Quantum was founded in 1981. Quantum, Inc. company distributes dozens of natural products to consumers and health food retailers in the US and Canada. Quantum's inventory includes vitamins, insect repellents, and skin care products. The firm also manufactures items designed for women's and men's health, age management, weight loss, and immune system health. In all, Quantum offers about 60 different products sold individually as well as in "value packs" of related products such as its outdoor kit which offers insect repellant, sun block, insect bite treatment, and anti-itch cream. The company also sells anti-aging, cold sore, and immune support kits.

Intercytex Limited company is developing cell-based treatments for skin and hair regeneration. Its ICX-TRC product candidate is injected just beneath the scalp to encourage new hair follicles to form. If the candidate wins approval in the US, Intercytex has lined up Bosley Medical Institute, a firm that manages hair transplant clinics across the US, to help distribute its regeneration product. Another product candidate, SHEF-1, could treat age-related macular degeneration. Its ICX-RHY launched in the UK in 2008 under the name Valvelta, as a cosmetic facial rejuvenation product injected transdermally to smoothe out wrinkles.

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.

Abaxis was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Union City, California. Abaxis, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, and sells portable blood analysis systems for use in the human or veterinary patient-care setting to provide clinicians with rapid blood constituent measurements in the medical and veterinarian markets worldwide. Its products include Point-Of-Care Blood Chemistry Analyzer, which performs a panel of 14 tests on human patients and 13 tests on veterinary patients marketed under the Piccolo xpress and Piccolo Classic names in the human medical market and under the VetScan VS2 and VetScan Classic names in the veterinary market. The company's products also include Reagent Discs that handle various technical steps of blood chemistry testing automatically; and VetScan HM5, VetScan HM2, VetScan HMII, and VetScan HMT hematology instruments, which offer blood count analysis for veterinary applications. In addition, its products comprise VetScan VSpro that assists in the diagnosis and evaluation of suspected bleeding disorders, toxicity/poisoning, evaluation of disseminated intravascular disease, hepatic disease and monitoring therapy, and progression of disease states; and VetScan Canine Heartworm Rapid Test, a test for the detection of dirofilaria immitis in canine whole blood, serum, or plasma. Further, Abaxis's products consist of Orbos Discrete Lyophilization Process, which allows the production of active chemical ingredient in the form of a soluble bead, as well as involves in flash-freezing a drop of liquid reagent to form a solid bead and then freeze-drying the bead to remove water. The company markets and sells its products through a direct sales force in the United States and through independent distributors.

Intarcia Therapeutics (formerly BioMedicines) sniffs out the competition for its drugs. The development-stage company identifies potential drug candidates in other firms' pipelines, then buys the rights to products it believes can be developed more efficiently or can be effective in treating different indications. Lead drug candidate Atamestane, acquired from Schering AG (now Bayer Schering ), is in clinical trials as a potential treatment for metastatic breast cancer. The company's pipeline also includes omega interferon (purchased from Boehringer Ingelheim), which is being developed to treat hepatitis C; and Biomed 101 (from G.D. Searle), which may have applications for melanoma and kidney cancer.

Roche Diagnostics Corporation company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Roche Diagnostics Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Roche Holding AG. Roche Diagnostics Corporation offers diagnostic tests and systems. The company operates in the diagnostic areas of diabetes care, centralized diagnostics, applied science, molecular diagnostics, and point-of-care diagnostics. Its products include diagnostics tools that test for congestive heart failure, HIV, Hepatitis B and C, fertility, and diabetes diseases. The company supplies its products to researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals, and laboratories. It has facilities in Indiana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Colorado, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and California, as well as locations in Canada.

Impax Laboratories, Inc. company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Hayward, California. mpax Laboratories, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of bioequivalent and brand-name pharmaceuticals. It operates through two divisions, Global Pharmaceuticals and Impax Pharmaceutical. The Global Pharmaceuticals division develops, formulates, manufactures, and sells controlled release and specialty generic pharmaceutical products. This division offers generic prescription products directly to wholesalers and large retail drug chains; and generic over-the-counter and generic prescription products through unrelated third-party pharmaceutical entities. The Impax Pharmaceutical division develops proprietary brand pharmaceutical products that address central nervous system disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, epilepsy, migraines, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. As of March 10, 2009, the company marketed 70 generic pharmaceuticals representing dosage variations of 24 different pharmaceutical compounds through its Global Pharmaceuticals division, as well as 16 products representing dosage variations of 4 different pharmaceutical compounds through its alliance agreements partners. Impax Laboratories markets and sells its generic pharmaceutical prescription drug products in the continental United States of America and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It has alliance agreements with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.; Wyeth; Schering-Plough Corporation; and DAVA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Bayer HealthCare Animal Health Division has Fido and Bessie's wellness in mind. The company is part of the health care division of global chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer. The Animal Health Division manufactures anti-infectives, insecticides, parasiticides, sedatives, nutritional supplements, vaccines, and other pharmaceuticals for companion (dogs, cats, horses) and farm (cattle, pigs, poultry, bees) animals. Major products include flea and heartworm treatment Advantage and anti-infective Baytril. The division operates more than 50 branch locations worldwide and sells its products in some 120 countries.

Inspire Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1993 and is based in Durham, North Carolina. Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in researching, developing, and commercializing prescription pharmaceutical products for ophthalmic and pulmonary diseases. The company offers AzaSite, an azithromycin ophthalmic solution and topical anti-infective; Elestat, an epinastine HCl ophthalmic solution and topical antihistamine for the prevention of ocular itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis; and Restasis, a cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion for the treatment of dry eye disease in adults and children in the United States. Its product candidates in clinical development include Prolacria, a diquafosol tetrasodium for the treatment of dry eye disease in phase III; denufosol tetrasodium, an inhaled product for the treatment of cystic fibrosis in phase III; AzaSite for the treatment of blepharitis, which is in phase II; and INS115644 and INS117548, which are in phase I clinical trial for the treatment of glaucoma or ocular hypertension. The company has a joint license agreement with Allergan, Inc. to develop and commercialize Prolacria; a license agreement with InSite Vision Incorporated to commercialize AzaSite, as well as other topical anti-infective products containing azithromycin used in the treatment of human ocular or ophthalmic indications primarily in the U.S. and Canada; and a development, license, and supply agreement with Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for the development of diquafosol tetrasodium for the therapeutic treatment of ocular surface diseases in Asia.

Allergan Limited company is the UK subsidiary of US pharmaceutical company Allergan. Like its American parent, the company is focused on eye and skin care medications and neurological disorder treatments. Products available in the UK include eye twitching and wrinkle removing drug Botox, glaucoma treatment Lumigan, steroidal eye medication Pred Forte, allergy drug Relestat, and psoriasis treatment Zorac. The company is also the headquarters of its parent's European research and development operations; its efforts target areas including retinal disease, skin disorders, and pain.

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