Cangene Corporation company makes plasma products known as hyperimmunes, which are antibody preparations and recombinant biopharmaceuticals made by introducing a gene in a host organism. Cangene's drugs are used to treat plasma-derived disorders, including the blood clotting disorder thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic disease of the newborn, which occurs when a fetus' blood type is incompatible with its mother's. Cangene has several approved products and is developing others, mainly in the areas of infectious disease and biodefense. Generic giant Apotex owns more than 80% of Cangene.

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.

Alizyme is fighting the good fight against ills brought on by the good life. The development-stage biotechnology company licenses drug candidates and develops them. It targets conditions prevalent primarily in industrialized countries, including obesity, type 2 diabetes (often associated with obesity), and ulcerative colitis. Alizyme is focused on developing a family of lipase inhibitors, which prevent the body from absorbing fat. In addition to its pipeline of treatments for lifestyle-related conditions, the company is developing a drug for mucositis, cancer therapy-induced damage to the gastrointestinal tract.

Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., through its subsidiary, Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. develops, manufactures, and distributes generic and branded pharmaceuticals drugs in the United States. Its principal generic products include Metoprolol succinate ER, Fluticasone, Meclizine Hydrochloride, Cabergoline, Sumatriptan succinate injection, Propranolol HCl ER, amoxicillin products, Dronabinol, Ibuprofen Rx, Megestrol oral suspension, Methimazole, Fluoxetine, Lovastatin, Tramadol HCl and acetaminophen tablets, Ranitidine HCl Syrup, Quinapril, and Cefprozil. The company offers its drugs in the solid oral dosage form, such as tablets, caplets, and two-piece hard-shell capsules, as well as oral suspension products and certain products in the semi-solid form of a cream.It markets its products to wholesalers, drug store chains, supermarket chains, mass merchandisers, distributors, managed health care organizations, mail order accounts, drug distributors, clinics, and government agencies. The company's brand products include Megace ES drugs for the treatment of anorexia, cachexia, or any unexplained significant weight loss in patients with a diagnosis of AIDS; and NanoCrystal Dispersion for megestrol acetate oral suspension. It has a joint venture with Rhodes Technology to research, develop, commercialize, and market pharmaceutical preparations for human therapy; a license and commercialization agreement with Intellipharmaceutics Corp. for the development of Dexmethylphenidate XR; and a development and supply agreement with Cipla Limited for the development of one generic product. The company has a collaboration agreement with Actavis Group for the development of 4 extended release generic products, such as Nifedipine XR, Methylphenidate LA, Zolpidem CR, and Alfuzosin.

Entelos using its PhysioLab technology, the company develops computer models of diseases that drug makers and other researchers can use to design drugs and other therapies more effectively. The disease models integrate known genomic and proteomic data with physiologic, environmental, and other information collected from clinical trials, case studies, and other sources. Entelos has developed PhysioLab models for asthma, diabetes, obesity, and rheumatoid arthritis. The models are built in partnership with such firms as Eli Lilly, PDL Biopharma, and UCB Pharma.

Formerly known as Stone Electronic Technology Limited, Stone Group Holdings Limited (Stock code: 409) was established on September 3, 1987. After a successful restructuring exercise in 1993, the Company became the first non-state-owned share-holding company in the PRC listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in August 1993. It is principally engaged in IT electronic & media – related business in mainland China, healthcare products business and investment business.The Company's IT electronic and media-related business includes the manufacture and distribution of traditional electronic products and the operation of internet café chain. Electronic products include dot matrix printer and value-added tax control machine with patented intellectual property, and the Group also acts as the agent and distributor of industrial controllers, uninterrupted power system equipment, digital graphics, semiconductors, computers etc.. Product coverage includes SIEMENS, FUJI. The internet café chain – Sunnet café is located in Guangdong Province.

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).

PDL BioPharma, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Incline Village, Nevada. PDL BioPharma, Inc. engages in the management of antibody humanization patents and royalty assets, which consist of its Queen et al. patents and license agreements with various biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. The company licenses its technologies to make and sell antibodies that bind to respiratory syncytial virus, as well as antibodies that bind to the alpha subunit of the VLA-4 integrin. The company was formerly known as Protein Design Labs, Inc. and changed its name to PDL BioPharma, Inc. in 2006.

Minrad International, Inc. company, through its Minrad Inc. subsidiary, develops real-time image guidance products used in anesthesiology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, and interventional radiology. The company's technologies, including its SabreSource system, improve accuracy in surgical procedures and reduce radiation exposure. Minrad also makes handheld surgical instruments and generic inhalation anesthetics used in human and veterinary surgeries. In addition, the company is developing other anesthetic drugs that relieve patients' pain during surgery without the loss of consciousness. Minrad belongs to Indian pharma firm Piramal Healthcare.

William Ransom & Son plc is a United Kingdom-based company engaged in the supply of branded natural health products, vitamins and food supplements, the manufacture of pharmaceutical products and the extraction of plant material for the pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries. The Company operates in three divisions: consumer healthcare, pharmaceutical and natural products. Consumer healthcare includes the sale of consumer-branded healthcare products. The pharmaceutical division includes the manufacture of its own Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)-licensed products, as well as pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter products for third parties. The natural products division includes the manufacture of botanical extracts used as ingredients by the pharmaceutical division and sold to third parties.

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