Engineered Biopharmaceuticals, Inc

ViiV Healthcare, based in Durham, NC, is a leading pharmaceutical company solely dedicated to HIV medicines and research. Committed to treating, preventing, and ultimately curing HIV, ViiV Healthcare works closely with communities affected by HIV and AIDS worldwide. With a focus on patient insights and innovative therapies, ViiV Healthcare strives to leave no person living with HIV behind. Through ongoing collaboration and a mission to end HIV, the company remains at the forefront of global efforts to combat the disease.Generated from the website

Founded in 2002, Chimerix is a privately held biotechnology company that creates and develops orally available medicines from bioactive molecules. Its applications of proprietary technology enhance oral availability, stabilize drug in plasma and facilitates the delivery of drugs into targeted tissues. Chimerix offers drugs that can be modified to improve dosing parameters, broaden therapeutic applications and decrease the risk of adverse reactions. Its technology also enables discovery of new drugs from molecules with chemical properties that would otherwise be unsuitable for pharmaceutical development. In addition, Chimerix applies its technology towards discovery and the development of oral drugs for the treatment of smallpox, drug-resistant HIV infection and viral hepatitis. The company is located in Durham, N.C.

Talecris Biotherapeutics is a global biotherapeutic and biotechnology company that discovers, develops and produces critical care treatment for people with life-threatening disorders. The company s wholly owned subsidiary, Talecris Plasma Resources, is a national network of plasma collection centers that provides the source material for the production of critical care protein therapies. Talecris Biotherapeutics employs more than 4,300 people worldwide. The company is licensed to do in-house nucleic acid testing for hepatitis C, hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus. It offers aseptic filling, plasma fractionation and pharmaceutical compounding, as well as extraction, concentration and purification services for complex molecules. Talecris Biotherapeutics sponsors external research grant programs.