Oxford Gene Technology Ltd. owned company was founded in 1995 by Professor Sir Edwin Southern. Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) provides microarray products and services that enable clinical research and molecular diagnostics in academic, hospital, and government research laboratories. One of its key business areas, licensing, gives companies access to its intellectual property that covers microarrays, genomics, and electrochemistry. OGT's research focuses on developing novel microarray technologies for new applications such as drug discovery and disease diagnosis.

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.

CeMines Biologics, LLC company is working on more accurate, simple blood tests to diagnose lung, breast, prostate, and other cancers. The firm's CeMines Molecular FingerPrinting technology uses biostatistics to determine if disease biomarkers found in a patient's blood sample indicate the likelihood of cancer. Its lead product candidate, CeMines CellCorrect LAb, detects patterns of key antibodies that indicate cancer cells are present. Noted researcher Toomas Neuman, whose use of stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease triggered a national debate, founded the company in 2000 with several other officers of the company, which is led by CEO Richard Cavalli.

Mera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1983 and is based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Mera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. primarily develops and commercializes natural products derived principally from microalgae using its patented photobioreactor technology known as the Mera Growth Module. Mera Pharmaceuticals company's product line consists of ASTAFACTOR, a nutraceutical and source of natural astaxanthin; and SALMON ESSENTIALS, a combination of astaxanthin and omega-3 fatty acids. It markets its products to retail outlets in Hawaii through distribution arrangements with established companies.

ASI Technology Corporation was incorporated in 1931 and is based in Henderson, Nevada. ASI Technology Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty finance company. The company offers commercial and venture capital loans, as well as provides direct finance leasing services. It also focuses on the development of plasma technology for sterilization and decontamination. The company's patented method uses low voltage to produce high volumes of atmospheric pressure plasma, also known as room temperature or cold plasma.

Clinimetrics Research Associates, Inc. company is a contract research organization (CRO) that provides clinical research services, consulting, project management, data management, and electronic data capture services through most stages of clinical trials. Its services aim to control costs for customers including global biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies. It specializes in biotech development, as well as in therapeutic areas such as oncology and cardiology research. Clinimetrics has locations throughout North America. The company is a subsidiary of institutional pharmacy operator Omnicare.

Mikart offers contract pharmaceutical manufacturing services, specializing in oral capsule and tablet formulations. Tablets and capsules can be immediate or time-release; the company also makes liquid formulations and provides specialty packaging, including laminated foil, blister, and pouches. Its facilities have the capacity to produce everything from small pilot-scale batches all the way up to full-scale commercial production. Other services include drug development, feasibility studies, and product testing. Mikart will also walk customers through all the required regulatory processes.

Scios Inc. company, a subsidiary of health care giant Johnson & Johnson, develops treatments targeting cardiovascular disease. Its flagship product Natrecor is an intravenously administered drug approved by the FDA for treating patients with acute heart failure who also experience shortness of breath with minimal activity. When the drug was introduced in 2001, it was the first new treatment for heart failure in more than 14 years. The drug is not without controversy, about both its long-term health effects and the company's marketing of it. Scios maintains the drug is safe and has launched a large clinical trial.

De Novo Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Cambridge, the United Kingdom. De Novo Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., a drug discovery company, provides computational drug design services. It focuses on small molecule therapeutics. The company provides services to drug discovery customers seeking progress from validated target to novel hits; and to medicinal chemistry groups interested in focused chemical libraries. It offers SkelGen, a chemical structure-generation platform and a suite of software tools for the analysis of structural information on a protein target and the de novo design of molecules to bind into its site, as well as for the hit and lead discovery to the pharmaceutical industry. The company offers its SkelGen for scaffold hopping, virtual high-throughput screening, focused library design, intelligent fragment linking, and low affinity fragment-based design applications. It also provides drug discovery partnerships, such as structure-based drug design, ligand-based drug design, and fragment-based drug design services, as well as focused libraries for medicinal chemistry seeking the design of focused libraries against classes of targets. In addition, the company involves in applying its SkelGen silico drug design platform to design compounds for various targets within the diabetes field.

Biogen Idec Inc. company was founded in 1985 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Biogen Idec Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of therapies. The Company’s products address diseases such as multiple sclerosis, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), crohn’s disease (CD) and psoriasis. The Company has four products: AVONEX (interferon beta-1a), RITUXAN (rituximab), TYSABRI (natalizumab) and FUMADERM (dimethylfumarate and monoethylfumarate salts). AVONEX is used in the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). RITUXAN is one of the selling oncology therapeutics. In the United States, RITUXAN is approved for NHL. TYSABRI is approved for the treatment of relapsing forms of MS. FUMADERM acts as an immunomudulator. The Company also has product candidates, such as BG-12, which is a oral fumarate; ANTI-CD80 monoclonal antibody (MAb)(galiximab); ANTI-CD23 MAb (lumiliximab); Humanized Anti-CD20 MAb (ocrelizumab), Lixivaptan, an oral compound for the potential treatment of hyponatremia, and ADENTRI.

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