratory. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in East Hanover, NJ.

Standard Diversified, Inc. is a holding company, which owns and operates subsidiaries in a variety of industries, including other tobacco products, insurance, and outdoor advertising. It operates through the following segments: Smokeless Products, Smoking Products, and NewGen Products. The Smokeless Product segment manufactures and markets moist snuff and contracts for and markets chewing tobacco products. The Smoking Products segment imports and markets cigarette papers, tubes, and related products; imports and markets finished cigars, MYO cigar tobaccos, and cigar wraps; and processes, packages, and markets pipe tobaccos. The NewGen Products segment trades e-cigarettes, e-liquids, vaporizers, and other related products; and distributes a wide assortment of vaping products to non-traditional retail outlets via VaporBeast and Vapor Shark. The company was founded by Martha C. Reider, Anne Cavanaugh and Richard C. Birkmeyer in 1990 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Proactive For Patients Media, Inc. provides support to families and patients during medical crisis. The firm guides to the right questions that help navigate through the medical maze of doctors and treatment options. The company is headquartered in Conshohocken, PA.

Quintiles Transnational Corp. provides biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services. It offers product development and integrated healthcare services, including commercial and observational solutions. The company was founded by Dennis B. Gillings and Gary Koch in September 1990 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America provides pharmaceutical research and biotechnology services. It represents the country’s biopharmaceutical research companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered Washington, DC.

NuPathe, Inc. develops pharmaceutical and therapeutic products. It focuses on the development and commercialization of branded therapeutics for diseases of central nervous system, including neurological and psychiatric disorders. The company was founded by Terri B. Sebree and Jane Holmes Hollingsworth in 2005 and is headquartered in Malvern, PA.

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.

AgoneX Biopharmaceuticals Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of therapeutics for migraine headaches. The company was founded by Cris Arnou and Neil William Flanzraich and is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA.