nitiate clinical trials for its first two FOBs in 2008, both of whose
brand sales represent over $3 billion in current sales world wide. Members
of Insmed's skilled biologics team have worked on over 50 therapeutic
proteins. Their focused protein-based drug development backgrounds, coupled
with the Company's FDA-approved protein manufacturing facility, and
clinical and regulatory expertise, positions Insmed, upon the establishment
of a regulatory pathway, to be an initial entrant into the U.S. FOBs market
with a broad range of medicines following the expiration of patents
covering the innovator products.
About Insmed
Insmed Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company with unique protein process
development and manufacturing experience and a proprietary protein platform
aimed at niche markets with unmet medical needs. Insmed has a state-of-the-
art, FDA-approved biologic commercial manufacturing facility in Boulder,
Colorado and a Corporate office in Richmond, Virginia. For more
information, please visit http://www.insmed.com.
About Robert J. Shapiro
Robert J. Shapiro is the chairman of Sonecon, LLC, a private firm that
advises U.S. and foreign businesses, governments and non-profit
organizations. Dr. Shapiro has advised, among others, U.S. President Bill
Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair; private firms including
Amgen, AT&T, Gilead Sciences, Google, MCI, Inc., SLM Corporation,
Nordstjernan of Sweden, and Fujitsu of Japan; and non-profit organizations
including the American Public Transportation Association, the Education
Finance Council, BIO, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is also chairman
of the Globalization Initiative of NDN, co-chair of the American Task Force
Argentina, Policy Fellow of the Georgetown University School of Business,
Senior Fellow of the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), and a director of
the Ax:son-Johnson Foundation in Sweden. From 1997 to 2001, Dr. Shapir
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