Corgenix Medical Corporation company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. Corgenix Medical Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of in vitro diagnostic products for use in disease detection and prevention in the United States and internationally. The company offers autoimmune disease products that are used for the diagnosis and monitoring of autoimmune diseases, including RA, SLE, mixed connective tissue diseases, Sjogren’s Syndrome, Dermatopolymyositis, and Scleroderma; and antiphospholipid antibody testing products, which are used in the diagnosis of clotting and bleeding disorders, including von Willebrand's disease. It also provides AspirinWorks, a urine test kit that measures an individual's response to aspirin dosage and allows physicians to adjust the dosage or recommend alternative therapy; and liver disease products, which include hyaluronic acid, a component of the matrix of connective tissues found in synovial fluid of the joints where it acts as a lubricant and for water retention. The company sells its products to hospitals, clinical testing laboratories, universities, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, and research institutions. It markets its products through a network of sales representatives, distributors, and private label agreements.

ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals is looking for treatments that are tailor-made for different patients. The company is researching targeted cancer therapies, finding genetic differences that affect how well patients respond to certain drugs and tailoring therapies accordingly. Its lead candidate is omacetaxine mepesuccinate (formerly called Ceflatonin); the drug is undergoing clinical testing as a treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia in patients who have a genetic mutation that makes them resistant to Novartis' Gleevec. Also in clinical development is Quinamed, a potential tumor fighter. The company has several other preclinical oncology programs as well.

Novartis UK, pharmaceutical manufacturing isn't just a business, it's an art. Novartis UK is the British affiliate of Swiss-based Novartis AG, its operations include Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK, the prescription drug production arm that makes such products as tumor inhibitor Glivec and pain reliever Voltaren. Its Vaccine and Diagnostics division operates an influenza vaccine manufacturing facility. The company's Consumer Health division develops and manufactures such OTC products as Savlon antiseptic and Otrivin decongestant. Consumer Health also manufactures and markets drugs for companion animals and livestock, and includes contact lens maker CIBA Vision (UK).

AVAX Technologies company is developing vaccines created by extracting a patient's own cancer cells and chemically treating them to induce an immune system response. The technology used to create the vaccines (called AC Vaccine) is licensed from Thomas Jefferson University. AVAX's lead vaccine candidate M-Vax is intended as a post-surgical treatment for late-stage melanoma, but the company is also developing vaccine candidates to fight ovarian cancer (O-Vax) and non-small cell lung cancer (L-Vax). The company also offers contract manufacturing services to other biotech and pharmaceutical companies.

Akorn, Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois. Akorn, Inc. manufactures and markets diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceuticals in the areas of ophthalmology, rheumatology, anesthesia, and antidotes in the United States. The company's Ophthalmic Segment markets diagnostic products, including mydriatics and cycloplegics, anesthetics, topical stains, gonioscopic solutions, and angiography dyes, which are used in the office setting. It also sells therapeutic products, such as antibiotics, anti-infectives, steroids, steroid combinations, glaucoma medications, decongestants/antihistamines, and anti-edema medications to wholesalers and other national account customers. In addition, this segment offers non-pharmaceutical products, including various artificial tear solutions, preservative-free lubricating ointments, eyelid cleansers, vitamin supplements, and contact lens accessories. The company's Hospital Drugs and Injectables Segment markets specialty injectable pharmaceutical products, including antidotes and anesthesia, as well as products used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and pain management. It markets products to hospitals through wholesalers and other national account customers, as well as directly to medical specialists. The company's Biologics and Vaccines Segment markets adult Tetanus-Diphtheria vaccines directly to hospitals and physicians, as well as through wholesalers and national distributors. Its Contract Services Segment manufactures products for third party pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers. The company also markets and distributes vaccines purchased from outside sources. Its customers include physicians, optometrists, hospitals, wholesalers, group purchasing organizations, and other pharmaceutical companies.

Owners (and spouses) Tei Fu Chen and Oi-Lin Chen started Sunrider International in 1982. Sunrider Corporation has blended bits of traditional Chinese herbal medicine with modern multilevel marketing. The company sells health, beauty, food, and household products enhanced with herbs and herbal extracts. Its brands include Kandesn, Vitalite, SunBright, and SunSmile. Sunrider has manufacturing operations in China, Singapore, Taiwan, and the US. Its products are sold in more than 40 countries through multilevel marketing via distributors and directly to customers. In China, its products are sold in thousands of franchised stores to avoid regulations on direct-selling. It plans to copy that model in Japan.

Onyx Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California. Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing therapies targeting the molecular mechanisms causing cancer in the United States and internationally. Its lead product includes Nexavar (sorafenib) tablets, a novel, oral multiple kinase inhibitor that targets proteins involved in tumor cell proliferation and angiogenesis. This product is being developed and marketed in collaboration with Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. The company is also conducting various ongoing trials on Nexavar for conditions, such as non-small cell lung cancer, melanoma, breast cancer, and other cancers. It also develops ONX 0801, an oncology compound in preclinical development stage, under a development and license agreement with BTG International Limited. In addition, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, through a development collaboration, option, and license agreement with S*BIO Pte Ltd, owns options to license the rights of ONX 0803 and ONX 0805. ONX 0803 is an orally available, potent, and selective inhibitor of JAK2; and ONX 0805 is a JAK2 inhibitor. Further, the company has a research and development collaboration agreement with Warner-Lambert Company to discover and commercialize small molecule drugs that restore the control of, or otherwise intervene in, the misregulated cell cycle in tumor cells.

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) is there when you need some genetic materials in a pinch. The company supplies oligonucleotides (oligos), which are essentially short strands of DNA, to research and development entities. Oligos are used to develop new drugs, create diagnostic tests for genetic and infectious diseases, and develop agricultural products. IDT custom-makes the strands using chemical DNA synthesis machines that can create the oligos within a day after the company has received an order. Founded in 1987, IDT has offices in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Russia, and the US; it also has distributors in some 20 other countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East.

Genentech, Inc. (Genentech) is a biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes pharmaceutical products to treat patients with unmet medical needs. It commercializes multiple biotechnology products and also receives royalties from companies that are licensed to market products based on the Company’s technology. Genentech commercializes various products in the United States, including Avastin, Rituxan, Herceptin, Lucentis, Xolair, Tarceva, Nutropin, Activase, TNKase, Cathflo Activase, Pulmozyme and Raptiva. The Company’s licensed products include Trastuzumab, Rituximab, Bevacizumab, Dornase alfa, recombinant, Alteplase and Tenecteplase, Somatropin, Daclizumab, Ranibizumab, Etanercept, Adalimumab and Infliximab. In March 2009, Roche Holding Ltd. completed the acquisition of Genentech.

IS Pharma, formerly known as Maelor, is a UK-based drug and medical device company focused on products for the hospital market; it sells directly in the UK and uses distributors elsewhere. Among its products are Volpex, Haemopressin, and ISOplex, all critical care products used in surgery; Mysoline, an oral treatment for epilepsy; and Cryogesic and Aloxi, two cancer drugs. Maelor outlicenses some products outside its core focus areas to other firms, including its OptiFlo catheter, which is distributed by C.R. Bard. Previously limited primarily to the UK market, the firm bought Swiss drug firm Specialty European Pharma International in 2008, giving it a wider presence in Europe and in North America.

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