Avacta will take a closer look and get back with you. The biophysics company makes its money from the exact science of detecting molecules. Its Avacta Analysis arm provides analytical and research services to the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and personal care industries. It also offers expert witness services to assist in pharmaceutical patent disputes and suspected counterfeiting cases. The company's technology arm has developed a product to help drug developers analyze and predict the potential usefulness of biological drug compounds. The company also owns veterinary laboratory services provider YorkTest Veterinary Services, and diagnostic test maker Curidium Medica.

Laboratoires Arkopharma's products offer a glimpse of modern worries: ampoules of fat reducers, tablets to help quit smoking, creams to tackle cellulite, and capsules to alleviate anxiety and stress. Arkopharma produces plant-derived OTC drugs and nutritional supplements. The company also manufactures homeopathic remedies and cosmetics. Arkopharma markets its products under a variety of brands, including Arkocaps, Arkofluide, 4.3.2.1. Slim, Phyto Soya, and Plante System. Subsidiaries of the company can be found in Australia, Europe, and the UK. The founding Rombi family controls the company through its holding company Imarko.

AstraZeneca France does its bit to help its parent, global pharmaceutical powerhouse AstraZeneca, fight diseases from A to Z. In addition to its headquarters at Reuil Malmaison, the company operates an R&D facility for cancer treatments and packaging in Reims. The plant, which produces cancer as well as cardiovascular drugs, sends about a third of its product to Italy, the rest to North Africa and Portugal. The company's Dunkirk production plant makes Pulmicort, Symbicort, Mopral, and INexium in its chemical unit, while the pharmaceutical unit makes Bricanyl and Turbuhaler. Dunkirk ships its finished products to the US. In all AstraZeneca France, which was formed in 1975, makes and ships about 40 drugs.

Prometheus company markets several drugs that treat gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis. Its Entocort, which it co-promotes with AstraZeneca, is a steroid that reduces the bowel inflammation associated with Crohn's disease. Prometheus Laboratories markets its products mainly to US gastroenterologists. It also pairs its drug offerings with a diagnostic testing service that helps doctors differentiate between various gastrointestinal diseases and prescribe the right Prometheus remedy; it runs all of its tests at its San Diego lab facility. Prometheus company plans to conduct an IPO.

Dyadic International, Inc. (Dyadic) is an early-stage biotechnology company. The Company has operations in the United States, the Netherlands and Poland. Dyadic uses its technologies to conduct research and development (R&D) and commercial activities for the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of products and solutions for the bioenergy, industrial enzyme, and biopharmaceutical industries. The Company derives all of its revenues from the licensing of its technologies and the sale of its enzymes. The Company is a holding company that holds all of Dyadic International (USA), Inc. (Dyadic-Florida). Dyadic-Florida owns all of Geneva Investment Holdings Limited, Dyadic Nederland BV, and Dyadic International Sp. z o.o. Dyadic’s R&D activities focus on its fungal strains and associated technologies. In particular, Dyadic uses its Trichoderma and C1 fungal strains in the production of its industrial enzymes.

Janssen has gone totally mental. A US-based arm of Johnson & Johnson'sglobal pharmaceuticals segment, Janssen focuses exclusively on treatments for mental health conditions. Its flagship offering Risperdal combats bipolar mania and schizophrenia, as well as irritability associated with autism. A long-acting injectable version of the drug, called Risperdal Consta, is approved as a treatment for schizophrenia. With its sister company Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, the company is working on potential drugs for a range of psychiatric problems, including psychosis, sleep disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, depression, and substance abuse.

Pro-Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a development-stage company engaged in the discovery and development of carbohydrate-based therapeutics. The Company’s therapeutics is used in treatment of liver, microbial and inflammatory diseases. All of its products were in development, including pre-clinical and clinical trials during the year ended December 31, 2008. The Company focuses on the development of a new generation of anti-cancer treatments using carbohydrate polymers to increase survival and improve the quality of life for cancer patients. Its principal pipeline candidate, DAVANAT, is a chemical entity that is in Phase II trials for first-line treatment of colorectal and biliary cancer. In September 2008, the Company submitted a clinical and pre-clinical package to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in support of its DAVANAT New Drug Application (NDA).

Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1997 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, and commercialization of molecular imaging pharmaceuticals and radiotherapeutics primarily in the areas of oncology and cardiology in the United States. The company develops Zemiva, a molecular imaging pharmaceutical product, which completed Phase II clinical trail for the diagnosis of cardiac ischemia or insufficient blood flow to the heart; and Trofex, a preclinical trail product for the detection of metastatic prostate cancer. Its molecular radiotherapeutic oncology product candidates under development include Azedra that completed Phase I clinical trail for the treatment of pheochromocytoma in adults and neuroblastoma in children; Onalta, a Phase II clinical trail product for the treatment of metastatic carcinoid and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; and Solazed, a preclinical trail product for the treatment of malignant metastatic melanoma. The company was formerly known as Biostream, Inc. and changed its name to Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 2003.

Affymax, Inc. company was founded in 2001 and is based in Palo Alto, California. Affymax, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development of peptide-based drug candidates to enhance the treatment of serious and life-threatening conditions. The company’s lead product candidate, Hematide, is designed to treat anemia associated with chronic renal failure. Hematide is a synthetic peptide-based erythropoiesis stimulating agent designed to stimulate production of red blood cells. It is conducting Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of anemia associated with chronic renal failure, on dialysis, and pre-dialysis. Affymax has a license, manufacturing, and supply agreement with Nektar Therapeutics AL, Corporation to manufacture, develop, and commercialize Hematide.

Founded in 1926, Recordati S.p.A. company makes prescription and nonprescription pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Its prescription drug business includes antibiotics and antiviral drugs, as well as treatments for cardiovascular, central nervous system, dermatological, gynecology, urological, and other disorders and ailments. Over-the-counter products include remedies for allergies and colds, travel sickness, and fungal infections. Recordati company has subsidiaries and direct sales representatives located in about a dozen European countries. Recordati's products are distributed in some 100 countries.

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