Noam Krantz

Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. is a global investment banking, securities trading and brokerage firm located in New York City with additional offices in Dallas, Boston and San Francisco. The firm is a subsidiary Bear Sterns Cos., Inc. (NYSE: BSC). Their equity research team consists of senior analysts located throughout the world. In addition to domestic coverage, they have research teams focusing on Latin America, Asia and Europe. The analysts use a bottom-up approach to stock selection. The Bear Stearns fixed-income research department provides coverage of every sector of the fixed-income universe. The financial analytics and structured transactions group (F.A.S.T) provides investment research, fixed-income portfolio management and analytical systems, trading technology and general financial expertise. The group also provides a broad range of services to financial institutions including asset-liability management, balance sheet restructuring, receivables-based financing analysis, security and portfolio analysis, peer analysis, and historical and real-time market-based information.

Inamed Corp. developed and manufactured breast implants, wrinkle prevention & obesity solutions. Its products were available through its two business divisions: INAMED Aesthetics, and INAMED Health. The company offered breast implants for augmentation, reconstruction surgeries, invasive surgeries for sustained weight loss and other dermal products to correct facial wrinkles. INAMED was headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA.

Mentor Worldwide LLC develops, manufactures and markets science-based products. It offers surgical and non-surgical medical procedures such as breast implants, skin and tissue expanders and facial and dermal implants. The company was founded by Christopher J. Conway in 1969 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC Inc (Johnson & Johnson Innovation JJDC) is a venture capital subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson founded in 1973. The firm is headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Ethicon, Inc. develops and markets medical products and devices for surgery. It offers different types of services such as wound management, women's health, and cardiovascular surgery. The company was founded by George F. Merson in 1915 and is headquartered in Somerville, NJ.

Osteal Therapeutics, Inc. manufactures medical devices. The company was founded by Brian C. de Beaubien and is headquartered in Solana Beach, CA.

Visus Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that focuses on developing multi-targeted ophthalmic therapeutics for the front and back of the eye. The company is based in Seattle, WA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company is developing novel, pupil-modulating therapeutics designed to correct the loss of near vision associated with presbyopia. In parallel, Visus is advancing its pipeline of early-stage ophthalmic drug candidates engineered to preserve and restore visual function associated with the leading causes of vision loss including cataract and presbyopia, ocular surface and corneal disease, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration. The company was founded by Benjamin Scot Bergo, Rhett M. Schiffman, and Benjamin Scot Bergo has been the CEO since incorporation.