Max W. Talbott

Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted molecular therapies for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. The company develops molecular therapeutics, immunotherapies, vaccines and nano-particle tumor suppressor therapies to treat a wide range of cancers using tumor suppressors, cytokines and genes. The company maintains integrated research, development, manufacturing, clinical and regulatory departments and operates multiple manufacturing facilities including a commercial scale cGMP manufacturing facility. It was founded in June 1993 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co. researches and develops pharmaceuticals and imaging products to treat diseases. It focuses on pharmaceuticals to treat unmet medical needs in the fight against HIV, cardiovascular disease, central nervous system disorders, cancer and arthritis-related disorders. The company is located in Wilmington, DE.

Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in 1950 and is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ.

MultiVir, Inc. is a clinical-stage gene therapy company. It develops a pipeline of novel product candidates for the treatment of multiple oncological indications. The company's gene therapy and oncolytic viral technologies target some of cancer's most fundamental molecular defects. It operates through the following operating segment: business of developing novel cancer treatments. The company product candidates employ genetically engineered adenoviruses, herpes simplex viruses and vaccinia viruses to deliver therapeutic genes into tumors. It currently uses the following three different viral platforms in the development programs: adenovirus, or Ad, herpes simplex virus, or HSV, and vaccinia virus, or VV. MultiVir was founded on November 5, 2009 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.