Taro Pharmaceutical Industries manufactures drugs for cardiac, dermatological, neurological, and pediatric illnesses. It makes generic prescription and over-the-counter drugs at facilities in Canada, Ireland, Israel, the UK, and the US. It specializes in generics, but also produces private label and branded drugs. Its facilities are capable of producing topical, oral, and injectable formulations. The company also produces active pharmaceutical ingredients for use by its own facilities and sold to other drug makers. Taro Pharmaceutical routinely reinvests more than 10% of its sales into research into the development of new products. Its customers include large drugstore and grocery chains and discount retailers.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics based on ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi). RNAi is a naturally occurring biological pathway within cells for selectively silencing and regulating the expression of specific genes. Its lead RNAi therapeutic program, ALN-RSV01, is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), infection. In February 2008, it reported positive results from its Phase II experimental RSV infection clinical trial, referred to as the GEMINI study. In April 2008, it initiated a second Phase II human clinical trial, which is, as of December 31, 2008, ongoing, to assess the safety and tolerability of aerosolized ALN-RSV01 versus placebo in adult lung transplant patients naturally infected with RSV. As of December 31, 2008, it formed collaborations with Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd., for the development and commercialization of products for RSV.

Vion Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1992 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut. On December 17, 2009, Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage pharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. It has two agents in clinical trials, Onrigin and Triapine. Onrigin, a novel alkylating agent that damages DNA to prevent cancer cells from reproducing, is in various clinical trials for the treatment of various indications, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML), relapsed AML, de novo poor-risk, small cell lung cancer, brain tumors, myelodysplastic syndromes, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, hematologic malignancies, and solid tumors. Triapine is a small molecule in various clinical trials to prevent the replication of tumor cells by blocking a critical step in DNA synthesis. Vion company's other products and product candidates include MELASYN, a water-soluble, synthetic version of melanin for formulation of skin care products and cosmetics; and Nucleoside Analogs, known as elvucitabine, which is in Phase II clinical trials as an antiviral drug for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus.

Ortho-McNeil, a subsidiary of gigantic healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, makes a variety of women's health and contraceptive products. A division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, its women's health line is dominated by oral contraceptives, including Ortho-cyclen, Ortho-novum, and Modicon; other products include Ditropan for overactive bladder treatment and yeast infection drug Terazol. Sister company Ortho-McNeil Neurologics was created to hold Ortho-McNeil's central nervous system drugs, including epilepsy treatment Topamax, pain management drug Ultracet, Alzheimer's treatments, and migraine remedies, allowing the company to focus strictly on women's health.

Paddock Laboratories, Inc. company was founded in 1977 by Chairman Bruce Paddock. Paddock Laboratories, Inc. company develops and manufactures bioequivalent generic pharmaceuticals and OTC specialty products. Paddock's product line includes suppositories, diabetes treatments, topical powders, enemas, injectables, and dermatological offerings, as well as compounding bases and charcoal products. Its manufacturing facilities are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In addition to the US market, some of Paddock's products are sold in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region through distributors.

IntelliPharmaCeutics International (IPC) is getting smarter about drug delivery by the second. The pharmaceutical company uses its controlled release drug delivery technology to develop new and generic drug products for enhanced treatment of pain, cardiovascular, and neurological issues. Its products are based on its patented HYPERMATRIX platform, which controls a drug's release time within the gastrointestinal tract. With a diverse pipeline, IPC develops its own proprietary products, as well as ones for third parties, including international clients; it also offers contract manufacturing. In 2009 the formerly private company merged with Vasogen to create the publicly traded IntelliPharmaCeutics International.

Promega helps researchers plumb the depths of the life sciences. The company sells more than 2,000 products that allow scientists to conduct various experiments in gene, protein, and cellular research. Its reagents and other goods fall into more than two dozen categories, including DNA and RNA purification, genotype analysis, protein expression and analysis, and DNA sequencing. Promega has branches in about a dozen countries around the world. The firm sells its products directly and through more than 50 distributors. Customers include academic, pharmaceutical, and clinical labs, as well as government agencies and energy and chemical companies.

DRAXIS Specialty Pharmaceuticals (formerly DRAXIS Health) lights up your insides with its own radiopharmaceuticals, but its main business is making other drug companies' injectable drugs, lotions and pills. The company's larger DRAXIS Pharma unit is a contract manufacturer specializing in liquid and freeze-dried injectable drugs, though it also makes sterile and non-sterile ointments, creams, and other formulations. Another unit, DRAXIMAGE, develops and makes radiopharmaceuticals, such as radioactive iodine, for use in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine procedures. DRAXIMAGE sells its products mostly in the US and Canada. In 2008 India-based Jubilant Organosys acquired DRAXIS for about $255 million.

The German drug company -- seller of popular over-the-counter remedies Zantac and Dulcolax, as well as prescription Flomax for enlarged prostate -- makes a host of prescription and OTC products, not to mention fine chemicals and pet medications. Its prescription drugs include treatments for respiratory ailments, hypertension, HIV, and depression. Boehringer also offers cold, gastrointestinal, and pain remedies, as well as vaccines, drugs, and nutritionals for farm animals and pets. The company operates worldwide. The founding Boehringer family controls the company through parent company C.H. Boehringer Sohn.

Champions Biotechnology, Inc. company was founded in 1985 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland. Champions Biotechnology, Inc., a biotechnology company, engages in the development of advanced preclinical platforms and predictive tumor specific data to enhance the value of oncology drugs in the United States. Its preclinical platform is an approach based upon the implantation of primary human tumors in immune deficient mice followed by propagation of the resulting xenografts (Biomerk Tumorgrafts) in a manner that preserves the biological characteristics of the original human tumor. The company leverages its preclinical platform to evaluate and develop a portfolio of oncology drug candidates through preclinical trials; and plans to sell, partner or license such drug candidates to pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology companies.Champions Biotechnology provides Personalized Oncology Services to physicians in the field of oncology by establishing and administering expert medical information panels for their patients to analyze medical records and test results; to assist in understanding conventional and experimental options; and to identify and arrange for testing, analysis, and study of the patients cancer tissues. In addition, the company offers personalized Tumorgraft development and drug studies to physicians for evaluating the effects of cancer therapies on their patient's. It offers its platform and tumor specific data to other biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. The company was formerly known as Champions Sports, Inc. and changed its name to Champions Biotechnology, Inc. in January 2007 as a result of change in its business focus towards biotechnology.

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