Pharmacyclics, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Pharmacyclics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on developing and commercializing small-molecule drugs for the treatment of immune mediated disease and cancer. Pharmacyclics's products in clinical development includes HDAC Inhibitor for advanced solid tumors, recurrent lymphomas, and sarcoma; Factor VIIa Inhibitor for cancer therapy; B Cell Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor for the treatment of B-Cell lymphomas, and autoimmune diseases and mast cell diseases; and MGd for primary brain tumor and childhood brain tumors. Its pre-clinical development products comprise B Cell Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for autoimmune disease and mast cell disease; and HDAC8 Inhibitors for the treatment of autoimmune and cancer.

Purdue Pharma L.P. company specializes in developing, manufacturing, and marketing sustained-release and long-acting treatments for chronic and severe pain. Its opioid drugs for pain relief include controlled-release analgesics OxyContin (a version of oxycodone), Ryzolt (tramadol), and morphine drug MS Contin. The company continues to develop and commercialize new products through alliances with such companies as Transcept and Labopharm. Purdue also sells a number of non-prescription products including topical antiseptic Betadine and the Colace and Senokot lines of laxatives. Purdue Pharma operates in the US.

Warner Chilcott plc company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Rockaway, New Jersey. Warner Chilcott PLC, formerly Warner Chilcott Limited, is a Bermuda-based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the women’s healthcare and dermatology segments of the United States pharmaceutical market. It is an integrated company with internal resources dedicated to the development, manufacturing and promotion of its products. Its operations are carried through its wholly-owned subsidiaries in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Companies franchises are comprised of complementary portfolios of established branded and development-stage products. In October 2009, the Company announced it completed the acquisition of The Procter & Gamble Company’s global branded prescription pharmaceutical business.

Warnex Inc., a life sciences company, provides laboratory services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors in Canada, the United States, and internationally. The company’s Analytical Services division provides quality control services, including chemistry, chromatography, microbiology, method development and validation, and stability studies to pharmaceutical, biotechnology, cosmetics, and veterinary industries. This division offers a range of ICH stability conditions and provides stability management, and revalidates existing methods to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and performs technology transfers. Its Bioanalytical Services division offers a range of services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. It specializes in bioavailability and bioequivalence studies, as well as provides services in the areas of research and development, method development, validation, production, and quality assurance.This division helps companies in their drug development programs by carrying out analyses generated in pre-clinical studies and proceeding with evaluation of the drug in human clinical trials. It also provides services to generic drug industry by analyzing physiological fluid samples obtained from studies in humans. The company’s Medical Laboratories division provides specialized laboratory services to the healthcare sector. It offers Prenatest prenatal screening test, which enables pregnant women to find out their risk of carrying a fetus that may be affected by common birth anomalies. This division also provides PRO-DNATM paternity test; genetic testing for human identification, molecular diagnostics, and pharmacogenetics; and testing services in the areas of endocrinology, hematology, infectious diseases, obstetrics/gynecology, and oncology. The company was formerly known as Warnex Pharma, Inc. and changed its name to Warnex Inc. in June 2001. Warnex Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada.

PureTek Corporation company, founded in 1991 by CEO Barry Pressman, manufactures a variety of bulk and private label pharmaceutical, nutritional, and personal care products for retail chain stores and branded drug companies throughout the US. PureTek's nutritional and pharmaceutical products are offered through its Breath Relief, D-CARE, PharmaPure, and Pharmaflex brands. Its personal care items are supplied through the Dermectin and Body Essence lines. PureTek has the ability to produce pharmaceutical and nutritional delivery systems encompassing tablets, capsules and liquids, as well as large-batch capacity for personal care liquids, lotions, creams, and oils.

