GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics helps your doctor to see right through you. The division, formerly Amersham plc, is one of the world's top producers of contrast-imaging agents and nuclear medicine agents used to enhance image quality in X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound procedures. General Electric formed the division when it acquired Amersham and placed under its GE Healthcare umbrella. The former Amersham bioscience operations, which makes purification systems that allow for the development of more effective drugs through protein analysis, DNA sequencing, and genetic variation, is part of the GE Healthcare Life Sciences division.

SuperGen was founded in 1991 and is based in Dublin, California. SuperGen, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapies to treat patients with cancer. The company licensed its new drug application approved product, Dacogen for the treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes. It primarily focuses on developing MP-470, a DNA repair suppressor; SGI-1776, a PIM kinase inhibitor; MP-529, an Aurora kinase inhibitor; SGI-110, a DNMT1 inhibitor; and SGI-1252, a JAK2 inhibitor. SuperGen also has an approved product, Mitozytrex for the treatment of solid tumors. In addition, the company is developing Orathecin, a Phase III clinical trial product for the treatment of solid tumors; Partaject busulfan, a Phase I/II clinical trial product for neoplastic meningitis/bone marrow transplant; Partaject Orathecin, a non-clinical stage product for the treatment of solid tumors; and CZ 112, a Phase I clinical trial product for the treatment of solid tumors. It is also developing Cremophor-free paclitaxel, a non-clinical stage product for the treatment of solid tumors; Avicine, a therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of cancer, which is in Phase II trial; VEGF, a non-clinical stage product for the treatment of anti-angiogenesis; PZG, a Phase II clinical trial product for the treatment of type II diabetes; and AM454, a phosphocholine derivative, which is in non-clinical stage for obesity/diabetes. The company sells its products to clinics, hospitals, hospital buying groups, drug distributors, and wholesalers in the United States and Europe. It has a collaboration agreement with GlaxoSmithKline Inc. to discover and develop cancer therapeutics based on epigenetic targets.

CombiMatrix Corporation company was founded in 1995 and is based in Mukilteo, Washington. CombiMatrix Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops technologies, products, and services in the areas of drug development, genetic analysis, molecular diagnostics, nanotechnology, defense, and homeland security. Its technologies include a platform to produce user-defined, in-situ synthesized, and oligonucleotide arrays for use in identifying and determining the roles of genes, gene mutations, and proteins in the areas of genomics, proteomics, biosensors, drug discovery, drug development, diagnostics, combinatorial chemistry, material sciences, and nanotechnology.CombiMatrix Corporation's products and services include CustomArray platform, an oligonucleotide array for genetic studies; CatalogArray Microarrays for gene expression studies, mutation analysis, and other studies; Micro-RNA Arrays that are used to study micro-RNA molecules; DNA Array Synthesizer, an instrument that enables researchers to fabricate DNA arrays to their specifications; stripping reagents, which enable researchers to re-use microarrays; ElectraSense Reader, an electrochemical scanning instrument; and comparative genomic hybridization arrays, which are used for research and molecular diagnostic applications. CombiMatrix Corporation also offers proprietary molecular synthesis and screening methods for the discovery of potential new drugs. In addition, the company develops capabilities of producing arrays that utilize bacterial artificial chromosomes that enable genetic analysis; and a series of compounds to address various oncology-related diseases. It sells its products and services directly, with partners, and through distributors to customers in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Chesapeake PERL was founded in 2000. Chesapeake PERL calls a "mini bioreactor" to produce proteins. Using its PERLXpress technology platform, the company mass produces antibodies, enzymes, viral antigens, and other proteins in whole insect larvae. It sells its custom protein development services, as well as some research reagents, to biotech concerns, including drug and diagnostics companies, biotech instrument makers, agricultural companies, and makers of industrial enzymes. It has also received federal grants from the NIH, the US Army, and the US Department of Energy.

BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. company was founded in 1997 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. operates as a specialty pharmaceutical company in the United States. Its patented drug delivery technologies include BEMA drug delivery technology and Bioral cochleate drug delivery technology. The company, using its drug delivery technologies, develops formulations of pharmaceuticals aimed principally at short term acute conditions occurring in patients, primarily in the areas of pain and fungal infections. Its lead product is ONSOLIS, a treatment for pain in opioid tolerant patients with cancer. BioDelivery Sciences licensed the commercialization and distribution rights for ONSOLIS to Meda AB.BioDelivery Sciences Company's products/formulations also include BEMA Buprenorphine, which is under preparation for phase 2 for moderate to severe and acute pain. Its lead Bioral formulation is an encochleated version of Amphotericin B, an anti-fungal treatment for systemic fungal infections. The company also has a Bioral formulation, which is in initial in vitro studies for the intranasal administration of Amphotericin B to treat chronic rhinosinusitis. BioDelivery Sciences has a research collaboration and licensing agreement with the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) to develop Bioral Amphotericin B for the treatment of neglected diseases, such as leishmaniasis and Chagas disease.

American Bio Medica Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells immunoassay diagnostic test kits for the point of collection testing (POCT) for drugs of abuse in North America, Europe, the Asia/Pacific Rim, Africa, and South America. Its products include Rapid Drug Screen, a POCT kit to detect the presence or absence of 2 to 10 drugs of abuse in a single urine specimen; Rapid One, which screens for the presence or absence of a single drug of abuse in a urine specimen; Rapid TEC that contains 1 or 2 drug testing strips to test for 2 to 5 drugs of abuse in a single urine specimen; RDS InCup, a POCT for 2 to 12 drugs of abuse that incorporate collection and testing of sample in a device; Rapid TOX, a drug screen that detects 2 to 10 drugs of abuse in a single urine specimen; and Rapid TOX Cup, a POCT for 2 to 14 drugs of abuse that incorporate collection and testing of sample in a single device.American Bio Medica Corporation company’s products also include OralStat, a POCT system to detect drugs of abuse in oral fluids; OralStat EX, an oral fluid POCT for point of collection testing and confirmation testing; and Rapid STAT, an oral fluid POCT. In addition, it offers Rapid Reader, a compact and portable device that captures a picture of the test results on an ABMC drug screen. Further, American Bio distributes various POCTs to detect the presence or absence of adulterants, alcohol, and nicotine; and provides bulk strip contract manufacturing services to non-affiliated POCT diagnostic companies. It offers products for employers, law enforcement, government, health care, laboratory, and education professionals to test for cocaine, THC, opiates, amphetamines, PCP, benzodiazepines, methamphetamines, barbiturates, tricyclic antidepressants, methadone, oxycodone, propoxyphene, and buprenorphine. The company was formerly known as American Micro Media, Inc and changed its name to American Bio Medica Corporation in September 1992. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Kinderhook, New York.

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. company was founded in 1991 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARIAD) is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of medicines to treat cancers by regulating cell signaling with small molecules. The Company’s lead cancer product candidate, deforolimus, is an internally discovered, potent inhibitor of the protein mTOR, a master switch in cancer cells. Blocking mTOR creates a starvation-like effect in cancer cells by interfering with cell growth, division, metabolism and angiogenesis. Its second product candidate, AP24534, is a multi-targeted kinase inhibitor that has potential applications in cancer and is wholly owned by the Company. The company also focused drug discovery program centered on small-molecule therapies, molecularly targeted to cell-signaling pathways implicated in cancer. It also developed a portfolio of cell-signaling regulation technologies, its ARGENT technology, to control intracellular processes with small molecules.

Shionogi & Co. wants to kill it like a shinobi (i.e. ninja) in the night. The Japanese drug firm is a leading maker of antibiotics in its home country, with a full lineup of oral and injectable anti-infectives. It has been expanding its pipeline and its portfolio of marketed products to encompass other therapeutic areas as well, with programs in metabolic conditions and pain management. Through partnerships with large global firms, it owns Japanese market rights to some big name drugs, including AstraZeneca's blood pressure drug Crestor (which Shionogi helped develop); Purdue Pharma's pain therapy OxyContin; and Merck & Co. allergy medication Claritin.

SomaLogic helps in the hunt for proteins. Its aptamer arrays bind to proteins in such a way that multiple protein targets can be identified at once. Life sciences researchers use the company's arrays to identify proteins related to angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels) and inflammation. Data gathered from this work could be used to develop new drugs and diagnostics for a variety of diseases. SomaLogic has partnered with Quest Diagnostics to develop diagnostics that can measure many proteins at once. As part of the arrangement, Quest Diagnostics made a $15 million investment in the company.

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.

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