BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals does biopharmaceutical drug development by the numbers. Using a multi-discipline process of identifying potential cancer drugs, the company has brought two candidates into late-stage development. Lead candidate Tavocept, which has FDA fast-track status, may prevent nerve and kidney damage caused by cancer therapies. BioNumerik's Karenitecin candidate is an advanced formulation of an existing cancer drug and is being evaluated for treatment of solid tumors. The firm relies heavily on computer models and simulations to identify promising drug candidates. In addition to its two lead candidates, it has several other potential drugs in pre-clinical research.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Westbrook, Maine. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. develops, designs, manufactures, and distributes products for veterinary, and food and water testing markets. It operates in three segments: Companion Animal Group (CAG), Water Quality Products (Water), and Production Animal Segment (PAS). The CAG segment provides point-of-care veterinary diagnostic products, such as instruments and consumables, and rapid assays; and information products and services, and digital radiography systems for veterinarians. This segment also offers commercial veterinary reference laboratory and consulting services to veterinarians in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, and South Africa. The Water segment offers a range of products used in the detection of various microbiological analytes in water to government laboratories, water utilities, and private certified laboratories. The PAS segment provides diagnostic tests and related instrumentation that are used to detect diseases, and to monitor health status in production animals. This segment offers its products primarily to government laboratories, cattle, and poultry and swine producers. IDEXX Laboratories also provides products that test milk for antibiotic residues to dairy producers and processors, as well as to government and food-quality managers. In addition, the company sells point-of-care analyzers and related consumables for use in human medical hospitals and clinics to measure electrolytes, blood gases, acid-base balance, glucose, and ionized calcium, as well as to calculate other parameters, such as base excess and anion gap. It markets and sells its products directly, as well as through independent distributors and other resellers in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region.

Atrium Innovations (formerly Atrium Biotechnologies) believes you are what you eat. Or rather, you are what you take! The company manufactures and markets more than 1,300 vitamins, minerals, and nutritional supplements geared toward alternative health consumers. Its Pure Encapsulations line of vitamin and herbal extract capsules are a premium brand of natural hypoallergenic products. The company sells products to health care professionals in more than 35 countries, primarily in North America and Europe, through its direct sales and marketing network.

Emergent BioSolutions Inc. company was founded in 1998 and is based in Rockville, Maryland. mergent BioSolutions Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development, manufacture, and commercialization of vaccines and immune-related therapeutics in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. The company offers BioThrax, a vaccine for preventing anthrax infection. Its advanced stage product candidates, which are in Phase II through Phase IV clinical development, include Recombinant protective antigen vaccine that comprises a purified recombinant protein with an alum adjuvant; Anthrax Immune Globulin therapeutic for the treatment of symptomatic anthrax infection; tuberculosis vaccine to prevent tuberculosis; Typhella which is a single-dose, drinkable vaccine for typhoid; Hepatitis B therapeutic vaccine for treating chronic carriers of hepatitis B infection. The company's earlier stage development product candidates comprise advanced BioThrax vaccine; Anthrax monoclonal antibody therapeutic, a human monoclonal antibody therapeutic for patients who present symptoms of anthrax disease; Recombinant botulinum vaccine to protect against illness caused by botulinum toxin; and Chlamydia vaccine for administration to adolescents to prevent disease caused by clinically relevant strains of Chlamydia trachomatis. Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has collaborations with Sanofi Pasteur and United Kingdom Health Protection Agency.

Laboratoires Arkopharma's products offer a glimpse of modern worries: ampoules of fat reducers, tablets to help quit smoking, creams to tackle cellulite, and capsules to alleviate anxiety and stress. Arkopharma produces plant-derived OTC drugs and nutritional supplements. The company also manufactures homeopathic remedies and cosmetics. Arkopharma markets its products under a variety of brands, including Arkocaps, Arkofluide, 4.3.2.1. Slim, Phyto Soya, and Plante System. Subsidiaries of the company can be found in Australia, Europe, and the UK. The founding Rombi family controls the company through its holding company Imarko.

Rowett Research Services (RRS) will supply the technology, thanks to its research parent, the Rowett Institute. It will even throw in marketing services and project management. All RRS needs are companies interested in commercializing new ideas and products. Its primary focuses are nutrition issues and outpatient health care studies, such as antimicrobial agents and antioxidants. Founded in 1988, RRS works with public and private partners in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food, and agricultural industries to bring the research underway at the Rowett Institute to the marketplace.

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. company was founded in 2003 and is based in New York, New York. ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of proprietary small molecule drug candidates that are related to cancer therapeutics. Its primary product includes Palifosfamide (Zymafos or ZIO-201), which is in phase II randomized controlled trial for the treatment of metastatic or unresectable soft tissue sarcoma as front- or second-line therapy. The company’s products in Phase I and/or II studies include Darinaparsin (Zinapar or ZIO-101), a novel anti-mitochondrial agent for the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia and for various other cancers; and Indibulin (Zybulin or ZIO-301), a novel small molecular-weight tubulin polymerization inhibitor. It has collaboration agreement with Harmon Hill, LLC to provide consulting and other services related to the company's development and commercialization of oncology therapeutics.

Fornix was established in 1999 after a reverse takeover of Dr. Fisher Farma B.V. by Artu Biologicals. Fornix BioSciences has joined the draft in the war against allergies. The Dutch company develops diagnostic and immunotherapeutic allergen products and medical aids. Its allergy division develops and markets sublingual (under the tongue) allergen aids to human and animal patients, particularly dogs, throughout Europe. The company's trading division, Dr. Fisher Farma, imports and distributes a variety of patented drugs, while its Medical Aids division focuses on the sale of medical aids and medical and nursing disposables.

BioMS Medical Corp. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada. BioMS Medical Corp., a development stage biotechnology company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development and commercialization of therapeutic technologies for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Canada. Its lead product under development includes Dirucotide for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, which is being evaluated in two pivotal Phase III clinical trials for secondary progressive MS patients; and MAESTRO-01, a pivotal phase II/III trial in Canada and western Europe. The company also develops Maestro-02, an open-label follow-on study to the Maestro-01 pivotal phase II/III clinical trial of Dirucotide, which targets secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), as well as MAESTRO-03 trial, a pivotal Phase III product to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Dirucotide in patients with SPMS in the United States. BioMS Medical Corp. has a licensing and development agreement with Eli Lilly and Company. The company was formerly known as EPS Capital Corp. and changed its name to BioMS Medical Corp. in July 2001.

AutoImmune Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company developing products to treat autoimmune and other cell-mediated inflammatory conditions. Several of these products are based on a biological mechanism known as oral tolerance, which provides tissue specific immunosuppression without toxicity or significant side effects.

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