Pharming Group N.V. is a Netherlands-based biotechnology company. The Company has facilities both in the Netherlands and the United States. Pharming develops products for the treatment of diseases with significant medical needs, including genetic disorders, diseases associated with the immune system, ageing diseases, and nutritional products. The Company’s technologies include platforms for the production of protein therapeutics and technology and processes for the purification and formulation of these products, as well as technologies in the field of DNA repair via its subsidiary DNage BV. Pharming products under development are divided into three categories: biopharmaceuticals, biomaterials, and bio-nutritionals. Products in the most advanced stage of development and closest to commercialization are Rhucin and human lactoferrin for use in food products. Pharming has several partnerships and collaborations with, inter alia, AgResearch, US Army, Aslan and Schering-Plough.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. (OPC) is a manufacturer and distributor of pharmaceuticals, clinical testing and medical equipment, and food products. The company operates six business segments specializing in branded prescriptions, over-the-counter drugs, clinical nutritionals, diagnostic substances and devices, nutraceuticals, and skin care products ("cosmedics"). OPC's medicinal products include Mikelan eye drops for glaucoma treatment and Pletaal anti-platelet treatment. The company's line of nutraceutical consumer health products include FIBE-MINI dietary fiber supplement, Calorie Mate foods, and Pocari Sweat sports drink. Otsuka Pharmaceutical is part of the very diverse Otsuka Group.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited is a Japan-based company engaged in the pharmaceutical business. The Company operates in three business segments. The Pharmaceutical segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products, such as therapeutic substances for diabetes, circulatory drugs, digestive system drugs, hormonal agents, osteoporosis drugs, antibiotic agents, allergy medications and vitamin drops. The Health Care segment is engaged in the manufacture and sale of general drugs and medicines, as well as quasi drugs. The Others segment is involved in the manufacture and sale of reagents, clinical diagnostics and chemical products. The Company has 49 subsidiaries and 15 associated companies.

Merial Limited company makes a variety of drugs and vaccines that treat and prevent disease in pets, livestock, and wildlife. Used by veterinarians, farmers, and pet owners in some 150 countries, Merial company's products include Ivomec, an anti-parasitic for livestock; Frontline flea and tick treatments for cats and dogs; heartworm prevention drug Heartgard; and rabies vaccine Raboral. Merial focuses its R&D on combating parasites, viral and bacterial invaders, and pain, as well as treating chronic conditions of household pets. Merial company is owned by Sanofi-Aventis.

Adherex Technologies researches and develops cancer treatments. One of its lead drug candidates targets a tumor's blood supply and makes those blood vessels weak and leaky by disrupting a key protein. Other potential therapies could make cancer cells more vulnerable to anti-cancer drugs or help prevent hearing loss in children undergoing certain types of chemotherapy. Adherex Technologies' pipeline is strongly based on compounds that disrupt cadherins, proteins that adhere like molecules together in cell adhesion. Southpoint Capital Advisors own a controlling stake in the company.

Onyx Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California. Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing therapies targeting the molecular mechanisms causing cancer in the United States and internationally. Its lead product includes Nexavar (sorafenib) tablets, a novel, oral multiple kinase inhibitor that targets proteins involved in tumor cell proliferation and angiogenesis. This product is being developed and marketed in collaboration with Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals. The company is also conducting various ongoing trials on Nexavar for conditions, such as non-small cell lung cancer, melanoma, breast cancer, and other cancers. It also develops ONX 0801, an oncology compound in preclinical development stage, under a development and license agreement with BTG International Limited. In addition, Onyx Pharmaceuticals, through a development collaboration, option, and license agreement with S*BIO Pte Ltd, owns options to license the rights of ONX 0803 and ONX 0805. ONX 0803 is an orally available, potent, and selective inhibitor of JAK2; and ONX 0805 is a JAK2 inhibitor. Further, the company has a research and development collaboration agreement with Warner-Lambert Company to discover and commercialize small molecule drugs that restore the control of, or otherwise intervene in, the misregulated cell cycle in tumor cells.

Peoplesway.Com, Inc., an electronic commerce and Internet services company, maintains an Internet destination called ‘Peoplesway’, located at www.peoplesway.com. The majority of the company’s goods and services are available through an alliance with DRM, Inc. and its member network of approximately 14,000 independent contractors. The Web site offers goods and services for sale, such as personal hygiene products, skin care, hair care, and bath products. In addition, DRM supplies Body Management System nutritional products, including weight loss and anti-aging supplements. DRM manufactures and packages these products through a licensing agreement with a health and beauty product manufacturer.

Roche Diagnostics Corporation company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Roche Diagnostics Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Roche Holding AG. Roche Diagnostics Corporation offers diagnostic tests and systems. The company operates in the diagnostic areas of diabetes care, centralized diagnostics, applied science, molecular diagnostics, and point-of-care diagnostics. Its products include diagnostics tools that test for congestive heart failure, HIV, Hepatitis B and C, fertility, and diabetes diseases. The company supplies its products to researchers, physicians, patients, hospitals, and laboratories. It has facilities in Indiana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Colorado, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and California, as well as locations in Canada.

Bayer HealthCare Animal Health Division has Fido and Bessie's wellness in mind. The company is part of the health care division of global chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer. The Animal Health Division manufactures anti-infectives, insecticides, parasiticides, sedatives, nutritional supplements, vaccines, and other pharmaceuticals for companion (dogs, cats, horses) and farm (cattle, pigs, poultry, bees) animals. Major products include flea and heartworm treatment Advantage and anti-infective Baytril. The division operates more than 50 branch locations worldwide and sells its products in some 120 countries.

BBI Holdings Plc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development and manufacture of noninvasive lateral flow tests, and the distribution of diabetes products in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates in three divisions: Diagnostics, Enzymes, and Healthcare. The Diagnostics division involves in the development, manufacture, supply of reagents. The Enzymes engages in the manufacturer and supply of specialist natural enzymes to the medical diagnostics industry. The Healthcare segment involves in the sale and marketing of GlucoGel, a dextrose gel used by diabetes patients when they experience hypoglycaemia; and development of diabetes care product portfolio. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom. As of February 12, 2008, BBI Holdings plc operates as a subsidiary of Inverness Medical Innovations Inc.

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