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.

Vetoquinol S.A. was founded in 1933 and is based in Lure, France. Vétoquinol S A engages in the research and development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of medicines and nutraceuticals for animal health. It offers Marbocyl, an antibiotic for various species; Tolfédine and Tolfine anti-inflammatories for minimizing animal pain; and Prilium, an oral daily administration formula for cardiovascular treatment. The company’s products are used for dogs, cats, cattle, and pigs. It sells its products in Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East, and the Pacific Asia. Vétoquinol S A was formerly known as Laboratoires Biochimiques de l’Est and changed its name to Vetoquinol S.A. in 1962.

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries manufactures drugs for cardiac, dermatological, neurological, and pediatric illnesses. It makes generic prescription and over-the-counter drugs at facilities in Canada, Ireland, Israel, the UK, and the US. It specializes in generics, but also produces private label and branded drugs. Its facilities are capable of producing topical, oral, and injectable formulations. The company also produces active pharmaceutical ingredients for use by its own facilities and sold to other drug makers. Taro Pharmaceutical routinely reinvests more than 10% of its sales into research into the development of new products. Its customers include large drugstore and grocery chains and discount retailers.

Alimera Sciences' tunnel vision is a real asset. The biopharmaceutical company specializes in prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, particularly those aimed at treating ocular diseases affecting the retina. Alimera's most advanced product candidate, Iluvien, is an insert about the size of a grain of rice that slowly releases a drug to the back of the eye used in the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME); DME, a retinal disease affecting diabetics, can lead to severe vision loss and blindness. Iluvien is effective for up to 36 months and may also have the potential to affect other ophthalmic diseases, such as retinal vein occlusion (RVO). Alimera Sciences is looking to go public through an $80 million IPO.

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland boasts itself as one of the largest pharmaceutical businesses in the country. A subsidiary of French giant Sanofi-Aventis, the company manufactures and markets prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Along with its Lantus and Insuman insulin products, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland produces Plavix and Lovenox. The company also dedicates much of its efforts on research and development at its Frankfurt, Germany headquarters and is focused on metabolic illnesses such as diabetes, as well as cancer and cardiovascular diseases.

Facet Biotech Corporation, a biotechnology company, engages in the identification and development of oncology therapeutics. Its products in development include Daclizumab, a monoclonal antibody in Phase II clinical studies that binds to the alpha chain of the interleukin-2 receptor on activated T cells; and Volociximab, which is in Phase I/II clinical studies is a chimeric monoclonal antibody that inhibits the functional activity of a protein in activated endothelial cells. The company is also developing Elotuzumab, a monoclonal antibody in Phase I clinical study, which binds to a cell surface glycoprotein that is expressed on myeloma cells and normal human cells; PDL192, a monoclonal antibody in Phase I clinical study, which binds to the tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis receptor; and PDL241, a monoclonal antibody in the preclinical stage for immunologic diseases. Facet Biotech Corporation has a collaboration agreement with Biogen Idec Inc. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Genetix Group plc, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of automated systems, services and consumables for cell biology, cytogenetics, pathology, proteomic and genomic research worldwide. The biopharmaceutical family of products include the ClonePixFL and associated reagents, which are used to identify the antibody clones that form the basis of pharmaceutical drugs. The ClonePix FL is also used to identify high-yielding cell lines for a customer’s production process. Its Cytovision systems are used worldwide for both pre and post natal genetic testing, and identifying certain forms of cancer, such as leukemia. Its Ariol system is used to image tissue samples from patients. Its wholly owned subsidiaries include Genetix Limited, Genescreen Limited, Genpak Limited, Genetix GmbH and Genetix KK. In April 2009, the Company acquired SlidePath Limited. In January 2010, Danaher Corporation acquired 97% interest in the Company.

Gilead Palo Alto (formerly CV Therapeutics) is honed in on cardiovascular research. The drug development company specializes in pharmaceuticals to treat chronic cardiovascular diseases. The firm's drug Ranexa, licensed from a Roche subsidiary, is FDA-approved as a first-line and second-line treatment for patients with chronic angina (chest pain). Gilead Palo Alto won approval for its cardiac imaging agent, Lexiscan, in 2008; the drug is marketed by Astellas Pharma. The company is developing potential therapies for ailments including heart failure and atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat). Gilead Palo Alto changed its name from CV Therapeutics after being acquired by Gilead Sciences in 2009.

SIGA Technologies was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York. SIGA Technologies, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of anti-infectives and antibiotics for the prevention and treatment of serious infectious diseases. SIGA company focus on products for use in defense against biological warfare agents, such as smallpox, arenaviruses (hemorrhagic fevers), and other category A viral agents. Its lead product, ST-246, is an orally administered anti-viral drug that targets orthopox viruses. SIGA's product candidates also include ST-294 and ST-193, which demonstrates antiviral activity in cell culture assays against arenavirus pathogens; and ST-669, a broad spectrum antiviral candidate, for various viruses in the Poxviridae, Filoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Arenaviridae, Flaviviridae, Togaviridae, Retroviridae, and Picornaviridae families. In addition, it also has four drug series in the pre-clinical development stage, including ST-610 and ST-148 for dengue virus of the genus Flavivirus. SIGA company has license agreements, collaborative research arrangements, and contracts with National Institutes of Health and the United States Air Force.

MicroIslet, Inc. is a biotechnology company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of technologies in the field of transplantation therapy for people with conditions requiring cell-based replacement treatments, with a focus on type 1, or insulin-dependent diabetes. Islet transplantation technology, licensed from Duke University, along with the Company's developments, constitutes methods for isolating, culturing, cryopreservation, and immuno-protection (microencapsulation) of islet cells. MicroIslet intends to continue its research and development efforts and to introduce products to the market.

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