Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development (J&JPRD) provides research and development support for the pharmaceutical business units of parent company, Johnson & Johnson. Its main research processes are divided into three franchises: central nervous system and internal medicine; biotech, immunology, and oncology (through J&J subsidiary Centocor); and virology (through Tibotec). The subsidiary -- which represents the largest segment of J&J's pharmaceutical R&D -- also does research in collaboration with other pharmaceutical organizations and biotech researchers, and has partnerships with the likes of Basilea Pharmaceuticals and Entelos.

Trinity Biotech plc was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Bray, Ireland. Trinity Biotech plc develops, acquires, manufactures, distributes, and sells diagnostic test kits and instrumentation worldwide. The company offers clinical laboratory products, including diagnostic tests and instrumentation, which detect infectious diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, blood coagulation, and autoimmune disorders. It also sells raw materials to the life sciences industry. In addition, the company offers point of care diagnostic tests, which are carried out in the presence of the patient, principally to diagnose the presence of HIV antibodies in the patient. Its customers include hospitals, clinical laboratories, commercial reference laboratories, and research institutions. The company sells its products through distributor partners, as well as directly in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.

he UK-based company makes non-invasive diagnostic tests, which are marketed under the foodSCAN and First Step Food Intolerance Test brand name, used to determine which foods a patient may be allergic to. It also provides customers with its LiverCheck brand tests, which are used to test the health of your liver, and Body ID Plan, which offers a diet plan from an analysis of a blood sample. Founded in 1982, YORKTEST Laboratories Ltd. makes its home health tests available for sale on its Web site.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Novato, California. BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. develops and commercializes biopharmaceuticals for serious diseases and medical conditions. Its product portfolio comprises approved products and multiple investigational product candidates. The company's approved products include Naglazyme (galsulfase), a recombinant form of N-acetylgalactosamine 4-sulfatase enzyme used to treat genetic disease called mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS)VI; Kuvan (sapropterin dihydrochloride), a proprietary synthetic oral form of 6R-BH4, a naturally occurring enzyme co-factor for phenylalanine hydroxylase indicated for patients with Phenylketonuria (PKU); and Aldurazyme (laronidase) that is used to treat mucopolysaccharidosis I caused by the deficiency of a lysosomal enzyme called alpha-L-iduronidase.Its clinical development products comprise various product candidates for the treatment of genetic diseases, which include PEG-PAL, an enzyme substitution therapy under Phase I clinical development to treat phenylketonurics, which are not responsive to Kuvan; 6R-BH4, a Phase II clinical development product for the treatment of multiple cardiovascular indications, including sickle cell disease; and GALNS, an enzyme replacement therapy for MPS Type IV or Morquio Syndrome Type A (MPS IV A), a lysosomal storage disease. In addition, the company is conducting preclinical development of various other enzyme product candidates for genetic and other diseases, including a small molecule for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Further, BioMarin holds rights to receive royalties related to Orapred and Orapred ODT as a result of sublicense of North American rights. The company sells its products to specialty pharmacies, hospitals acting as retailers, and pharmaceutical wholesalers in the United States, Europe, and internationally. It has a strategic alliance with Merck Serono S.A. and joint venture with Genzyme Corporation.

MerseyBIO is an incubator for young biotechnology businesses. Backed by the University of Liverpool and National Health Service, the company provides office and laboratory space, as well as business, investment, and technical support services to biotechnology entrepreneurs. MerseyBIO, which can incubate up to 15 biotechnology businesses, also networks its member biotechnology companies with other biotechnology firms and resources around the world. Provexis plc became the first flotation of a MerseyBIO-based company.

APP Pharmaceuticals, a company that develops, makes, and markets anesthetics and other injectable drugs. Specializing in generics, APP's critical care products segment includes market-leading general anesthetic Diprivan and blood thinner Heparin. Other product segments focus on injectable oncology treatments and drugs that fight ear, heart, respiratory tract, skin, and sinus infections. APP markets through a direct sales force and often sells through group purchasing organizations to customers that include hospitals, long-term care facilities, and clinics in North America. APP Pharmaceuticals, LLC company is a subsidiary of German medical firm Fresenius.

ActivX Biosciences figures that the more you know about protein kinases, the easier it will be to inhibit them. That's the basis of its main product: a platform to profile protein kinases -- enzymes that regulate cell's signaling pathways. Its KiNativ platform has been launched for use by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as they develop the kinase inhibitors expected to make drug breakthroughs. The company also has its own pipeline of drug candidates in development, including one in trials for the treatment of Type-2 diabetes. Japanese drugmaker Kyorin Pharmaceutical, with whom ActivX had collaborated since 2002, bought the company in 2005 for $21 million.

Viventia Biotechnologies Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, offers a portfolio of novel antibody-based drugs for the treatment of cancer. Its lead product, Proxinium is used for the treatment of head and neck cancer. The company also offers Vicinium, a product for the treatment of bladder cancer; and VB6-845, a product for the treatment of solid tumors. Viventia specializes in the discovery and development of a portfolio of monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of common cancers. It also has a location in Winnipeg, Canada. The company was formerly known as Novopharm Biotech, Inc. and changed its name to Viventia Biotech, Inc. in 2000. The company was is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada. As of December 28, 2005, Viventia Biotechnologies Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Dan Family Holdings, Ltd.

POZEN, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. POZEN, Inc. engages in the development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of acute and chronic pain, and other pain-related conditions. The company has development and commercialization alliances with GlaxoSmithKline for Treximet, which is used for the acute treatment of migraine attacks with or without aura in adults; and AstraZeneca for proprietary fixed dose combinations of naproxen with the proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole magnesium in a single tablet for conditions, such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in patients who are at risk for developing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-associated gastric ulcers.

Forbes Medi-Tech has an answer for folks wanting to lower their cholesterol by changing their diet. The firm makes Reducol, a dietary supplement ingredient that reduces LDL, the "bad" cholesterol associated with increased risk of heart disease. It sells the ingredient to food and nutritionals companies that incorporate it into their products. Pharmavite uses Reducol in its Cholest-Off supplement, and foodmakers in Europe use it in items such as yogurt, milk, and bread. Until 2008 Forbes Medi-Tech also had a drug development operation, which was testing pharmaceutical candidates to treat high cholesterol and metabolic conditions; however, it has divested those operations to focus on its Reducol business.

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