Isis Pharmaceuticals

Established in 1994, Monarch HealthCare is a medical group that is responsible for disease management, health education, and quality improvement programs. It also handles internal performance monitoring, education programs and patient-friendly policies and procedures. The group is comprised of more than 1,500 doctors in independent practice. Monarch HealthCare assists in conducting annual advertising campaigns and physician-specific marketing programs that are designed to help increase enrollment. It also offers custom marketing materials, including physician bio-cards and practice Web sites. It supports Practice Connect, which is a simplified online system that helps physician practices to operate more efficiently by streamlining and consolidating several cumbersome administrative processes. The group operates over 15 hospitals, nearly 25 urgent care facilities and approximately 30 lab service centers. Monarch HealthCare is located in Irvine, Calif.

Apria Healthcare is a medical-services facility located in Indianapolis, Ind. The hospital renders a variety of services, such as oxygen therapy, nourishTM nutrition support program, Apria pharmacy network, diabetes testing equipment and supplies, respiratory service, infusion therapy and home medical equipment. It also specializes in treatment of respiratory, heart, cancer, seniors, infectious diseases, diabetes, caregivers, sleep disorders, pediatrics and degenerative conditions. The hospital offers insurance facilities to its patients, including Medicare, co-payments and other components.

Qualcomm Incorporated, a Fortune 500 company, has been serving the global wireless industry since 1985. The company develops and delivers digital wireless communication products and services based on code division multiple access (CDMA) and other related technologies. Qualcomm Incorporated offers Mobile Station Modem chipset solutions. It also provides a range of consumer electronic and hardware products that includes wearable mobile devices, repeaters and other display gadgets. The company employs a staff of more than 16,000 individuals. Qualcomm Incorporated provides educational and consulting services. The company invests in high-tech projects through Qualcomm Ventures. It also operates Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, Qualcomm Firethorn Holdings and Qualcomm Enterprise Services.