Santa Cruz, California might be known for its sun-baked bodies; Santa Cruz Biotechnology is known for its antibodies. The company makes antibodies used by researchers to identify and treat a variety of conditions. Its products include growth factor antibodies, steroid receptor antibodies, and tumor suppressor antibodies. The company also offers more than 10,000 target-specific small interfering RNA (siRNA), which are used to silence genes. Its siRNAs are designed to silence tumors suppressor proteins, cell cycle proteins, and lymphocyte signaling proteins, among others. Santa Cruz Biotechnology has offices in California, Japan, and Germany and sells its products through distributors worldwide.

Cephalon, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Frazer, Pennsylvania. Cephalon, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of products for central nervous system, inflammatory disease, pain, and oncology therapeutic areas. Its products for central nervous system disorders include PROVIGIL for the treatment of excessive sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome, and shift work sleep disorder; NUVIGIL, a single-isomer formulation of modafinil; and GABITRIL for use as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures in epileptic patients. The company's pain therapeutics portfolio comprises AMRIX for the relief of muscle spasm associated with acute painful musculoskeletal conditions; and FENTORA, EFFENTORA, ACTIQ, and generic OTFC products, which focus on treating breakthrough cancer pain in opioid-tolerant patients. Its products for oncology consist of TREANDA, a bi-functional hybrid cytotoxic; TRISENOX, an intravenous arsenic-based targeted therapy; CEP-701, an oral small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor; MYOCET, a cardio-protective chemotherapy agent to treat metastatic breast cancer; TARGRETIN for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; and ABELCET, an anti-fungal product for cancer patients. The company provides its products principally to wholesale drug distributors. It has collaboration agreements with Euroscreen s.a.; Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated; Psychogenics Inc.; and AMBIT Biosciences Inc, as well as a research agreement with Celator Pharmaceuticals Inc. Cephalon, Inc. markets its products primarily in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

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.

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.

Clinical Device Group consults and contracts with medical device and diagnostic companies, providing contract research, safety assessment, and other research tools. The company, whose clients include US, European, and Asian firms, offers pre-market assessments and product management as well as audits and report and manuscript preparation. Clinical Device Group also sponsors seminars for research professionals monitoring clinical trials and for CEOs of companies that conduct clinical trials.

IRIX Pharmaceuticals develops, tests, and manufactures drugs and drug ingredients for pharmaceutical companies. Services include discovery support, process research and development, clinical supply, manufacturing, and commercial production. It also helps clients work through the regulatory red tape. The company maintains three facilities in South Carolina. Its Florence facility has laboratories devoted to developing and testing new candidates. IRIX was formed in 1996 by CEO Guy Steenrod, former president of Roche Carolina -- the process discovery and development arm of Roche Pharmaceutical -- and a group of South Carolina investors.

Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is based in Palatine, Illinois. Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in research, development and manufacture of product candidates providing abuse deterrent features and benefits utilizing its Aversion Technology. The Company’s Aversion Technology platform has been successfully utilized in developing multiple opioid analgesic products candidates. Its portfolio of product candidates includes opioid analgesics to relieve pain while simultaneously discouraging common methods of pharmaceutical product misuse and abuse, including intravenous injection of dissolved tablets or capsules; nasal snorting of crushed tablets or capsules, and intentional swallowing of excess quantities of tablets or capsules. Acurox is an orally administered immediate release tablet containing oxycodone HCl as its sole active analgesic ingredient.

Agencourt Biosciences uses more modern weapons to win its battles. The company provides genomic services (including DNA and whole genome sequencing) and nucleic acid purification products that help researchers improve the effectiveness of their drug development process. The company has teamed with a handful of international distributors and marketing partners to get its products into users' hands: These partners include Affymetrix and Life Technologies (formerly Invitrogen). Agencourt Biosciences is a subsidiary of Beckman Coulter.

Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. Osiris Therapeutics, Inc., a stem cell therapeutic company, develops products to treat medical conditions in the inflammatory, orthopedic, and cardiovascular areas in the United States. The company's principal product includes Prochymal, which is in phase III clinical trials for the treatment of steroid refractory Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD), acute GvHD, Crohn's disease, and acute radiation syndrome; and in phase II clinical trials for the treatment of Type I diabetes mellitus, acute myocardial infarction, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Its product also consists of Chondrogen, a Phase II clinical trial product for the treatment of osteoarthritis and the reduction of pain in the knee. Osiris Therapeutics has collaboration agreements with Genzyme Corporation for the development and commercialization of Prochymal and Chondrogen; Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for the development of Prochymal as a treatment for the preservation of insulin production in patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes; and JCR Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. for distributing Prochymal for the treatment of GvHD in Japan.

GTx, Inc. company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered Memphis, Tennessee. GTx, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecules to treat cancer, osteoporosis and bone loss, muscle loss, and other serious medical conditions in the United States. It markets FARESTON tablets for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women through wholesale drug distributors. The company develops toremifene citrate, a selective estrogen receptor modulator, which completed pivotal Phase III clinical trial for the prevention of bone fractures and treatment of other estrogen deficiency side effects of androgen deprivation therapy in men with prostate cancer; and for the prevention of prostate cancer in high risk men with precancerous prostate lesions called high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), which is in pivotal Phase III clinical trial.GTx it also develops Ostarine, which completed Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of cancer cachexia; GTx-758, an oral luteinizing hormone, which is in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer; and MK-0773, which is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of sarcopenia. In addition, GTx's preclinical pipeline includes GTx-878, an estrogen receptor beta agonist. The company has strategic collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc. to discover and develop selective androgen receptor modulators; license and supply agreement with Orion Corporation to develop and commercialize products containing toremifene; and a collaboration and license agreement with Ipsen Group that provides Ipsen Group the rights to develop and commercialize toremifene in the European territory. It also has collaborations with Hybritech, Inc.; MacroArray Technologies, LLC; and Gen-Probe, Incorporated to develop an accurate blood or urine test to detect high grade PIN.

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