Don and Lucy Hillestad founded Hillestad Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. in 1959. Hillestad Pharmaceuticals USA goes natural, producing vitamin, mineral, protein, and herb products from all-natural sources. It also makes prescription and nonprescription vitamin products for dialysis patients under the Dialyvite and Hill*Vite names. In addition, Hillestad offers private-label manufacturing of tablets, powders, cremes, lotions, and liquids for doctors and pharmacies, health food stores, and various national and international companies.

AES Laboratoire produces and distributes a complete range of microbial testing instruments and equipment. Whether for quality assurance or national security, clients from 21 countries in industries from food production to pharmaceuticals contract with AES to assure the quality and safety of products and to monitor possible hazards in various working environments. AES is developing and patenting technologies that are more accurate and less time-consuming than traditional laboratory testing methods, including machines that sample the air for bio-contaminants and chemical "litmus tests" that can quickly detect and identify pathogens.

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.

CEO Marc Coucke co-founded Omega Pharma NV company in 1987. Omega Pharma's first product was generic shampoo, which it sold to pharmacies. Omega Pharma NV is a Belgium-based provider of healthcare products and services for the pharmacies and other medical sectors. The Company specializes in the development, marketing and sales of health and personal care products, which can be obtained by the end-consumer without medical prescription (over the counter or OTC products). Omega Pharma NV consists of five business units, and is engaged in the provision of consumer-oriented medicines and healthcare products. It is composed of Omega Pharma Belgium, Omega Pharma France, Omega Pharma Northern Europe, Omega Pharma Southern Europe and Omega Pharma Rest of the World. As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated in over 30 countries, including most of the European countries, as well as Australia, New Zealand and Argentina.

XDx, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostics company which focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing noninvasive gene expression-based tests for the monitoring of transplant rejection and autoimmune diseases. It focuses on immune-mediated conditions that require life-long monitoring and testing to avoid or to respond to serious complications. The company offers the AlloMap HTx molecular expression test to monitor heart transplant recipients for acute cellular rejection. It is also developing a gene expression-based test, the AlloMap LTx molecular expression test, to monitor for acute cellular rejection in lung transplant recipients. In addition, the company engages in designing a clinical study to create a gene expression test to monitor for disease flares in patients affected by systemic lupus erythematosus. The company was formerly known as Expression Diagnostics, Inc. and changed its name in July 2002. The company is was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Brisbane, California.

International Brachytherapy (IBt) is planting the seeds of future health and vitality. IBt develops and markets interstitial implants -- commonly referred to as seeds -- used in brachytherapy to treat cancer. The radiotherapeutic implants are inserted inside or near cancerous tissue, delivering radioactive doses to tumors while sparing surrounding tissue. Founded in 1996, IBt operates from its Belgian headquarters as well as a US subsidiary, IBt Inc., and UK subsidiary IBt ltd. It also owns a majority stake in medical components provider Urorad GmbH.

EquiTech Corporation company focuses on improving the effectiveness of commonly used drugs primarily by enhancing the absorbtion of the drugs. Its ZAG-1701 is a fast-acting ibuprofen pill designed to treat pain, including dental, fractural, and post-operative incision pain as well as migraines and other headaches. EquiTech has a strategic partnership with fellow Canadian company Ethypharm Inc., developer and manufacturer of drug delivery systems. EquiTech company was founded by chief scientific officer Fakhreddin Jamali after he discovered that absorption of pain medication is slowed when a patient is in pain.

Oncolytics Biotech is bringing in viral mercenaries to fight in the battle against cancer. The company is developing REOLYSIN, a therapy that utilizes a Respiratory Enteric Orphan virus (or reovirus) to treat a variety of advanced cancer tumors, both alone and in combination with other drug therapies, as well as radiation and chemotherapy. The Canadian company is collaborating with the US-based National Cancer Institute to conduct clinical trials of the treatment. It also conducts trials in Canada and the UK. Oncolytics' technologies are based on discoveries made by the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Calgary.

Sinclair Pharma can help those with itchy skin or bleeding gums. The specialty pharmaceutical development company acquires oral health and dermatology companies that have already begun developing products and turns them into new lines or line extensions for commercial sale. Its top sellers include Aloclair for mouth ulcers, Decapinol for gingivitis, and Atopiclair for ezcema. It has a sales presence in the UK, France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, with marketing partners in more than 80 countries. When former CEO Michael Flynn led a management buy-in in 2000, Sinclair's strategy shifted from being a traditional early research and development company to an acquisition vehicle of late-stage development products.

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.

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