Miki Nakamori

Avontec is a Phase 2 biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic treatments for inflammatory disease. Its clinical development programs include product candidates for multiple potential inflammatory indications. The two most advanced, AVT-01 in asthma and AVT-02 in psoriasis, have successfully advanced into Phase 2a clinical trials that the firm expects to be completed until the first half of 2008. In addition, there are several candidates in the pipeline based on Avontec's core decoy technology. Avontec operates based on a lean business model with a seasoned management team experienced in clinical development.

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.