Minster Pharmaceuticals plc, through its subsidiary, Minster Research Limited, develops pharmaceutical compounds for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric conditions in the United Kingdom. Its products pipeline comprises Tonabersat, which is in Phase IIb clinical trial for the prevention and treatment of migraine; and Sabcomeline, a Phase IIa clinical trial product for the management of cognitive decline and negative symptoms in schizophrenia. The company is based in Saffron Walden, the United Kingdom.

Sanofi-Aventis U.S. is just a subsidiary, but it's still one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the US. As the US operations of European drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis, the company develops, manufactures, and markets pharmaceutical products. Its production facility in Kansas City, Missouri, is one of Sanofi-Aventis' primary manufacturing sites, and it produces pharmaceuticals for sale in the US and around the world. Some of its key products include sleep aid Ambien, cancer drug Taxotere, and blood thinner Plavix. Sanofi-Aventis US markets its parent's products in the US through its 8,000 field sales professionals.

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.

XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (XTL) is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the acquisition and development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of unmet medical needs, particularly the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM) and hepatitis C. The Company’s lead compound is Recombinant Erythropoietin (rHuEPO), a known compound that it is developing for the prolongation of MM patients' survival and improvement of their quality of life. MM is a severe and incurable malignant hematological cancer of plasma cells. XTL’s second program is the Diversity Oriented Synthesis program (DOS), which is focused on the development of pre-clinical hepatitis C small molecule inhibitors, which the Company had out-licensed to Presidio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Presidio), which is a private specialty pharmaceutical company on March 20, 2008.

Agennix develops oral, topical, and other forms of cancer treatments. The company's primary candidate, Talactoferrin, is an oral therapy in the late stages of development that is targeted to treat non-small cell lung cancer, a common and slow-growing type of lung cancer. Its other clinical development-stage candidates include therapies to treat tumors and prostate cancer, as well as non-cancerous conditions such as sepsis and diabetic foot ulcers. Agennix, which has offices in Munich, Germany; Princeton, New Jersey; and Houston, Texas, was formed in 2009 from the merger of Germany-based GPC Biotech AG and US-based Agennix Inc.

China Sky One Medical, Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacture, marketing and sale of over-the-counter, branded nutritional supplements and over-the-counter plant and herb based pharmaceutical and medicinal products. Its principal products are external use Traditional Chinese Herbal Remedies/Medicines (TCM). The Company is also an integrated manufacturer, marketer and distributor of external use Chinese medicine products sold primarily in China and through Chinese domestic pharmaceutical chains. The Company sells both its own manufactured products, as well as medicinal and pharmaceutical products manufactured by others in China. All of its business is conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary, American California Pharmaceutical Group, Inc. (ACPG) which, in turn, wholly owns Harbin Tian Di Ren Medical Science and Technology Company (TDR). On April 3, 2008, TDR completed its acquisition of Heilongjiang Tianlong Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Cypress Bioscience, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is based in San Diego, California. Cypress Bioscience, Inc. provides therapeutics and personalized medicine services. The company focuses on addressing the needs of physicians and their patients by identifying unmet medical needs in the areas of pain, rheumatology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation, including challenging disorders, such as fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. It offers Savella, a dual-reuptake inhibitor that preferentially blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine for the management of fibromyalgia. The company provides personalized medicine services, which include tests that are validated analytically and clinically to provide physicians with actionable information to help manage their patients care, including predicting the likelihood of developing disease or optimizing therapy. Its personalized medicine services include Avise PG, a test that supports dose optimization and therapeutic decision making for patients taking methotrexate, a therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA); and Avise MCV, a test that aids in the diagnosis and prognosis of RA. The company has a license agreement with Pierre Fabre Medicament to develop and sell products with the compound milnacipran as an active ingredient for various indications in the United States and Canada; a collaboration agreement with Forest Laboratories, Inc. for the development and marketing of milnacipran; and a reformulation and new product agreement with Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.

AstraZeneca France does its bit to help its parent, global pharmaceutical powerhouse AstraZeneca, fight diseases from A to Z. In addition to its headquarters at Reuil Malmaison, the company operates an R&D facility for cancer treatments and packaging in Reims. The plant, which produces cancer as well as cardiovascular drugs, sends about a third of its product to Italy, the rest to North Africa and Portugal. The company's Dunkirk production plant makes Pulmicort, Symbicort, Mopral, and INexium in its chemical unit, while the pharmaceutical unit makes Bricanyl and Turbuhaler. Dunkirk ships its finished products to the US. In all AstraZeneca France, which was formed in 1975, makes and ships about 40 drugs.

CEO Marc Coucke co-founded Omega Pharma NV company in 1987. Omega Pharma's first product was generic shampoo, which it sold to pharmacies. Omega Pharma NV is a Belgium-based provider of healthcare products and services for the pharmacies and other medical sectors. The Company specializes in the development, marketing and sales of health and personal care products, which can be obtained by the end-consumer without medical prescription (over the counter or OTC products). Omega Pharma NV consists of five business units, and is engaged in the provision of consumer-oriented medicines and healthcare products. It is composed of Omega Pharma Belgium, Omega Pharma France, Omega Pharma Northern Europe, Omega Pharma Southern Europe and Omega Pharma Rest of the World. As of December 31, 2008, the Company operated in over 30 countries, including most of the European countries, as well as Australia, New Zealand and Argentina.

BioGenex Laboratories, Inc. company was founded in 1981 and is based in San Ramon, California. BioGenex Laboratories Inc provides automated systems that streamline operations in molecular and cellular pathology laboratories. It offers Xmatrx Dx, an automated staining system that includes detection kits, primary antibodies, probes, reagents, and consumables for immunohistochemistry (IHC), in situ hybridization (ISH) and special stains (SS); i6000 that is an automated staining system designed for clinical diagnostics and research laboratories; EZ-Retriever System v.2, a microwave-based time and temperature controlled system designed to unmask the antigens on the formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections; i500 Integrated Labeling System, a portable barcode solution, which creates barcode and text labeling for histology and cytology slides; and Xmatrx Rx, a biomarker assay development and analysis system that offers possibilities for translational and clinical research. The company also provides antibodies, antigen retrieval, ancillary reagents, detection systems, special stains, and tissue controls. In addition, it provides DNA/RNA synthesis labeling reagents, phosphoramidite, and branching phosphoramidites. The company serves reference laboratories, hospital laboratories, cancer treatment centers, university medical centers, group practices, and drug discovery laboratories in pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, as well as oligonucleotide houses and academic institutions. BioGenex Laboratories Inc markets its products through distributors in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and South America.

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