The Westaim Corporation was founded in 1996. The Westaim Corporation, a holding company, develops, manufactures and commercializes medical products that fight infection and inflammation. Nucryst Pharmaceuticals Corp. Nucryst develops, manufactures and commercializes innovative medical products that fight infection and inflammation. Wound Care Products: Acticoat Burn Dressings and Acticoat 7 Dressings, targeting the burn and chronic wound markets, were developed and sold by Nucryst. Nucryst's license to Smith & Nephew grants Smith & Nephew the exclusive worldwide right to market, distribute and sell Acticoat products using Nucryst's SILCRYST coatings for use on non-minor dermal wounds or burns in humans, including improvements to those products, and any new products developed with Smith & Nephew using Nucryst's SILCRYST coatings or powders in the Field. There are six product families with SILCRYST coatings manufactured by Nucryst for Smith & Nephew at its Fort Saskatchewan plant: Acticoat Burn, Acticoat 7, Acticoat Absorbent, Acticoat Moisture Control, Acticoat Site, and Acticoat Post-Op. In 2008, Nucryst announced that Health Canada granted marketing approval for a new SILCRYST product, Acticoat Flex Barrier Dressing. Agreements with Smith & Nephew: In 2007, Nucryst signed amended agreements with Smith & Nephew for the manufacture and sale of Acticoat products.

Schiff Nutrition International, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Schiff Nutrition International, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets and distributes branded and private label vitamins, nutritional supplements and nutrition bars in the United States and throughout the world. The Company offers a range of capsules, tablets and nutrition bars. Its portfolio of brands includes Schiff, Move Free, MegaRed and Tiger’s Milk, which is marketed through the mass market, including club and health food store distribution channels. The Company markets a range of specialty supplements, vitamins and minerals under the Schiff brand. The Schiff brand specialty supplements are designed to provide consumers with targeted support for their wellness efforts. Its specialty supplements include joint care products marketed under the Schiff brand, including its Move Free and Glucosamine products. Its Move Free product is one of the joint care products in the mass market channel.

Novartis AG company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis AG, through its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and marketing of healthcare products worldwide. Its Pharmaceuticals division engages in the research, development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of pharmaceuticals in various therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular and metabolism; oncology; neuroscience and ophthalmics; respiratory; and immunology and infectious diseases. Novartis company's Vaccines and Diagnostics division offers preventive vaccines and diagnostic tools. This division provides influenza, meningococcal, pediatric, and traveler vaccines; and blood testing and molecular diagnostics to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Its Sandoz division offers prescription medicines, as well as pharmaceutical and biotechnological active substances. This division provides active ingredients and finished dosage forms of pharmaceuticals; anti-infectives; protein or biotechnology-based products; and cytotoxic products, as well as offers biotech manufacturing services to other companies on a contract basis. Novartis company's Consumer Health division consists of three business units: over-the-counter medicines (OTC), Animal Health, and CIBA Vision. OTC offers readily available consumer medicines. Animal Health provides veterinary products for farm and companion animals. CIBA Vision manufactures contact lenses and lens care products. Novartis AG has a strategic alliance with Intercell AG to develop vaccines; and a strategic partnership with Lonza, a Swiss pharmaceuticals manufacturing company.

The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research blazes new trails in bioscience. The organization, funded by both the public and private sectors, investigates such diseases as Parkinson's and cancer and dives into the depths of biology, genomics, and genetics to gain new understanding about disease and health. The Whitehead Institute contributed to the international effort to map the human genome, and is actively researching stem cells. Other achievements include discovering a system for multiplying adult stem cells and creating the first genetically defined human cancer cell. The institute was founded in 1982 by philanthropist Edwin "Jack" Whitehead and draws researchers from MIT.

ConjuChem Biotechnologies Inc. (ConjuChem) is a Canadian biotechnology company dedicated to the discovery of therapeutics with an initial focus on diabetes. The Company is focused on discovering and developing new drugs based on its technology platforms called Drug Affinity Complex (DAC) and Preformed Conjugate-Drug Affinity Complex (PC-DAC). The Company has developed the DAC Technology, a platform that enables the rapid creation of improved, patentable drugs from existing small organic compounds or peptides. The Company also designs drugs to treat an array of pathologies, such as diabetes, cancer and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ConjuChem has multiple research programs in-house and has one product in clinical trials.

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