Savara Inc

Novartis is a research and development company of products to protect and improve health and well-being. Novartis was created in 1996 from the merger of the Swiss companies, Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz. Its core businesses are in pharmaceuticals, consumer health, generics, eye-care, and animal health. Novartis has achieved sales of USD 28.2 billion and a net income of USD 5.8 billion. The Group invested approximately USD 4.3 billion in research and development (R&D). Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis Group companies operates in over 140 countries around the world.

Merck & Company, Inc. is one of the leading research-driven pharmaceutical companies in the world. The company works to discover, develop, manufacture and market vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. Merck & Company devotes efforts to increase access to necessary medicines. The company offers a variety of far-reaching programs that donate Merck medicines and help deliver them. Merck & Company also publishes unbiased health information as a not-for-profit service. The company has locations in Argentina, Venzuela, Ecuador, Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Columbia, Peru, Chile, the Dominican Republic and the United States. Richard T. Clark has been the chief executive officer of Merck & Company for more than a year. He has been with the biotech and pharmaceutical firm of rover 34 years. Clark earned a BA degree from Washington & Jefferson College, and a MBA from the American University. Merck & Company, Inc. was established in 1891 and maintains its headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J.

Shionogi Pharma is a pharmaceutical company that specializes in the sales, marketing and development of branded prescription products focused on cardiovascular, diabetes, women's health and pediatrics. The company's cardiovascular and diabetes products treat patients with high cholesterol, hypertension, high triglycerides, unstable angina and Type 2 diabetes. Its women's health products are designed to improve the health and well-being of women and mothers and their babies. Its pediatrics products treat allergies, asthma, coughs and colds, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.