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.

Cerep offers tools and knowledge to help those companies discover and develop new drugs without having to start from scratch. It also developed a library of compounds that includes promising substances and drug candidates developed with Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis. Customers use Cerep's expertise in compound profiling, computational chemistry, in vitro and in vivo pharmacology, and pharmacoinformatics to cut to the chase and develop successful drug candidates.

VioQuest Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of clinical stage drug therapies targeting both the molecular basis of cancer and side effects of cancer treatment. The Company’s lead compound under development is Xyfid (1% topical uracil) for the treatment and prevention of Hand-Foot Syndrome (HFS). In parallel, Xyfid is also being developed to treat dry skin conditions and manage the burning and itching associated with various diseases of the skin or dermatoses. In addition, VioQuest Pharmaceuticals is developing VQD-002 (triciribine phosphate monohydrate or TCN-P), a small molecule anticancer compound that inhibits activation of protein kinase B (PKB or AKT), a key component of a signaling pathway known to promote cancer cell growth and survival, as well as resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. On July 16, 2007, the Company completed the sale of Chiral Quest, Inc. to Chiral Quest Acquisition Corp.

The Medicines Company was founded in 1996 and is based in Parsippany, New Jersey. The Medicines Company, a pharmaceutical company, provides medicines for the treatment of critical care patients worldwide. It markets Angiomax, an intravenous direct thrombin inhibitor for use as an anticoagulant in combination with aspirin in patients with unstable angina undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; and Cleviprex, a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker, for the control of high blood pressure. The company's development products include cangrelor, an injectable antiplatelet agent that prevents platelet activation and aggregation in the clotting process; Oritavancin, a semi-synthetic lipoglycopeptide antibiotic for the treatment of gram-positive infections; and CU-2010 for the prevention of blood loss during surgery. Its customers include hospital management, physicians, hospital pharmacists, nurses, and other care staff. The Medicines Company sells its products through sales representatives and managers. The company has commercial supply agreement with Lonza Braine S.A. for the development and supply of the Angiomax bulk drug substance.

Owners (and spouses) Tei Fu Chen and Oi-Lin Chen started Sunrider International in 1982. Sunrider Corporation has blended bits of traditional Chinese herbal medicine with modern multilevel marketing. The company sells health, beauty, food, and household products enhanced with herbs and herbal extracts. Its brands include Kandesn, Vitalite, SunBright, and SunSmile. Sunrider has manufacturing operations in China, Singapore, Taiwan, and the US. Its products are sold in more than 40 countries through multilevel marketing via distributors and directly to customers. In China, its products are sold in thousands of franchised stores to avoid regulations on direct-selling. It plans to copy that model in Japan.

BioVest offers cell culture products, instruments, and related contract services to research institutions, biotech firms, and pharmaceutical companies. The company is also developing a therapeutic cancer vaccine for follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is customized for individual patient use. The candidate, dubbed BiovaxID, is undergoing late-stage clinical trials. Its AutovaxID product is a cell culture instrument designed to ease use of BiovaxID. BioVest is 76% owned by Accentia Biopharmaceuticals. Both BioVest and Accentia filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2008 and are restructuring their operations.

Bayer HealthCare Animal Health Division has Fido and Bessie's wellness in mind. The company is part of the health care division of global chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer. The Animal Health Division manufactures anti-infectives, insecticides, parasiticides, sedatives, nutritional supplements, vaccines, and other pharmaceuticals for companion (dogs, cats, horses) and farm (cattle, pigs, poultry, bees) animals. Major products include flea and heartworm treatment Advantage and anti-infective Baytril. The division operates more than 50 branch locations worldwide and sells its products in some 120 countries.

Grifols, Inc. company provides products and services through three primary divisions: bioscience, diagnostic, and hospital. The bioscience division processes plasma from the company's collection centers into therapeutic derivative products such as coagulation factors and liver dialysis products. Its diagnostic division makes reagents and testing devices and instruments for laboratories, including blood bags, separators, incubators, and refrigerators. Grifols provides equipment, software, nutritional products, and IV preparations for hospitals and pharmacies through its hospital division. The company operates nationwide and is a subsidiary of Spain-based Grifols, S.A.

Minrad International, Inc. company, through its Minrad Inc. subsidiary, develops real-time image guidance products used in anesthesiology, orthopedics, neurosurgery, and interventional radiology. The company's technologies, including its SabreSource system, improve accuracy in surgical procedures and reduce radiation exposure. Minrad also makes handheld surgical instruments and generic inhalation anesthetics used in human and veterinary surgeries. In addition, the company is developing other anesthetic drugs that relieve patients' pain during surgery without the loss of consciousness. Minrad belongs to Indian pharma firm Piramal Healthcare.

Oxford Gene Technology Ltd. owned company was founded in 1995 by Professor Sir Edwin Southern. Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) provides microarray products and services that enable clinical research and molecular diagnostics in academic, hospital, and government research laboratories. One of its key business areas, licensing, gives companies access to its intellectual property that covers microarrays, genomics, and electrochemistry. OGT's research focuses on developing novel microarray technologies for new applications such as drug discovery and disease diagnosis.

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