GlaxoSmithKline Argentina has manufacturing and supply operations, as well as units devoted to consumer healthcare (dermatological, analgesic, oral care, gastrointestinal relief, and vitamin products) and to pharmaceutical products (anesthetic, antibiotic, oncologic, respiratory, and other drugs, as well as vaccines). A unit of GlaxoSmithKline, GSK Argentina also conducts research and pharmaceutical trials for its parent. Areas of focus include rheumatoid arthritis, epilepsy, diabetes, oncology, and Alzheimer's. The company's manufacturing and supply operations operate a production facility and export GSK goods to other parts of Central America.

Argenta Discovery hopes to find some help for those suffering from respiratory diseases. The pharmaceutical research and development company's quest focuses on discovering treatments for allergic asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis. With seven products in various preclinical and clinical testing stages, Argenta has ongoing strategic alliances with AstraZeneca, Domantis, and Dr. Reddy's to help develop certain compounds once they clear phase II trials. Argenta also performs fee-for-service research for third-party clients which have included Genentech, Zafgen, Antisoma, and Novartis. Argenta was spun off from Aventis (now Sanofi-Aventis) in 2000.

Senetek PLC (Senetek) is a life sciences company engaged in the development of technologies that target the science of healthy aging. The Company’s business consists of two business segments: dermatological/skincare compounds principally addressing photoaging and other skincare needs (Skincare), and pharmaceuticals, principally those addressing sales of monoclonal antibodies, sexual dysfunction and drug delivery of liquid injectable products (automatic injectors) (Pharmaceutical). The Skincare segment’s products include Pyratine-6, 4HBAP and Kinetin. The Pharmaceutical segment’s products include Invicorp, Reliaject, and diagnostic monoclonal antibodies used in Alzheimer’s and other disease research, which the Company licenses from Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene (RFMH) and sells to Covance Antibody Services Inc. The Company has three wholly owned subsidiaries, Senetek Drug Delivery Technologies Inc. (SSDT), Carme Cosmeceutical Sciences Inc. (CCSI) and Senetek Denmark ApS.

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP company, a subsidiary of global druggernaut AstraZeneca, is the fifth-largest drug company in the US. Its sales represent about 5% of all the drugs sold in the US and 45% of its parent company's revenues. AstraZeneca US' treatments focus on several therapeutic areas: cardiovascular and metabolic, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, oncology, and respiratory. Its best-known products include Nexium (acid reflux), Seroquel (anti-psychotic), Crestor (high cholesterol), and Arimidex (breast cancer treatment).

Johnson & Johnson company was founded in 1886 and is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Johnson & Johnson is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field. Johnson & Johnson has more than 250 operating companies. The Company operates in three segments. The Consumer segment includes a range of products used in the baby care, skin care, oral care, wound care and women’s healthcare fields, as well as nutritional and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products. The Pharmaceutical segment includes products in the therapeutic areas, such as anti-infective, antipsychotic, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management, urology and virology. The Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment includes a range of products distributed to wholesalers, hospitals and retailers. In July 2009, Johnson & Johnson completed the acquisition of Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. with approximately 95.9% interest in Cougar Biotechnology's outstanding common stock.

Nycomed International Management GmbH the Swiss pharmaceutical company develops presciption and OTC medicines mainly focusing on cardiology, gastroenterology, osteoporosis, respiratory, and pain management therapies. It operates nearly 20 facilities in a dozen European countries, where it conducts its own research and drug testing. It also develops products in conjunction with partner pharmaceutical companies. The majority of Nycomed's revenues come from direct drug sales to doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies in Europe, the Americas, Russia, and Asia/Pacific as well as from licensing product rights to and from other companies.

Lab901 is not that college class you flunked. It's a company that develops and manufactures laboratory processing products to increase the efficiency of analytical laboratory testing used for DNA tests and other applications. Lab901's ScreenTape system is disposable a credit-card sized strip patterned with reagents used to process and analyze biological samples such as blood, DNA, and RNA. Lab901 was formed in 2001.

Helicos BioSciences Corporation was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Helicos BioSciences Corporation (Helicos) is a life sciences company focused on genetic analysis technologies for the research, drug discovery and clinical diagnostics markets. Helicos has developed a technology, called the True Single Molecule Sequencing (tSMS) technology, to facilitate the rapid analysis of large quantities of genetic material by directly sequencing single molecules of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or single DNA copies of ribonucleic acid (RNA). The Company's Helicos Genetic Analysis Platform obtains sequencing information by repetitively performing a cycle of biochemical reactions on individual DNA molecules and imaging the results after each cycle. It consists of an instrument called the HeliScope Single Molecule Sequencer, an image analysis computer tower called the HeliScope Analysis Engine, associated reagents, which are chemicals used in the sequencing process, and disposable supplies.

Pharmaxis has an ax to grind with chronic respiratory and autoimmune diseases. The Australian company researches, develops, and markets therapeutic pharmaceutical products to combat these and other illnesses. Pharmaxis has received approval to market asthma treatment Aridol in select regions. The company has research and development programs for additional disease targets such as cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis, and pulmonary fibrosis. Pharmaxis acquired respiratory therapeutics developer TOPIGEN Pharmaceuticals in 2010, adding to Pharmaxis' roster of potential treatments for respiratory disorders including asthma and COPD.

Lonza Biologics plc, one of The Lonza Group's four biologic contracting manufacturing sites, is a leading contract manufacturer of monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, and diagnostic monoclonal antibodies that are used to produce pharmaceuticals. Lonza Biologics conducts research and development on mammalian cell culturing involving cloning from non-animal origins. From its manufacturing facility near London, the company also supplies its products to other biotechnology companies.

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