Vaxon Biotech is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of cancers and related malignancies. Disease targets include breast, lung, pancreatic, and prostate cancer. The company's claim to fame is its development of optimized cryptic peptide antigens (substances that trigger protein responses in the immune system), which have shown early progress in the immune response against these cancers. The company's development products are classified as therapeutic vaccines and are developed to trigger the immune system to attack malignant cells in solid tumors while steering clear from normal cells.

Herbalife Ltd. (Herbalife) is a global network marketing company that sells weight management, nutritional supplement, energy, sports and fitness products, and personal care products. Herbalife sells its products in 70 countries through a network of over 1.9 million independent distributors. The Company offers science-based products in four principal categories: weight management, targeted nutrition, energy, sports and fitness, and Outer Nutrition. In October 2008, Herbalife announced that it has begun doing business in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. These countries become part of the Company's Mexico and Central America region. Five products from Herbalife's nutrition line will be available in each market, including the Company's flagship Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix, in four flavors; Performance Protein Powder; Herbal Aloe Drink Concentrate; NRG Tea, and Thermojetics Tea.

Mikart offers contract pharmaceutical manufacturing services, specializing in oral capsule and tablet formulations. Tablets and capsules can be immediate or time-release; the company also makes liquid formulations and provides specialty packaging, including laminated foil, blister, and pouches. Its facilities have the capacity to produce everything from small pilot-scale batches all the way up to full-scale commercial production. Other services include drug development, feasibility studies, and product testing. Mikart will also walk customers through all the required regulatory processes.

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.

Anadys Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing medicines in the areas of hepatitis C and oncology. It develops ANA598, a small-molecule non-nucleoside inhibitor of the NS5B polymerase for the treatment of hepatitis C; and ANA773, an oral toll-like receptor 7 agonist prodrug for the treatment of hepatitis C and cancer. The company was formerly known as Scriptgen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in May 2000.

Medivation, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is based in San Francisco, California. Medivation, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of small molecule drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and castration-resistant prostate cancer. Its product pipeline includes Dimebon, which is in pivotal Phase 3 trial in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease, and is in Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with mild-to-moderate Huntington's disease; and MDV3100, a Phase 1-2 clinical trial product in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer. The company has a collaboration agreement with Pfizer Inc to develop and commercialize Dimebon for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases, as well as an agreement to develop and commercialize MDV3100, an investigational drug for the treatment of prostate cancer.

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation operates as a specialty pharmaceutical company in the United States and Canada. It develops and markets products for the treatment of dermatological, aesthetic, and podiatric conditions. The company's products address various conditions or aesthetic improvements, including facial wrinkles, acne, fungal infections, rosacea, hyperpigmentation, photoaging, psoriasis, skin and skin-structure infections, seborrheic dermatitis, and cosmesis. Its products include DYNACIN for the treatment of acne and acne-related dermatological conditions; PLEXION, a cleanser product; SOLODYN for the treatment of inflammatory lesions; TRIAZ, a benzoyl peroxide pad for the topical treatment of acne vulgaris; and ZIANA, a gel used on the skin for treatment of acne in patients 12 and older.Medicis Pharmaceutical also offers LOPROX, a shampoo; PERLANE and RESTYLANE for the correction of moderate to severe facial folds and wrinkles, such as nasolabial folds; and VANOS, a corticosteroid indicated for the relief of the inflammatory and pruritic manifestations of corticosteroid responsive dermatoses. In addition, Medicis Pharmaceutical provides non-dermatological products, including AMMONUL for treating hepatic encephalopathies; and BUPHENYL for the treatment of urea cycle disorder. The company sells its products primarily to wholesale pharmaceutical distributors and retail pharmacy chains. It has a joint development agreement with IMPAX Laboratories, Inc. to develop of five strategic dermatology product opportunities, including an advanced-form SOLODYN product; a strategic alliance with AAIPharma, Inc. for the development, commercialization, and license of a key dermatologic product, SOLODYN; and a strategic collaboration with Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. for the research and development of a compound referred to as GT4P for the treatment of urea cycle disorder and hepatic encephalopathies.

Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Transcept) is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of products that address important therapeutic needs in the field of neuroscience. The lead Transcept product candidate, Intermezzo, is a sublingual low dose formulation of zolpidem that has been developed for use as-needed for the treatment of insomnia when a middle of the night awakening is followed by difficulty returning to sleep. The Company has completed all scheduled clinical trials on behalf of Intermezzo and submitted a New Drug Application (NDA), to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on September 30, 2008, which was accepted for filing on December 15, 2008. On January 30, 2009, Transcept completed a merger with Novacea, Inc. As part of the transaction, Novacea changed its name to Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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.

Pacific Biosciences, Inc. company was founded in 2004 and is based in Menlo Park, California. Pacific Biosciences, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company in North America. The company develops a transformative single-molecule (SMRT) DNA sequencing platform, which enables the observation of natural DNA synthesis by a DNA polymerase as it occurs; simplifies the resequencing of complex genomes; and the characterization of structural variation, including insertions, deletions, and rearrangements. Its products include SMRT chip, which enables the observation of individual fluorophores against a dense background of labeled nucleotides by maintaining a signal-to-noise ratio; and Phospholinked nucleotides that produce a natural DNA strand through DNA synthesis. Its product applications include de novo sequencing and resequencing. Pacific Biosciences, Inc. was formerly known as Nanofluidics, Inc.

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