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About Eisai Inc.
Eisai Inc. is a U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., a research-based human health care (hhc) company that discovers, develops and markets products throughout the world. Eisai focuses its efforts in three therapeutic areas: neurology, gastrointestinal disorders and oncology/critical care. Established in 1995 and ranked among the top-20 U.S. pharmaceutical companies (based on retail sales), Eisai Inc. began marketing its first product in the United States in 1997 and has rapidly grown to become an integrated pharmaceutical business with sales of approximately $2.6 billion in fiscal year 2006 (year ended March 31, 2007).
Eisai Inc. employs approximately 1,500 people at its headquarters in Woodcliff Lake, NJ, at its state-of-the-art pharmaceutical production and formulation research and development facility in Research Triangle Park, NC, and in the field. For more information about Eisai, please visit http://www.eisai.com.
About Eisai Medical Research Inc.
Eisai Medical Research Inc., a U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, is focused on clinical drug development of new chemical entities and of new indications for marketed products.
About Morphotek, Inc.
Morphotek(R), Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., was
acquired by Eisai in April 2007. Founded in 2000 and located in
Exton, PA, Morphotek is a biopharmaceutical company which discovers
and develops monoclonal antibodies through the use of proprietary
human antibody technology called Human MORPHODOMA(R). Morphotek has
assembled a strong pipeline of lead products in the areas of
oncology and inflammation and infectious diseases. It has programs
in clinical development and in preclinical stage moving towards IND
filing. For further information, visit