Bruce Murdoch

The Institute of Directors provides informative events and professional development courses. The non-profit company is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Parmesvari Natesan has been the CEO of the South African company since 2010.

Astra AB used to manufacture and market cardiovascular preparations, local anesthetics, anti-infective agents and medical-care equipment. The firm's products were Pulmicort, Xylocaine, Marcaine, EMLA and Naropin. It had operations in Scandinavia, Europe, North & South America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and Asia. The company was headquartered in Södertälje, Sweden.

Schering Plough Corp. manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals, consumer and animal health care products. The firm discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

Pharmacia Corp. developed, manufactured and marketed pharmaceutical products. Prescription pharmaceuticals included general therapeutics, ophthalmology and hospital products including oncology and diversified therapeutics. It also operated in consumer health care, animal health, diagnostics and contract manufacturing and bulk pharmaceutical chemicals. The customers of the group were pharmacies, hospitals, chain warehouses, governments, physicians, wholesalers and other distributors. It was headquartered in Peapack, NJ.

Avesthagen Ltd. provides personalized healthcare through convergence of food, pharma and population genetics. It offers genome analysis, transcriptome analysis, metabolome analysis and lead optimization, and recombinant protein expression services, as well as engages in the generation of stable mammalian cell lines over-expressing a recombinant protein, development of product specific bioassays, and design of novel animal component free production media. The company was founded by Villoo Morwala Zareer Patell on April 20, 1998 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.