Merck & Co., Inc. company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. Merck & Co., Inc. provides products for human and animal health primarily in the United States. The company's Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products, such as therapeutic and preventive agents. Its products comprise Singulair, a leukotriene receptor antagonist for the treatment of asthma and allergic rhinitis; Cozaar, Hyzaar, Vasotec, and Vaseretic, the hypertension and/or heart failure products; Fosamax and Fosamax Plus D for treating osteoporosis; Januvia and Janumet for type 2 diabetes; Cosopt and Trusopt, the ophthalmological products; Zocor, an atherosclerosis product; Maxalt for acute migraine; Propecia to treat male pattern hair loss; Arcoxia to treat arthritis and pain; Proscar to treat symptomatic benign prostate enlargement; and Emend for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced and post-operative nausea and vomiting.Merck & Co.'s Vaccines segment comprises human health vaccines, such as preventative pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. Its products include Gardasil to prevent cervical cancer, pre-cancerous and low-grade lesions, vulvar and vaginal pre-cancers, and genital warts; Varivax to prevent chickenpox; ProQuad, a pediatric combination vaccine against measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella; M-M-R II, a vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella; RotaTeq to protect against rotavirus gastroenteritis in children; Zostavax for preventing shingles; Primaxin and Cancidas, anti-bacterial/anti-fungal products; Isentress, Crixivan, and Stocrin, antiretroviral therapies for the treatment of HIV infection; and Invanz for the treatment of infection. Merck & Co. has research, collaboration, or licensing agreements with Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.; ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; GTX, Inc.; Idera Pharmaceuticals; Japan Tobacco Inc.; Galapagos NV; AstraZeneca plc; Metabasis Therapeutics Inc.; Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; and Nuevolution A/S.

Nature's Cure, Inc. company's products pair homeopathic tablets with topical treatments to heal acne and yeast infections. The over-the-counter medicines are manufactured with all-natural ingredients. The acne system is a two-part treatment; the first is a topical medication to combat existing blemishes, and the second is an oral tablet intended to prevent further acne. Its feminine care line offers a variety of yeast infection treatments (topical, oral, 1-day and 3-day) as well as a Vitality line for feminine comfort. The privately-held company was founded by formerProcter & Gamble employee Amy Baker. Its products are sold in retailers like Rite-Aid, nationwide.

NicOx S.A. company researches nitric oxide-donating drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic ailments, inflammation, and pain. NicOx is researching the combination of nitric oxide with various compounds to treat a variety of diseases, including osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis (vascular inflammation), hypertension, ophthalmic conditions, and respiratory diseases. Its drug development efforts are partially conducted through co-development and licensing agreements with larger drug companies.

Abaxis was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Union City, California. Abaxis, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, and sells portable blood analysis systems for use in the human or veterinary patient-care setting to provide clinicians with rapid blood constituent measurements in the medical and veterinarian markets worldwide. Its products include Point-Of-Care Blood Chemistry Analyzer, which performs a panel of 14 tests on human patients and 13 tests on veterinary patients marketed under the Piccolo xpress and Piccolo Classic names in the human medical market and under the VetScan VS2 and VetScan Classic names in the veterinary market. The company's products also include Reagent Discs that handle various technical steps of blood chemistry testing automatically; and VetScan HM5, VetScan HM2, VetScan HMII, and VetScan HMT hematology instruments, which offer blood count analysis for veterinary applications. In addition, its products comprise VetScan VSpro that assists in the diagnosis and evaluation of suspected bleeding disorders, toxicity/poisoning, evaluation of disseminated intravascular disease, hepatic disease and monitoring therapy, and progression of disease states; and VetScan Canine Heartworm Rapid Test, a test for the detection of dirofilaria immitis in canine whole blood, serum, or plasma. Further, Abaxis's products consist of Orbos Discrete Lyophilization Process, which allows the production of active chemical ingredient in the form of a soluble bead, as well as involves in flash-freezing a drop of liquid reagent to form a solid bead and then freeze-drying the bead to remove water. The company markets and sells its products through a direct sales force in the United States and through independent distributors.

Network Biosystems develops high throughput DNA sequencing systems with applications in the personalized medicine, forensics, drug discovery, and security arenas. The company blends nanotechnology and mircrofluidics to achieve its DNA analysis. Its sequencing systems were conceived at MIT's Whitehead Institute. The company is in the developmental stage and is pursuing a variety of commercial applications including manufacturing a rugged portable STR analysis and identification in the forensics field and on site screening of large numbers for use by homeland security.

Omnicare Clinical Research is a contract research organization (CRO) offering drug development services, from Phase I to Phase IV clinical trials, to drug and medical device companies worldwide. A unit of nursing home pharmacy operator Omnicare, the CRO has special expertise in the area of geriatrics research and takes advantage of its parent's access to geriatric patient populations and investigators. However, the unit also provides support in numerous other therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular, dermatology, metabolism, and infectious disease. Services include patient and investigator recruitment, drug packaging and distribution, clinical trials management, and medical writing.

Beijing Tongrentang Co., Ltd. company makes and sells a variety of traditional Chinese herbal medicines under the Tongrentang brand. Products include treatments for a number of maladies including colds and fevers, and preparations designed to improve circulation and kidney function. Tongrentang also exports its herbal remedies and has expanded beyond Chinese borders through a number of joint ventures and subsidiaries, establishing retail drug stores and clinics specializing in traditional Chinese medicine. The company's origins date back more than 300 years as a family business offering its remedies in Beijing during the Qing Dynasty.

lmmuCell Corporation company was founded in 1982 and is based in Portland, Maine. ImmuCell Corporation, an animal health biotechnology company, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of products that improve animal health and productivity in the United States and internationally. It offers First Defense, an orally delivered scours preventive product that is manufactured from cows colostrums using proprietary vaccine and milk protein purification technologies. The company also provides products that aid in the management of inflammation of the mammary gland caused by bacterial infections, including Wipe Out Dairy Wipes, which consist of pre-moistened, biodegradable towelettes that are impregnated with Nisin to prepare the teat area of a cow in advance of milking; MASTiK, a mastitis antibiotic susceptibility test kit; and California Mastitis Test (CMT), which is performed at cow-side for early detection of mastitis. CMT can be used for bulk tank and individual cow sample monitoring, and for determining the quarter of the udder that is mastitic. In addition, it offers Rapid Johne's Test, which identifies cattle with symptomatic Johne's disease in a herd. Additionally, ImmuCell Corporation focuses on developing Mast Out, an intramammary infusion product containing Nisin for use in the treatment of mastitis in lactating dairy cows. It sells and markets its products primarily to veterinarians and producers in the dairy and beef industries.

TargeGen is developing small molecule therapeutics to treat cancer and cardiovascular disease. The development-stage firm's lead drug candidate, TG 100-115, could prevent complications after heart attacks. Other therapies in TargeGen's pipeline include a potential treatment for colorectal cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and macular degeneration, an eye condition that often leads to blindness. The biotech company had been eying an IPO but opted in mid-2005 to stay private and took on an additional round of venture capital financing to fund trials of TG 100-115.

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.

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