ProStrakan Group plc company specializes in those areas, but also focuses on therapies for women's health and issues relating to the ageing male. ProStrakan's marketed products include brain tumor treatment Bélustine and bone therapy Adcal. Products in development include therapies to treat alopecia and hypogonadism. ProStrakan markets its products to more than 10 countries in the EU, and has applied for FDA approval of pain medication Abstral in the US. ProStrakan company was founded as Strakan in 1995 by Chairman Harry Stratford and changed its name to ProStrakan when it merged with ProSkelia. Warbug Pincus and Aventis Pharma each hold majority shares in the company.

Neogen Corporation was founded in 1981 and is based in Lansing, Michigan. Neogen Corporation (Neogen), together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures and markets a line of products dedicated to food and animal safety. The Company operates in two primary business areas: the food safety segment and the animal safety segment. The Company’s food safety segment consists primarily of diagnostic test kits and complementary products marketed by sales personnel in the North American, Mexico, the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe, and by distributors elsewhere to food producers and processors to detect dangerous and/or unintended substances in human food and animal feed. Neogen’s animal safety segment is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceuticals, rodenticides, disinfectants, vaccines, veterinary instruments, topicals and diagnostic products for the worldwide animal safety market. In May 4, 2009, Neogen acquired International Diagnostic Systems Corporation.

Takeda Cambridge (formerly Paradigm Therapeutics) is researching hundreds of potential drug targets in hopes of finding more effective and faster treatments for central nervous system disorders, endocrinology, urology, chronic pain, and metabolic diseases. The genomics-based drug discovery company, which was spun out of the University of Cambridge, uses several research methods based on genetic models and pharmacology to identify drug targets. Subsidiary Takeda Singapore Pte Ltd conducts research in Asia. The company was acquired by Takeda Pharmaceutical in 2007.

U.S. Genomics, Inc. company has developed the GeneEngine, a DNA sequencer that mimics natural cell division, rapidly reading and copying DNA. It is developing the technology to quickly detect and identify infectious pathogens and biomarkers for biodefense and diagnostic use. Its products can detect and quantify molecules of DNA, RNA, and proteins without amplification. Backed by private equity investors and biomedical firms including Becton Dickinson, U.S. Genomics has netted contracts with the Department of Homeland Security. Northrup Gruman is the company's bio-security development partner.

Novartis Corporation has what the doctor ordered. As the North American headquarters of Switzerland-based Novartis AG, the unit handles administration, sales, and marketing for a vast product line of prescription drugs, consumer health products, vaccines, and veterinary products. But wait, there is more! Novartis Corporation also oversees the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, which is headquartered in the US. Novartis Corporation headlines dozens of US business units including CIBA Vision, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and the US operations of its Sandoz generics business.

Immtech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. company was founded in 1984 and is based in New York, New York. mmtech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. focuses on the discovery and development of drugs to treat infectious diseases worldwide. The company involves in drug discovery and development programs for hepatitis C and malaria; and provides aromatic cationic pharmaceutical compounds. It also offers assistance to healthcare companies seeking to conduct clinical trials, and manufacture and/or distribute pharmaceutical products in China. In addition, the company involves in investing in metal and mineral assets, primarily tin assets in China.

OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapies for the treatment of cancer. The company's lead candidate, OGX-011, is being evaluated in five Phase II clinical trials. OGX-011, which is also known as custirsen sodium, inhibits the production of clusterin, a protein that is over-produced in various types of cancer and in response to a range of cancer treatments, including hormone ablation therapy, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Its other product candidates include OGX-427, a Phase 1 clinical trial product, which is focused on reducing heat shock protein 27; and SN2310, a phase I clinical trial completed product for the treatment of cancer. The company's preclinical stage products consist of OGX-225, an inhibitor of insulin growth factor binding proteins 2 and 5; and CSP-9222, a compound from a family of caspase activators. OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals is based in Bothell, Washington.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Sun Pharma) is an international specialty pharmaceutical company. The Company’s product portfolio consists of four categories of products: India branded generics, US generics, international branded generics and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). The products of the Company are prescribed in therapy areas like cardiology, psychiatry, neurology, gastroenterology, diabetology and respiratory. The products manufactured by the Company include Supatret, Winolap, Donamem, Exmasin, Lenzest, Octride Depot 10, Carcidox, Tyrogef, Cernos depot, Milnorm, Levipil, Exzilor and Macorate. The Company’s subsidiaries include Sun Pharma Global Inc. BVI., Sun Pharma Global-FZE, Sun Pharmaceutical (Bangladesh) Ltd., Sun Pharmaceutical Peru S.A.C. and Sun Farmaceutica Ltda-Brazil. In November 2008, the Company, along with its subsidiaries, completed the acquisition of Chattem Chemicals, Inc.

Immunomedics, Inc. company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Morris Plains, New Jersey. Immunomedics, Inc. (Immunomedics) is a New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of monoclonal, antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other serious diseases. The Company has developed a number of advanced technologies that allow it to create humanized antibodies that can be used either alone in unlabeled or naked form, or conjugated with radioactive isotopes, chemotherapeutics or toxins, in each case to create targeted agents. Immunomedics has licensed its product candidate epratuzumab, to UCB S.A. (UCB), for the treatment of all autoimmune disease indications worldwide. Epratuzumab’s most advanced clinical testing is for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). The Company has antibody product candidates in clinical development targeting B-cell NHL, other B-cell mediated diseases and various solid tumors.

Light Sciences Oncology, Inc. company is in the business of developing its proprietary Light Infusion Therapy (Litx). Litx is a novel treatment for solid tumors, in which a flexible light-emitting diode (LED) is inserted into a tumor, followed by an injection of Aptocine (talaporfin sodium), a light-activated drug. Once the LED activates Aptocine, molecular oxygen is converted into singlet oxygen, killing tissue within the LED's scope and shutting down the blood supply to the area. The treatment is designed for use on cancers including liver and prostate cancers and glioma (brain tumors).

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