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AVI BioPharma, Inc. was founded in 1980 and is based in Corvallis, Oregon. AVI BioPharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of therapeutic products based on antisense and cancer immunotherapy technology. The company's products under various development stages comprise AVI-4658, a Phase I human clinical trial product to restore, prevent, or slow deterioration of muscle function; AVI-5038, a preclinical stage product to skip exon 50 and restore a range of associated mutations; AVI-5126, a Phase II clinical trial product for the treatment of cardiovascular restenosis; and AVI-6002 and AVI6003, which are in Phase I clinical trials to treat diseases caused by Dengue, Ebola, Marburg, and Junín viruses. It has strategic alliances with Chiron Corporation; Cook Group Incorporated; Ercole Biotech, Inc.; Eleos Inc.; Charley's Fund, Inc.; and the United States Department of Defense.

Biodel Inc. company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut. Biodel Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of treatments for diabetes. The company develops its product candidates by utilizing its proprietary VIAdel technology that allows to study the interaction between peptide hormones and small molecules. Its product candidates include VIAject, an injectable formulation of recombinant human insulin, which has completed two pivotal Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes; and VIAtab, a sublingual tablet formulation of insulin, which has completed Phase I clinical trial for Type 1 diabetes.

Cardiome Pharma Corp. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Cardiome Pharma Corp., a life sciences company, focuses on developing drugs to treat or prevent cardiovascular diseases. Its product Vernakalant (iv), which has completed Phase III (ACT 4) and in Phase III (European Comparator) trial is used for the treatment of atrial fibrillation; Vernakalant (oral) that has completed Phase IIa Pilot and Phase IIb study is used for atrial fibrillation; GED-aPC, an ongoing Phase I study product for multiple disease states; and Artesian Programs, which is in pre-clinical studies to attenuate the deleterious effects of the excessive neurohormonal activation that occurs in diseases of cardiac dysfunction.

Cephalon, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Frazer, Pennsylvania. Cephalon, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of products for central nervous system, inflammatory disease, pain, and oncology therapeutic areas. Its products for central nervous system disorders include PROVIGIL for the treatment of excessive sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome, and shift work sleep disorder; NUVIGIL, a single-isomer formulation of modafinil; and GABITRIL for use as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial seizures in epileptic patients. The company's pain therapeutics portfolio comprises AMRIX for the relief of muscle spasm associated with acute painful musculoskeletal conditions; and FENTORA, EFFENTORA, ACTIQ, and generic OTFC products, which focus on treating breakthrough cancer pain in opioid-tolerant patients. Its products for oncology consist of TREANDA, a bi-functional hybrid cytotoxic; TRISENOX, an intravenous arsenic-based targeted therapy; CEP-701, an oral small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor; MYOCET, a cardio-protective chemotherapy agent to treat metastatic breast cancer; TARGRETIN for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; and ABELCET, an anti-fungal product for cancer patients. The company provides its products principally to wholesale drug distributors. It has collaboration agreements with Euroscreen s.a.; Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated; Psychogenics Inc.; and AMBIT Biosciences Inc, as well as a research agreement with Celator Pharmaceuticals Inc. Cephalon, Inc. markets its products primarily in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Cubist was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts. Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products that address unmet medical needs in the acute care environment. The company markets CUBICIN (daptomycin for injection), the first antibiotic in a new class of anti-infectives called lipopeptides in the United States. It began promoting MERREM I.V. (meropenem for injection) in the U.S. in July 2008. MERREM is an established spectrum antibiotic developed by AstraZeneca. The Cubist product pipeline includes ecallantide, a recombinant human protein in Phase 2 clinical trials; CONSERV-1 and CONSERV-2 for the reduction of blood loss during cardiac surgery; and two Phase 1 programs that address unmet medical needs, one in CDAD (Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea) and the other in multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative infections. In addition, the company, in collaboration with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has a pre-IND and a Phase 2 program underway in novel treatments for respiratory syncytial virus infections using Alnylam's RNA-interference technology.

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