Vical Incorporated was founded in 1987 and is based in San Diego, California. Vical Incorporated researches and develops biopharmaceutical products based on its deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) delivery technologies for the prevention and treatment of serious or life-threatening diseases. The Company has three active independent development programs in the areas of infectious disease and cancer. These are a Phase III clinical trial using its Allovectin-7 immunotherapeutic in patients with metastatic melanoma; a Phase II clinical trial using its cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA vaccine in hematopoietic cell transplant patients, and a Phase I clinical trial using its H5N1 pandemic influenza DNA vaccine formulated with its Vaxfectin adjuvant.

Cougar Biotechnology has joined the fight against one beastly predator -- cancer. The development-stage company acquires and develops drug candidates for treating prostate cancer, as well as cancer affecting the blood, bone marrow, and lymph nodes. It has three candidates in early stages of development, and one that has reached the final stages of drug trials. Cougar specializes in moving candidates through development to regulatory approval. As its late-stage compound reached closer to commercial development, Cougar decided the time was right to merge with a larger entity and was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2009.

ReNew Life Formulas, Inc. was founded by President Brenda Watson in 1997. ReNew Life Formulas aims to make a clean sweep of clogged colons and hasten one's pace to the restroom. ReNew Life Formulas company makes and wholesales dietary supplements and therapeutic products for digestive health. Its products CleanseSMART, ParaGONE, CandiGONE, and Liver Detox are a few of the products offered as part of its cleansing and detoxification line. Its digestive support products include fish oils, probiotics, and digestive enzymes. The company also makes products tailored for kids. ReNew Life Formulas sells its products through health food stores and online retailers in the US and Canada.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of clinical-stage drug candidates for central nervous system disorders. Its product portfolio includes Iloperidone (oral), a compound for the treatment of schizophrenia completed Phase III clinical trial; and Tasimelteon, which completed Phase III clinical trials for transient insomnia and chronic primary insomnia. The company's products also comprise Iloperidone (Injectible) for the treatment of schizophrenia and Tasimelteon for the treatment of depression, which are in the Phase II initiation status.

Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. company was founded in 1997 and is based in La Jolla, California. Metabasis Therapeutics, Inc. (Metabasis) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery development of drugs. The Company’s product pipeline includes product candidates and advanced discovery programs for the treatment of metabolic diseases such as diabetes and hyperlipidemia, which it refer to as its core assets, as well as product candidates and advanced discovery programs for the treatment of liver diseases such as hepatitis and primary liver cancer, which it refer to as its non-core assets. All of its product candidates were developed internally using its HepDirect technology. The Company’s pipeline of clinical-stage product candidates also consists of its core asset, MB07803, a product candidate for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, and its non-core assets, pradefovir and MB07133, developed for the treatment of hepatitis B and primary liver cancer, respectively.

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts. Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. provides research models and laboratory animal support expertise to help its global partners advance their research and drug development efforts. The company offers a portfolio of services to support discovery and imaging, preclinical and early-phase clinical studies, and biopharmaceutical and endotoxin products and services for manufacturing and quality control. Its portfolio spans the entire research and drug development process, from IND consultation to discovery through market approval, allowing customized approaches to support both single-study or broad-based programs. Charles River Laboratories International serves pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as government agencies, hospitals, and academic institutions.

Diversa Limited company has developed biosensor technology, drawing on work from the fields of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and electronics. Its primary technology is the Ion Channel Switch, a biosensing device. The Ion Channel Switch, or ICS, technology was developed using a membrane that acts as a switch, triggering an electrical current in the presence of particular molecules. Diversa plans to use the technology in point-of-care diagnostic products. The ICS was developed from research done by the Australian Membrane and Biotechnology Research Institute (AMBRI), the University of Sydney, and others.

The Italian subsidiary of Swiss drug maker Roche manufactures all of the company's most successful medications -- hepatitis B and C drug Pegasys, cancer drugs Herceptin and Avastin, and MabThera, for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Roche S.p.A.'s business is roughly 40% oncology and hematology, 30% specialty care (Pegasys, Neorecormon, Copegus), and 30% primary care (analgesics, antibiotics). Its 700,000-square-foot production facility in Segrate, a town near Milan in northern Italy, produces almost 1,400 tons of medication every year, about 60% of which is exported across Europe.

Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in Amityville, New York. Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. (Hi-Tech) is a specialty manufacturer and marketer of prescription, over-the-counter (OTC) and nutritional products. The Company develops, manufactures and markets products in three categories: generics, prescription brands and OTC brands. It produce a range of products for various disease states, including asthma, bronchial disorders, dermatological disorders, allergies, pain, stomach, oral care, neurological disorders, glaucoma and other conditions. The Company’s generic products are primarily prescription items and include oral solutions and suspensions, topical creams and ointments, as well as nasal sprays. It also specializes in the manufacture of products in its sterile facility capable of producing liquid ophthalmic, otic and inhalation products. On February 27, 2009, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets of E. Claiborne Robins Company, Inc. doing business as, ECR Pharmaceuticals (ECR Pharmaceuticals or ECR).

Tengion, Inc., a regenerative medicine company, focuses on discovering, developing, manufacturing, and commercializing a range of replacement organs and tissues, or neo-organs and neo-tissues to address unmet medical needs in urologic, renal, gastrointestinal and vascular diseases. It creates these functional neo-organs and neo-tissues using a patient’s own cells, or autologous cells, in conjunction with the company’s Organ Regeneration Platform. The company’s lead product candidate, the Neo-Urinary Conduit, is an autologous implant that catalyzes regeneration of native-like bladder tissue for bladder cancer patients requiring a urinary diversion following bladder removal, or cystectomy. Its product pipeline also includes various candidates in early stage development, such as Neo-Kidney Augment for patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, or CKD. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in East Norriton, Pennsylvania.

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