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Founded in 1929, the not-for-profit organization is a leading researcher of human diseases, their causes, and their potential cures. Much of its research into mammalian genetics is focused on mice, which share a similar genetic makeup to humans. In addition to its own research in areas such as cancer, immunology, and metabolic disease, the organization maintains colonies of mice and supplies them under the brand name JAX to other laboratories around the globe. Additionally, The Jackson Laboratory offers educational programs -- including internships, workshops, and predoctoral programs -- for both current and future scientists.

The Micron Group delves deeply into the world of drug discovery. Composed of companies based in the UK, the US, and South Africa -- including Micron Research, the group's flagship unit -- the group provides consulting services for pharmaceuticals research, development, and delivery companies. With expertise in Phase I-IV drug discovery trials, clinical research, data delivery, medical education, and medical communications, the group's services range from clinical development and research to marketing, strategic planning, and report publishing. The Micron Group also offers its SILK software for managing pharmaceutical R&D and marketing processes. Clients include Bristol-Myers Squibb and the World Health Organization.

The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (Sanger Institute) is a leading research center dedicated to analyzing and understanding genomics. Best known for its work on the Human Genome Project (the institute is responsible for sequencing one-third of the human genome), the Sanger Institute is applying genomics to the study of organisms that cause diseases such as malaria, typhoid, and tuberculosis. The institute was founded in 1993 by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council, and has been funded by a $430 million grant from the Wellcome Trust since 2001.

Theratechnologies is pepped up on peptides. The Canadian company develops peptide sequences to treat endocrine and metabolic conditions such as growth hormone deficiencies. Lead drug candidate tesamorelin is a growth hormone-releasing peptide that Theratechnologies believes can combat a variety of problems, including HIV-related lipodystrophy (the metabolic syndrome characterized by changes in distribution of adipose tissue), muscle wasting associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep maintenance insomnia, and immune dysfunction in elderly patients.

Theravance was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California. Theravance, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule medicines across various therapeutic areas, including respiratory disease, bacterial infections, and gastrointestinal motility dysfunction. It offers Telavancin (cSSSI), a bactericidal injectable antibiotic for the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections; Telavancin (HAP) that is used to treat hospital-acquired pneumonia or nosocomial pneumonia; and Horizon to develop and commercialize long-acting beta2 agonist (LABA) product candidate as a single agent new medicine for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and as part of a new combination medicine with an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) for the treatment of asthma and/or a long acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) for COPD. In addition, it offers GSK961081, a bifunctional muscarinic antagonist-beta2 agonist compound, which is in phase 2 clinical studies; and TD-5108, a gastrointestinal motility dysfunction program for the treatment of chronic constipation and other disorders related to reduced gastrointestinal motility. The company has collaboration arrangements with Astellas Pharma, Inc. for the development and commercialization of Telavancin; GlaxoSmithKline plc to develop and commercialize LABA product candidates; and AstraZeneca AB to develop and commercialize intravenous anesthetic compounds. The company also has a strategic alliance with GlaxoSmithKline plc. The company was formerly known as Advanced Medicine, Inc. and changed its name to Theravance, Inc. in April 2002.

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