Phytopharm is hunting for better drugs. The company struck a deal with Unilever in late 2004 to develop a slimming aid based on the African cactus hoodia, used in Africa to stave off hunger during hunting trips. This developer of botanical pharmaceuticals concentrates on four drug-discovery areas -- obesity and metabolic disease, neurodegeneration, inflammation, and dermatology. In addition, Phytopharm markets two veterinary dermatology products in the UK.

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Haifa, Israel. Pluristem Therapeutics Inc., a development stage bio-therapeutics company, engages in the research, development, and production of placental-derived adherent stromal cells (ASCs). The company also involves in the commercialization of non-personalized (allogeneic) cell therapy products for the treatment of various severe degenerative, ischemic, and autoimmune disorders. It develops a pipeline of products that are derived from the human placenta, a non-controversial, non-embryonic, and adult stem cell source. These placental adherent stromal cells (ASCs) are expanded in the company’s proprietary PluriX three-dimensional bioreactor, which imitates the natural microstructure of bone marrow and does not require supplemental growth factors or other exogenous materials. The company’s principal product under Phase I clinical trial is PLX-PAD for people suffering from peripheral artery disease. Its pre-clinical products include PLX-IBD for inflammatory bowel diseases; PLX-STROKE for ischemic strokes; PLX-BMT for bone marrow transplantation; and PLX-MS for multiple sclerosis. The company was formerly known as Pluristem Life Systems Inc. and changed its name to Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. in November 2007.

PML Microbiologicals, Inc. company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon. It has manufacturing facilities in Mississauga, Canada; and Portland, Oregon. As of December 8, 2008, PML Microbiologicals, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of BioMérieux S.A. PML Microbiologicals, Inc. manufactures culture media and microbiological products for clinical and industrial applications in North America. It offers prepared culture media, stains, reagents, quality control organisms, sterility products, and collection and transport systems, as well as accessories for microbiology laboratories. The company also provides custom products, such as minimum inhibitory concentration panels, parasitology kits, diluents, and rinsing fluids. It serves clinical, pharmaceutical, research, environmental, personal care, and food and beverage industries. PML Microbiologicals, Inc. was formerly known as Prepared Media Laboratory.

Poniard Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California. Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with its subsidiary, NeoRx Manufacturing Group, Inc., focuses on the development and commercialization of oncology products for people with cancer. Its lead platform product candidate, Picoplatin, is a platinum-based cancer therapy that is designed to overcome platinum resistance associated with chemotherapy in solid tumors. Picoplatin is being studied in various cancer indications, combinations, and formulations. Poniard Pharmaceuticals is conducting a phase III clinical trial of intravenous picoplatin in small cell lung cancer; two phase II clinical trials in metastatic colorectal and castration-resistant (hormone refractory) prostate cancers; and a clinical trial of oral picoplatin in solid tumors. The company was formerly known as NeoRx Corporation and changed its name to Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in June 2006.

PRA International knows it takes more than laboratory research to get drugs approved. The company, a clinical research organization (CRO), provides an array of drug development services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies around the world. Services the company offers include clinical trials management, database development, and regulatory filings preparation. PRA's clients are engaged in most major therapeutic areas, but the firm's particular strengths lie in oncology, central nervous system disorders, cardiovascular disease, allergy and respiratory disorders, and infectious disease. The company is owned by private equity firm Genstar Capital.

Prana Biotechnology Limited (Prana) is a development-stage company at an early stage in the development of its pharmaceutical products that are designed to treat the underlying causes of degeneration of the brain and the eye as the aging process progresses. Other potential applications for the Company’s therapies include Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, certain cancers, age-related macular degeneration, Motor Neuron disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (the human variant of Mad Cow disease) and age-related cataracts. The Company has two wholly owned subsidiaries, Prana Biotechnology Inc. and Prana Biotechnology UK Limited. Prana’s activities are focused within Australia and cover research into Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related degenerative disorders.

Premier Research Group, Ltd. was founded in 2002 and is based in Wokingham, United Kingdom. Premier Research Group, Ltd., a contract research organization, provides clinical trial management and information services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Latin America, and North America. The company focuses its research and development program on enhancing software systems used to support its clinical trials management and information services. Its services include dedicated clinical sites, medical and safety management, medical writing, data management, biostatistics, interactive voice response systems, regulatory affairs, and quality assurance. The company conducts its clinical research in the areas of infectious diseases, oncology, pediatrics, analgesia, and CNS. The company was formerly known as CRC Development Limited and changed its name to Premier Research Group, Ltd. in November, 2004.

Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. company was founded in 1986 and is based in Tarrytown, New York. Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapeutic products to treat the unmet medical needs of patients with debilitating conditions and life-threatening diseases in the United States and internationally. The company, in collaboration with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, provides RELISTOR-Subcutaneous injection for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation (OIC) in advanced illness patients receiving palliative care. It is also developing the HIV entry inhibitor, PRO 140, a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the entry co-receptor, CCR5, and is in Phase II clinical testing; and a novel HCV entry inhibitor, PRO 206. In addition, Progenics Pharmaceuticals is conducting a Phase I clinical trial of a human monoclonal antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) designed to selectively target prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), a protein found on the surface of prostate cancer cells, as well as in blood vessels supplying non-prostatic solid tumors; and various Phase I clinical trials with vaccines designed to treat prostate cancer by stimulating an immune response to PSMA.

Prolexys Pharmaceuticals wouldn't necessarily characterize proteins as difficult to characterize, especially not if it's using the technology it developed. The biotech research firm's HySpec and HyNet are high-throughput systems for protein expression, purification, and analysis. Prolexys, formerly known as Myriad Proteomics, has also developed its own bioinformatics to put together protein interaction maps from the data generated by HySpec and HyNet. The company has been focusing on cancer research, working with groups such as Columbia University and the Tower Cancer Research Foundation to study advanced solid tumors. Myriad Genetics spun off Prolexys, which was founded in 2001, as a private company in 2003.

Promega helps researchers plumb the depths of the life sciences. The company sells more than 2,000 products that allow scientists to conduct various experiments in gene, protein, and cellular research. Its reagents and other goods fall into more than two dozen categories, including DNA and RNA purification, genotype analysis, protein expression and analysis, and DNA sequencing. Promega has branches in about a dozen countries around the world. The firm sells its products directly and through more than 50 distributors. Customers include academic, pharmaceutical, and clinical labs, as well as government agencies and energy and chemical companies.

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