Exhibit 99.1
Independent Auditors Report
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
IMEREM Institute for Medical Research Management and Biometrics — Institute für medizinisches Forschungsmanagement und Biometrie — Ein unabhaengiges Forschungsunternehmen GmbH
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of IMEREM Institute for Medical Research Management and Biometrics — Institute für medizinisches Forschungsmanagement und Biometrie — Ein unabhaengiges Forschungsunternehmen GmbH as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statements of income, stockholder’s equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States, . Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of IMEREM Institute for Medical Research Management and Biometrics — Institute für medizinisches Forschungsmanagement und Biometrie — Ein unabhaengiges Forschungsunternehmen GmbH as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
/s/ McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
Chicago, Illinois
March 9, 2009
