Ruth Devenyns

PR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops, manufactures and commercialization of bioactive compounds in sustained-release formulations. It offers injectable and biodegradable formulations to treat chronic diseases. It produces drug delivery technologies for human and animal health. Its products include Insular, Pulmolar, and Somalar. The company was founded in 1998 by Steve R. Howe & William R. Lance and is located in Fort Collins, CO

KBC Securities NV is a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of KBC Bank NV, itself a subsidiary of KBC Groupe SA (EBR: KBC). KBC Securities provides liquidity and order execution services to institutional clients internationally, from investment banks to mutual funds and private investors.

Korys Management NV is a Private Equity/Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Korys NV founded in 2000. Korys Management NV is headquartered in Halle.

Ceres, Inc. engages in the development and market of low-carbon and non-food grasses for advanced biofuels and biopower. The company was founded by Walter De Logi, Richard William Hamilton, and Robert B. Goldberg on October 28, 1996 and is headquartered in Arden Hills, MN.

deVGen NV provides biotechnology services for the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. It innovates in crop protection research and environment induced stress tolerance for its own crops and provides technology to corporate partners. The firm produces and sells its hybrid seeds in field crops such as rice, sunflower, sorghum and pearl millet in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The company was founded by Thierry Bogaert on September 10, 1997 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Ablynx NV operates as a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development of proprietary therapeutic proteins under the Nanobodies brand. It includes haematology, inflammation, infectious disease, autoimmune disease, oncology and immune-oncology. The company was founded by Mark Vaeck in 2001 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Altea Therapeutics Corp. develops pharmaceutical products. It offers PassPort patch, a skin patch that uses short bursts of focused thermal energy to create tiny channels in the surface of the skin and these channels permit the flow of proteins, peptides, carbohydrates, and small molecules into the body without the use of needles. The firm also provides Transdermal vaccine patch, a delivery system for water-soluble drugs and proteins; disease prevention products; insulin skin patch, a non-injectable daily insulin product; and opioid patches that provide delivery of opioids and incorporates the layers of deterrents. The company was founded by Jonathan A Eppstein and Deborah Eppstein in 1998 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.