Helix BioPharma discovers, develops, and seeks licensing for pharmaceuticals to prevent and treat cancer. The company's drug candidates include treatments for female conditions such as human papillomavirus (HPV), a precursor to cervical cancer; common forms of lung cancer such as andenocarcinoma; and potential therapies for breast and prostate cancers. To help fund its drug discovery operations, Helix BioPharma distributes pharmaceuticals and other products for conditions such as gastrointestinal, orthopedic, and immune system disorders in Canada through subsidiary Rivex Pharma.

AstraZeneca France does its bit to help its parent, global pharmaceutical powerhouse AstraZeneca, fight diseases from A to Z. In addition to its headquarters at Reuil Malmaison, the company operates an R&D facility for cancer treatments and packaging in Reims. The plant, which produces cancer as well as cardiovascular drugs, sends about a third of its product to Italy, the rest to North Africa and Portugal. The company's Dunkirk production plant makes Pulmicort, Symbicort, Mopral, and INexium in its chemical unit, while the pharmaceutical unit makes Bricanyl and Turbuhaler. Dunkirk ships its finished products to the US. In all AstraZeneca France, which was formed in 1975, makes and ships about 40 drugs.

Cypress Bioscience, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is based in San Diego, California. Cypress Bioscience, Inc. provides therapeutics and personalized medicine services. The company focuses on addressing the needs of physicians and their patients by identifying unmet medical needs in the areas of pain, rheumatology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation, including challenging disorders, such as fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. It offers Savella, a dual-reuptake inhibitor that preferentially blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine for the management of fibromyalgia. The company provides personalized medicine services, which include tests that are validated analytically and clinically to provide physicians with actionable information to help manage their patients care, including predicting the likelihood of developing disease or optimizing therapy. Its personalized medicine services include Avise PG, a test that supports dose optimization and therapeutic decision making for patients taking methotrexate, a therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA); and Avise MCV, a test that aids in the diagnosis and prognosis of RA. The company has a license agreement with Pierre Fabre Medicament to develop and sell products with the compound milnacipran as an active ingredient for various indications in the United States and Canada; a collaboration agreement with Forest Laboratories, Inc. for the development and marketing of milnacipran; and a reformulation and new product agreement with Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.

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.

The German drug company -- seller of popular over-the-counter remedies Zantac and Dulcolax, as well as prescription Flomax for enlarged prostate -- makes a host of prescription and OTC products, not to mention fine chemicals and pet medications. Its prescription drugs include treatments for respiratory ailments, hypertension, HIV, and depression. Boehringer also offers cold, gastrointestinal, and pain remedies, as well as vaccines, drugs, and nutritionals for farm animals and pets. The company operates worldwide. The founding Boehringer family controls the company through parent company C.H. Boehringer Sohn.

Actelion Pharmaceuticals UK is the British arm of Swiss biotech firm Actelion. The drug manufacturer's product pipeline is based on its research of the endothelium, the single layer of cells between blood vessels and the blood that flows through them. Its first products are Tracleer for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, and Zavesca which is used to treat Type 1 Gaucher disease.

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GSK India) is the top of the pill heap. India's leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, the company makes pharmaceuticals and consumer health care products through its two manufacturing facilities in Nashik and Thane; it also has a clinical development center in Bangalore. Its products include those targeting problems with infections, gynecology, dermatology, diabetes, and the cardiovascular system. Top sellers are Augmentin, Zinetac, Calpol, Phexin, and Betnesol. GSK India also makes vaccines to treat or prevent hepatitis A and B, the flu, chickenpox, and tetanus. Its distribution network stretches throughout the country. UK-based drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline owns GSK India.

Grifols' focus is on producing plasma derivatives (plasma proteins for therapeutic use). This business generates about 70% of the group's annual revenue. Its diagnostic division manufactures devices, instrumentation, and reagents for clinical analysis labs, and markets products and equipment for blood banks. The third line of business, the hospital division, develops pharmaceutical products and medical devices used in hospital pharmacies. Clients include health care professionals and patients in more than 90 countries. Nearly three-quarters of Grifols' total sales come from international markets.

IBEX Technologies Inc. company develops and sells a series of proprietary enzymes for use in pharmaceutical research, particularly for arthritis and oncology. It markets diagnostic assays for use in arthritis tests that monitor the deterioration of cartilage; other assays monitor the rebuilding of cartilage. IBEX also provides enzymes for use as reagents used in hemostasis monitoring devices (for blood coagulation detection during certain surgical procedures). The majority of the company's sales are in the US (50%), followed by Europe and Canada, where sales revenues are split evenly. The publicly-traded company, founded in 1972, is led by CEO Paul Baehr.

Omega Diagnostics Group PLC is a United Kingdom-based holding company. The Company, along with its subsidiaries, is principally engaged in the manufacture, development and distribution of medical diagnostic products. The Company sells a range of products, primarily in the immunoassay, in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) market, through a distribution network in over 100 countries. The Company operates in a niche market in supplying tests for specific infectious diseases, autoimmune disease and food tolerance. The Company subsidiaries include Investment in Omega Diagnostics Limited, Investment in Genesis Diagnostics Limited, Investment in Cambridge Nutritional Sciences Limited, Investment in Bealaw (692) Limited and Investment in Bealaw (693) Limited.

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