Nevada City Hospital (dba Nevada Regional Medical Center) provides health care services for the residents in western Missouri. The facility offers services such as behavioral health, cardiology, emergency medicine, obstetrics, and occupational therapy. In addition to the more than 50-bed hospital, the medical center also operates a nearly 40-bed Alzheimer's unit, a more than 110-bed nursing home, a home health and hospice facility, and various rural health clinics.

diaDexus is a diagnostics company, located in South San Francisco, California, focusing on the development and commercialization of patent-protected in vitro diagnostic products addressing unmet needs in cardiovascular disease. diaDexus was formed in 1997 as a joint venture between SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline) and Incyte; upon formation, GSK granted diaDexus an exclusive license to certain diagnostic intellectual property, including the PLAC Test for Lp-PLA2. The PLAC Test is the only blood test cleared by the FDA to assess risk for coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke associated with atherosclerosis.

The drug development industry has come along way in the last two decades. In the 1980s and early 1990s, when the focus was on cost-savings and capacity management, contract research organizations (CROs) were used primarily as spillover capacity. The work was done and often done well, but our relationship with our pharmaceutical clients was tactical, and CRO growth rates and profitability were volatile. From roughly 2000 to 2005, biotechnology and specialty pharmaceutical companies began to use CROs more strategically, which stabilized demand and improved the performance and return on investment of CROs.

TW Medical Veterinary Supply is keeping dogs and cats and other companion animals in tip-top medical condition.TW Medical Veterinary Supply company distributes veterinary equipment and pharmaceuticals, as well as surgical items, to more than 1,600 customers in the US. Products include centrifuges, autoclaves, kennels and cages, radiology equipment, and scales. TW also offers its expertise to start-up clinics with consulting services on construction, finance, and equipment selection. Customers include veterinarians, research centers, and zoos. Founded in 1994, the company was acquired by animal products distributor Lextron in 2008.

Established in 1938 and named after the philanthropic leader of the Waterman Fountain Pen Company, Florida Hospital Waterman has been part of the Adventist Health System since 1992. Florida Hospital Waterman is a 200-bed community hospital serving the residents of Lake County, Florida, just north of Orlando. The hospital provides a full range of acute care services, including cardiac and cancer care, emergency services, obstetrics, pediatrics, and rehabilitation. It also offers outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, and home health services, and it operates a primary care clinic.

Essilor International SA, is a leading maker of ophthalmic products and supplies, particularly corrective lenses. Its Varilux progressive lenses have become a top choice for people needing bifocals, and the firm is renowned for developing lighter, more durable lenses. The company's products treat the common sight problems myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism, and presbyopia (reduced ability to change focus from far to near). Essilor distributes its lenses through a global network of about 300 company-owned prescription laboratories, as well as through independent labs.

Sangui BioTech International focuses on the fluid of life -- blood. The firm specializes in developing oxygen-carrying agents to treat blocked arteries, anemia, or acute blood loss through its Sangui GmbH subsidiary. Also in the pipeline at Sangui is an implantable blood glucose monitor for diabetics. Other products include Pure Moisture, an anti-aging skin care product; HemO2Spray, a spray-on wound treatment; and Chitoskin, a wound dressing that is said to facilitate rapid healing of wounds. Professor Wolfgang K. Barnikol founded the company in Germany in 1995.

South Jersey Healthcare, often simply known as SJH, is happy to be stuck in the middle: The company operates health care facilities in an area midway between Atlantic City and Philadelphia. Some of those facilities include the SJH Regional Medical Center, a 260-bed facility with specialty cancer and diagnostic centers, and the smaller SJH Elmer Hospital. In total the system houses about 420 beds. SJH also offers outpatient care, home care and hospice services, and a network of community-based health clinics. The company also provides wellness programs for the public. South Jersey Healthcare originated in 1898 as Bridgeton Hospital.

Wright Medical Group wants to make your knees and hips work all right. The company makes reconstructive implants for knees, hips, and other joints. Product lines include the ADVANCE knee system, CONSERVE and PERFECTA hip systems, the OLYMPIA shoulder and trauma system, and Swanson finger and wrist implants. Wright Medical also makes an injectable putty for bone defects as well as bone graft and tissue substitute materials such as OSTEOSET pellets used to regenerate bone. Wright Medical sells its products in more than 60 countries through distributors and a direct sales force that targets customers in the orthopedic surgery market.

Eyelogic's software and associated computer hardware and ophthalmic equipment are designed to make eye testing easier -- so easy that it can be performed by a technician rather than the doctor. The software can coordinate input from existing automated instruments and the system includes an automated refractor, an autolensometer, and more. According to the company, product development began after an ophthalmologist in Calgary grew bored with always having to perform manual refractions and decided to try to automate the process. Eyelogic Systems has been in business since 1996.

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