Neptune Technologies & Bioressources harvests krill (tiny deepwater crustaceans that resemble shrimp) from the ocean and processes it into value-added bioactive ingredients including polyunsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants. These 'Neptune Krill Oil'-based products are used in cosmetics and nutritional supplements as an alternative to vegetable oils. The company's Neptune Krill Aquatein is a marine protein concentrate also used in nutritional supplements. Neptune Technologies intends to penetrate the biopharmaceutical industry, using its marine oil extracts as a medicinal base.

Alimera Sciences' tunnel vision is a real asset. The biopharmaceutical company specializes in prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, particularly those aimed at treating ocular diseases affecting the retina. Alimera's most advanced product candidate, Iluvien, is an insert about the size of a grain of rice that slowly releases a drug to the back of the eye used in the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME); DME, a retinal disease affecting diabetics, can lead to severe vision loss and blindness. Iluvien is effective for up to 36 months and may also have the potential to affect other ophthalmic diseases, such as retinal vein occlusion (RVO). Alimera Sciences is looking to go public through an $80 million IPO.

Mylan Pharmaceuticals isn't a snob when it comes to labels -- the company is the generic research and development, manufacturing, marketing, and distribution division of Mylan. Mylan Pharmaceuticals offers more than 170 generic prescription products developed in-house, as well as nearly 70 products under distribution agreements with other pharmaceutical companies. The company devotes most of its research and development efforts to the development of extended dosages. Its sister company Mylan Technologies develops transdermal and polymer film patches. Its products are sold to pharmaceutical wholesalers, distributors, mail order pharmacies, and drugstore chains.

Cypress Bioscience, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is based in San Diego, California. Cypress Bioscience, Inc. provides therapeutics and personalized medicine services. The company focuses on addressing the needs of physicians and their patients by identifying unmet medical needs in the areas of pain, rheumatology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation, including challenging disorders, such as fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. It offers Savella, a dual-reuptake inhibitor that preferentially blocks the reuptake of norepinephrine for the management of fibromyalgia. The company provides personalized medicine services, which include tests that are validated analytically and clinically to provide physicians with actionable information to help manage their patients care, including predicting the likelihood of developing disease or optimizing therapy. Its personalized medicine services include Avise PG, a test that supports dose optimization and therapeutic decision making for patients taking methotrexate, a therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA); and Avise MCV, a test that aids in the diagnosis and prognosis of RA. The company has a license agreement with Pierre Fabre Medicament to develop and sell products with the compound milnacipran as an active ingredient for various indications in the United States and Canada; a collaboration agreement with Forest Laboratories, Inc. for the development and marketing of milnacipran; and a reformulation and new product agreement with Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.

AspenBio Pharma, Inc. company was founded in 2000 and is based in Castle Rock, Colorado. AspenBio Pharma, Inc. (AspenBio) is a biotechnology company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, and licensing or marketing of products. The Company is primarily focused on advancing towards commercialization its blood-based human diagnostic test, AppyScore to aid in the diagnosis of human appendicitis and several reproduction drugs for use in high value animals. AppyScore is a blood-based test to the aid in diagnosis of appendicitis. AppyScore measures the abundance of MRP 8/14, an inflammation biomarker, which AspenBio has identified to be elevated in acute appendicitis and demonstrates a correlation to the severity of the disease. In December 2008, the Company completed an 800 patient pivotal clinical trial for AppyScore. Products in its pipeline consist of product candidates in various stages of clinical and pre-clinical development.

China DongSheng International manufactures nutritional supplements and air purifiers. Founded in 1991 as PaperClip Imaging Software, the company's original business was document management software development. After a 2006 reverse merger with American Sunrise International (the holding company of China-based Jilin Dongsheng Weiye Science & Technology Development Co.), the company changed its name to China DongSheng International and shifted its focus to natural health supplements and purifiers. Now generating the majority of its revenues from its new lines, China DongSheng plans to spin off its PaperClip operations.

Experimental and Applied Sciences (EAS) makes and distributes dietary supplements and weight-management products worldwide. The firm's shakes, nutrition bars, protein drinks, and nutritional supplements -- branded as AdvantEdge, Catapult, EAS, Muscle Armor, and Myoplex -- fuel dieters, body builders, and other athletes. EAS also sells training and exercise videos as well as best-selling book, Body for Life (written by one-time owner Bill Phillips). EAS is part of Abbott Nutrition, a division of leading health care products maker Abbott Laboratories.

Odyssey Thera researches new treatments for cancer and rheumatoid arthritis using its protein-fragment complementation assays (PCAs) to observe the action of small molecules and proteins. Essentially, it works to improve the speed and predictability of the drugs it studies. It technologies expedite the discovery and uses of drugs as well as track the development of new drug therapies. Odyssey partners with large drug makers such as Roche and Pfizer to profile selected compounds across its panel of assays to identify potential lead drug candidates. In 2005 it partnered with Bristol-Myers Squibb to analyze its compounds.

The health care products subsidiary of Bayer AG, Bayer HealthCare develops and manufactures products for humans and animals. Bayer HealthCare operates through four divisions: Pharmaceuticals (represented by Bayer Schering Pharma and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals); Consumer Care (OTC medications); Animal Health (veterinary drugs); and Medical Care (diagnostic equipment makers including Diabetes Care and MEDRAD). Bayer HealthCare's better-known products include YAZ birth control pills, antibiotic Avelox, erectile dysfunction treatment Levitra, Bayer Aspirin, Alka-Seltzer, One-A-Day vitamins, and the flea preventative Advantage.

Sanofi-Aventis was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Paris, France. Sanofi-Aventis is a pharmaceutical group engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of healthcare products. The Company's business includes two main activities: pharmaceuticals and human vaccines through sanofi pasteur. In its pharmaceutical activity, Sanofi-Aventis specializes in six therapeutic areas: thrombosis, cardiovascular, metabolic disorders, oncology, central nervous system (CNS) and internal medicine. The Company offers vaccines in five areas: pediatric combination vaccines, influenza vaccines, adult and adolescent booster vaccines, meningitis vaccines, and travel and endemic vaccines. On September 1, 2008, Sanofi-Aventis acquired the Australian company, Symbion CP Holdings Pty Ltd (Symbion Consumer). On September 25, 2008, it acquired Acambis plc. In January 2009, the Company sold its French plant of Colomiers to French pharmaceutical company Unither. In April 2009, the Company acquired Mexican generic company, Laboratorios Kendrick.

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