Roche s.r.o in the Czech Republic is just a hop, skip, and a jump away from parent company Roche Holding Ltd. in nearby Switzerland. Its operations are focused more on the parent company's diagnostic products than on its traditional pharmaceuticals; Roche s.r.o. has two facilities in Prague for manufacturing and distributing tests for Hepatitis B and C, HIV, cancer, and other diseases. One is devoted exclusively to diabetic products -- diabetes is a growing problem in the Czech Republic. Roche s.r.o. also markets pharmaceuticals made at other Roche facilities, including such popular therapies as cancer drugs Avastin and Herceptin, lymphona drug MabThera, and osteporosis drug Bonviva.

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.

Bayer AG is the management holding company for the Bayer Group. The Company’s business operations are organized into three subgroups: HealthCare, CropScience and MaterialScience, supported by the service companies Bayer Business Services, Bayer Technology Services and Currenta. Bayer HealthCare is involved in the research, development and manufacture of health products for people and animals. Bayer CropScience is engaged in the crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. Bayer MaterialScience supplies materials, such as polycarbonates and polyurethanes, and system solutions such as coatings, for a range of everyday uses. In October 2008, Bayer AG launched its new anticoagulant pill Xarelto in Britain and Germany, which has been granted approval in the European Union. The Company has subsidiaries operating in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Latin America, Africa and Middle East. Bayer Schering Pharma AG became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer AG on September 25, 2008.

GeneThera, formerly called Hand Brand Distribution, develops genetic diagnostic assays for the agriculture and veterinary industries. The biotech company has developed assays that detect Chronic Wasting Disease in elk and deer, and Mad Cow Disease in cattle. The company is working on cancer detection tests for animals, as well as similar tests for humans, through its partnership with Xpention, a biotechnology company focused on oncology diagnostics. GeneThera is also developing vaccines for animal diseases, such as E. coli.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company was founded in 1989 and is based in San Diego, California. La Jolla Pharmaceutical aimed to eliminate diseases. The development-stage firm was working with Toleragens, proprietary therapies that block the abnormal antibody production associated with certain autoimmune disorders without suppressing the entire immune system. Its lead drug candidate was Riquent, a treatment for renal disease associated with lupus. The drug would have been one of the few new drugs for lupus, and was being considered as a treatment for other autoimmune disorders. However, the company ceased most of its operations after trials of Riquent failed in 2009. Adamis Pharmaceuticals has announced it intends to acquire La Jolla Pharmaceuticals.

Applied Molecular Evolution (AME) is part of the Lilly Biotechnology Center of San Diego. AME is a leader in applying directed molecular evolution to improve healthcare by discovering, optimizing and developing human biotherapeutics. Since its inception, AME’s principal focus has been on applying its proprietary AMEsystem™ technology platform to the full range of protein therapeutic candidates including antibodies, cytokines, hormones and enzymes to develop novel human biotherapeutic candidates.Since February 2004, AME has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company and is an integral part of Lilly’s research organization. Lilly, a leading innovation-driven corporation is developing a growing portfolio of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products by applying the latest research from its own worldwide laboratories and from collaborations with eminent scientific organizations. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Lilly provides answers – through medicines and information – for some of the world’s most urgent medical needs.

Symbollon is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary drugs based on its I2 technology. I2 is the chemical symbol for molecular iodine. Molecular iodine is the active species of iodine, a proven fast acting, broad-spectrum antimicrobial and therapeutic. Formed in 1986, Symbollon completed its initial public offering in December 1993. Since that time we have pursued product applications for our technology in two distinct areas; women’s healthcare and antimicrobial applications.In female health, Symbollon has developed a proprietary oral tablet based on our technology that generates I2 in situ (the stomach of the patient). We refer to this drug as IoGen. In 2000, Symbollon completed Phase I and II clinical trials evaluating IoGen as a potential treatment for fibrocystic breast disease. Phase III pivotal trials will be conducted in 2005. We believe that IoGen may also be useful for the treatment and prevention of other types of excess cell growth in female reproductive tissue, such as endometriosis, ovarian cysts and pre-menopausal breast cancer.

TECHNE Corporation was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. TECHNE Corporation, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the development, manufacture, and sale of biotechnology products and hematology calibrators and controls. The Company’s activities are conducted, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Research and Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (R&D Systems), and BiosPacific, Inc. (BioPacific). The Company distributes the biotechnology products in Europe, through its wholly owned United Kingdom-based subsidiary, R&D Systems Europe Ltd. (R&D Europe). The Company distributes biotechnology products in the People’s Republic of China, through its wholly owned subsidiary, R&D Systems China, Co. Ltd. (R&D China). The Company operates in three business segments: biotechnology, R&D Europe and hematology.

MacroGenics Inc. company is developing therapeutic treatments for cancer, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases. The company is helping researchers from National Institutes of Health and two universities to develop a fully human monoclonal antibody (single disease-cell targeting protein) treatment for the deadly West Nile virus. MacroGenics is also in late development stages for another monoclonal antibody used to treat Type 1 diabetes (also known as juvenile diabetes); the diabetes treatment has received orphan drug status, an FDA designation for rare diseases. Other targeted ailments include cancer, arthritis, and multiple sclerosis.

Athersys, Inc., is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of therapeutic products. Through the application of its technologies, the Company has established a pipeline of therapeutic product development programs in multiple disease areas. The Company’s current product development portfolio consists of MultiStem, a patented and stem cell product that the Company is developing as a treatment for multiple disease indications, and that is being evaluated in two ongoing clinical trials. In addition, the Company are developing novel pharmaceuticals to treat indications such as obesity, certain cognitive and attention disorders, narcolepsy or other forms of excessive daytime sleepiness. In December 2008, the Company were granted authorization by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to initiate a third clinical trial, administering MultiStem for the treatment of ischemic stroke.

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