Targacept, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Targacept, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the design, discovery and development of neuronal nicotinic receptors (NNR) Therapeutics for the treatment of multiple diseases and disorders of the central nervous system. The Company has clinical-stage product candidates for target indications in three therapeutic areas, which includes cognitive impairment, depression and anxiety, and pain. It also has preclinical programs focused in smoking cessation, addiction, obesity, pain, Parkinson’s disease and inflammation. The Company has collaboration with AstraZeneca and an alliance with GlaxoSmithKline. The drug discovery activities utilize computer-based molecular design methodologies and biological data for a library of compounds developed and collected over more than 20 years. The technologies are referred to as Pentad. The Company use Pentad to design or optimize AZD3480 (TC-1734), TC-5619, TC-2216 and TC-6499.

Ferndale Laboratories makes prescription and over the counter medications, with a primary focus on skin care maladies, including acne, dry skin, eczema, psoriasis, and inflammation. The company also makes topical pain relief creams, surgical adhesives and adhesive removers, and decongestants. Ferndale Laboratories markets its products to physicians and consumers. Ferndale company originally began selling vitamins, tonics, elixirs, and surgical instruments. It was founded in Detroit in 1897 as J. F. Hartz Company, the name it operated under until the mid-1950s when it changed its name to Ferndale Laboratories.

Healthpoint, Ltd. company was founded in 1992 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. Healthpoint, Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of DFB Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Healthpoint, Ltd., a specialty pharmaceutical company, develops and markets pharmaceutical and medical products for the treatment of chronic wounds. It focuses on the prevention and treatment of diseased and traumatized skin and related soft tissue. The company provides tissue management products, which includes sterile enzymatic debriding ointment, extracellular matrix-based wound product, bacteriostatic dressing, ointment for perineal wounds, papain-urea debriding ointment, doxepin hydrocloride cream, moisturizing dermal wound cleanser, hydrogel wound dressing, odor eliminator, powder for superficial skin infections caused by yeast, and protectant for intact and injured skin, as well as healing, debriding, and deodorizing ointment. It also offers surgical products, such as brush-free scrubbing products, surgical scrubs, waterless scrubs, healthcare personnel handwash and rub, hand and body antiseptic, one-step prep solutions, and topical anesthetic sprays. The company serves healthcare market, which includes nurses, physicians, surgeons, nursing homes, home health agencies, and office-based practices. It distributes its products through drug wholesalers and medical/surgical distributors.

Harlan was found in 1931 by Howard Harlan. Harlan Laboratories (formerly Harlan Sprague Dawley) is where scientists go when they need rats for the maze. Among other things, the research company produces laboratory animals and laboratory animal diets. The company is comprised of two operating groups. The Research Models group provides rodents and large animals, animal diets and bedding, and testing services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies, universities, and government agencies. The Contract Research Services division provides researchers with analytical chemistry services, toxicology services, and chemical and agrochemical registration.

Intercytex Limited company is developing cell-based treatments for skin and hair regeneration. Its ICX-TRC product candidate is injected just beneath the scalp to encourage new hair follicles to form. If the candidate wins approval in the US, Intercytex has lined up Bosley Medical Institute, a firm that manages hair transplant clinics across the US, to help distribute its regeneration product. Another product candidate, SHEF-1, could treat age-related macular degeneration. Its ICX-RHY launched in the UK in 2008 under the name Valvelta, as a cosmetic facial rejuvenation product injected transdermally to smoothe out wrinkles.

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.

YM BioSciences USA Inc. company develops products for treating cancer and other related conditions. Its product candidates come out of Canadian parent company YM BioSciences Inc.' biotechnology portfolio. It is conducting clinical trials on nimotuzumab, a monoclonal antibody treatment targeting brain-cancer, for use in pediatric patients and for use in treating other solid tumor cancers in all patients. YM BioSciences also targets cancer-related pain. YM BioSciences USA changed its name from EXIMIAS Pharmaceutical a number of years ago when it was acquired by, and became a wholly owned subsidiary of, YM Biosciences Inc.

Centocor Ortho Biotech has ways of making your immune system behave itself. The Johnson & Johnson subsidiary makes blockbuster biotech drug Remicade, a monoclonal antibody used to treat a number of autoimmune conditions, or diseases in which the body's immune system attacks its own tissues. It is approved in the US and Europe for several indications, including Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis (a type of arthritis of the spine). The company also makes oncology drugs Doxil and Leustatin, and immunosuppressant Orthoclone for organ transplantation.

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.

MY Medicare wants to help with your medical care. Mingyuan Medicare Development, or MY Medicare, makes medical diagnostic products for the Chinese market. Its HealthDigit subsidiary produces biochips that detect certain proteins in the body and are used to diagnose and monitor cancer as well as track treatment efficacy. The company has agreements with major Chinese insurance companies, including Taiping Life, China Life, and Ping An Life, that use the chips in medical checkups. MY Medicare also makes a testing kit used to detect cervical cancer. It offers consultation for clinical and technical research and conducts training and seminars from research centers and plants in Shanghai and Beijing.

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