Servier is an independent, French pharmaceutical company which manufactures and sells drugs to combat cardiovascular diseases, such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, and stroke. Cardiovascular drugs account for about two-thirds of the company's annual revenues. It also produces medicines to treat diabetes, venous disease, and cancer. Annually, more than 700 million boxes of drugs are produced by Servier. Its pharmaceutics can be found in 140 countries; 80% of its sales are generated internationally.

China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group Limited company develops, manufactures, and sells modern Chinese medicines and western pharmaceuticals. Three of its principal products are Xin Nao Qing soft capsules, Qingkailing injection, and Shenmai injection -- the company's production of these three products is the largest in China. Shineway has plans to expand its sales and marketing network, focusing on hospitals and retail pharmacies to expand its market coverage and deepen its market penetration. Chairman Li Zhenjiang and his family control more than 70% of the company.

Marker Gene Technologies sells itself. The company offers drug researchers a variety of marker genes for monitoring gene expression, intracellular targeting, and other purposes. The company's marker genes are used in research for agricultural biotechnology, cell culturing, and bacteriology. Additional products include reagents, enzyme substrates and kits, and other molecular biology products. Marker Gene Technologies also maintains four fully equipped laboratories from which it provides contract research services for biotechnology and pharmaceutical clients. The firm markets its products through a number of distributors in the US and abroad, in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Synarc, Inc. provides medical image-analysis, subject-recruitment, and biochemical-marker services to execute clinical trials for life-science industry clients. The company’s services include protocol design, imaging-site selection and training, imaging equipment monitoring, imaging quality assurance, centralized image analysis, centralized biochemical-marker assays, data management, project management, reporting and medical writing, and regulatory consulting and liaison with global agencies. It offers its services in various therapeutic areas, including cardiology, metabolic disorders, neurovascular diseases, neurology, oncology, orthopedics, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Synarc also operates clinical research centers in Europe, China, and Brazil. The company, formerly known as Advanced Imaging Research Services, Inc., was founded in 1998 and is based in San Francisco, California with additional offices in the United States, Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Lithuania, Estonia, Brazil, Hong Kong, and China.

Virbac Corporation makes animal health and pet-care products and sells them to veterinarians and retailers. For dogs and cats it makes C.E.T dental products, Allederm dermatological products, and digestive and hairball remedies. The company's Iverhart medication prevents heartworms in dogs. Virbac also makes antibiotics, dewormer, and euthanasia products. Its other brands include Biomox, Clintabs, and Vetasyl. In addition to producing its own animal health products, the company provides contract manufacturing through subsidiary PM Resources. The company is owned by Virbac SA.

Beijing Tongrentang Co., Ltd. company makes and sells a variety of traditional Chinese herbal medicines under the Tongrentang brand. Products include treatments for a number of maladies including colds and fevers, and preparations designed to improve circulation and kidney function. Tongrentang also exports its herbal remedies and has expanded beyond Chinese borders through a number of joint ventures and subsidiaries, establishing retail drug stores and clinics specializing in traditional Chinese medicine. The company's origins date back more than 300 years as a family business offering its remedies in Beijing during the Qing Dynasty.

Hikma Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1978 by chairman Samih Darwazah. Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc is a speciality pharmaceutical company with operations in Europe and the United States and a focus in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The Company develops, manufactures and markets branded and unbranded generic, as well as in-licensed products in both oral and injectable dosage forms. Its operations are conducted through three segments: Branded Pharmaceuticals, Generic Pharmaceuticals and Injectable Pharmaceuticals. Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc’s Branded Pharmaceuticals segment develops, manufactures and markets 241 solid, semi-solid and liquid branded pharmaceutical products in 460 dosage strengths and forms, including 33 products under-license from the originator. Injectable Pharmaceuticals segment develops, manufactures and markets 81 injectable products in 202 dosage strengths. Generic Pharmaceuticals develops, manufactures and markets 47 non-branded generic pharmaceutical products in 105 dosage strengths and forms.

Oxford BioMedica has no reservations about launching attacks on disease. The biotechnology company focuses on developing gene therapy treatments for oncology and neurotherapy. Its lead product,TroVax, is in testing for renal and colorectal cancer and is designed to stimulate the body's immune response to attack tumor cells. Another leading candidate, ProSavin, is in testing for treatment of Parkinson's disease. The company has several additional products in various stages of clinical development. Oxford BioMedica has awarded Sanofi-Aventis exclusive rights to develop and commercialize TroVax globally. The company's California-based BioMedica subsidiary handles its business development in North America and Asia.

MAP Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development stage company, engages in developing drug candidates to treat local respiratory and treatable diseases primarily in the United States. The company develops inhalable drug particles to facilitate pulmonary delivery. Its proprietary product candidates in clinical development include Unit Dose Budesonide, a nebulized version of budesonide for the treatment of asthma in children; and MAP0004, an orally inhaled version of dihydroergotamine for the treatment of migraine. MAPP company's product portfolio also includes the earlier stage product candidates, which include MAP0005, an inhaled corticosteroid and beta-agonist for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and MAP0001, a formulation of insulin for the treatment of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes through pulmonary delivery using Tempo inhaler. It has a collaborations and license agreements with AstraZeneca, Elan Pharma International, Nektar Therapeutics, and Xemplar Pharmaceuticals.

Mirari Biosciences was founded in 2000 by CEO Mark Martin, who developed the MASC and Peplica technologies. Mirari Biosciences it working to cut down on the time its takes to test new drugs. The first of the company's two primary technologies is microwave-accelerated surface chemistry (MASC) which can speed up drug discovery tests, medical and veterinary diagnostics, and food and water testing by exposing test materials to low-heat microwaves. Its protein amplification technology (Peplica) replicates proteins which helps researchers locate and identify minute levels of proteins.

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