Since its founding in 2004, Anthera Pharmaceuticals' operations have consisted primarily of research and development activities. A biopharmaceutical company, Anthera Pharmaceuticals develops drug treatments for respiratory, cardiovascular, and immunological diseases. Its current candidates, which are in various phases of clinical development, include therapies for acute coronary syndrome (inflammation of heart muscle), lupus, and sickle cell disease. The company also has treatments for asthma and dermatitis in earlier stages of development. The company filed an initial public offering (IPO) in mid-2009.

Amgen Inc. company was founded in 1980 and is based in Thousand Oaks, California. Amgen Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of human therapeutics based on advances in cellular and molecular biology. The company markets human therapeutic products primarily in the areas of supportive cancer care, nephrology, and inflammation. Its principal products include Aranesp and EPOGEN that stimulate the production of red blood cells to treat anemia; Neulasta and NEUPOGEN, which selectively stimulate the production of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that helps the body fight infections; and ENBREL that blocks the biologic activity of tumor necrosis factor by inhibiting TNF, a substance induced in response to inflammatory and immunological responses, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis. The company has a joint venture with Kirin Holdings Company, Limited to manufacture and market darbepoetin alfa; a co-promotion agreement with Wyeth for marketing and selling of ENBREL; and Johnson & Johnson to commercialize recombinant human erythropoietin as a human therapeutic. It markets its products to healthcare providers, including physicians or their clinics, dialysis centers, hospitals, and pharmacies primarily in the United States, Europe, and Canada.

Helicos BioSciences Corporation was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Helicos BioSciences Corporation (Helicos) is a life sciences company focused on genetic analysis technologies for the research, drug discovery and clinical diagnostics markets. Helicos has developed a technology, called the True Single Molecule Sequencing (tSMS) technology, to facilitate the rapid analysis of large quantities of genetic material by directly sequencing single molecules of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or single DNA copies of ribonucleic acid (RNA). The Company's Helicos Genetic Analysis Platform obtains sequencing information by repetitively performing a cycle of biochemical reactions on individual DNA molecules and imaging the results after each cycle. It consists of an instrument called the HeliScope Single Molecule Sequencer, an image analysis computer tower called the HeliScope Analysis Engine, associated reagents, which are chemicals used in the sequencing process, and disposable supplies.

Natrol, Inc. company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Chatsworth, California. Natrol, Inc. manufactures and distributes nutritional products. The company offers nutritional and dietary supplements, functional herbal teas, and sports nutrition products for heart and digestive health, weight management and energy, mood and sleep support, eye and joint health, and children's and brain health. It also provides Natrol Immune Boost for the wellness of bodys immune system. In addition, the company manufactures supplements for third parties. It offers its products through retailers in the United States and subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, as well as through distribution partners internationally.

ProStrakan Group plc company specializes in those areas, but also focuses on therapies for women's health and issues relating to the ageing male. ProStrakan's marketed products include brain tumor treatment Bélustine and bone therapy Adcal. Products in development include therapies to treat alopecia and hypogonadism. ProStrakan markets its products to more than 10 countries in the EU, and has applied for FDA approval of pain medication Abstral in the US. ProStrakan company was founded as Strakan in 1995 by Chairman Harry Stratford and changed its name to ProStrakan when it merged with ProSkelia. Warbug Pincus and Aventis Pharma each hold majority shares in the company.

Myriad Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in discovering, developing, and commercializing novel small molecule drugs for the treatment of diseases with high unmet need, including cancer and HIV infection. Its pipeline includes clinical and pre-clinical product candidates with mechanisms of action and novel chemical structures. The company's product candidates in clinical development include Azixa (MPC-6827), which is under Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme and metastatic melanoma; MPC-4326 for HIV-1 infection under Phase IIb clinical trial; and MPC-3100, a Phase I clinical trial product candidate for cancer treatment. Its products in preclinical programs comprise MPI-443803, an orally available, brain penetrant, microtubule destabilizing agent for the treatment of cancer; and MPI-461359, an orally available maturation inhibitor for the treatment of HIV-1 infection, as well as MPI-479605 for the treatment of cancer. The company also offers ProNet, a proprietary database of protein-protein interactions, which encompasses interactions between approximately 10 million protein fragments constructed from various organ tissues, including heart, brain, kidney, liver, breast, and prostate. Myriad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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.

Trius Therapeutics is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company developing antibiotics to treat life-threatening bacterial infections. Torezolid phosphate, its most important drug in development, is an IV- and orally-administered antibiotic with a potential to treat antibiotic-resistant strains of staph infections, known as MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). Until the company is able to sell torezolid phosphate to hospitals and other health care providers, the company is primarily funded by government grants, research contracts, and collaboration agreements. The company filed for an initial public offering in November 2009.

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. company was founded in 2002 and is based in Cranbury, New Jersey. Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of orally administered, small molecule drugs, known as pharmacological chaperones, for the treatment of a range of human genetic diseases. The Company’s products in development are Amigal (migalastat hydrochloride) for Fabry disease, Plicera (isofagomine tartrate) for Gaucher disease and AT2220 (1-deoxynojirimycin HCl) for Pompe disease. The Company completed its Phase II clinical trials of Amigal and are conducting Phase II clinical trials of Plicera and AT2220.

ArQule, Inc. was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts. ArQule, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in the research and development of cancer therapeutics. The Company’s product is ARQ 197, an orally administered inhibitor of the c-Met receptor tyrosine kinase. ARQ 197 is being evaluated as monotherapy and in combination therapy in a Phase II clinical development program that includes trials in Microphthalmia Transcription Factor (MiT) associated tumors, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), pancreatic adenocarcinoma and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The Company has licensed commercial rights to ARQ 197 for human cancer indications to Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (Daiichi Sankyo) in the United States, Europe, South America and the rest of the world, excluding Japan and certain other Asian countries, where it has licensed commercial rights to Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (Kyowa Hakko Kirin).

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