Lundbeck Inc. (formerly Ovation Pharmaceuticals) hopes to earn its applause by staying on the look-out for niche pharmaceuticals that larger drugmakers cast aside. The company's focus is on developing drugs for central nervous system (CNS) disorders, as well as cancer drugs and hospital-based therapies. Its FDA-approved products for neurological conditions include treatments for ADHD, anxiety, and seizures; the company has several CNS products in its development pipeline, such as epilepsy drugs, drug addiction therapies, and seizure medications. Among its other marketed products are several oncology drugs, as well as a treatment for lead poisoning. The company was acquired by Denmark-based H. Lundbeck in 2009.

CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. company was founded in 1993 and is based in Lenexa, Kansas. CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of drugs specifically designed to address limitations of current therapies. It develops a portfolio of product candidates utilizing its drug formulation technology using Captisol, a group of cyclodextrins. The company’s products include Geodon IM and Abilify Injection IM for bipolar disorder/schizophrenia; Vfend IV for antifungal; and Cerenia for canine motion sickness. It also develops Fosphenytoin IV and IM for status epilepticus; Melphalan IV for multiple myeloma; Topiramate IV for epilepsy; Amiodarone IV for arrhythmia; Budesonide Solution Inhalation for asthma; Clopidogrel IV for atherothrombosis; and Budesonide/Azelastine Nasal Spray for allergic rhinitis. In addition, the company out license its technology to third parties for use in the development of their products. CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was formerly known as CyDex, Inc. and it changed its name in November 2007.

Bactolac Pharmaceutical (formerly Advanced Nutraceuticals) makes private-label vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other over-the-counter nutritional supplement products. The company's encapsulated and tablet-based products are available already packaged and branded, or sold in bulk to customers who repackage them for private-label sale. Customers include distributors, retailers, and multi-level marketing companies. Its services include product formulation, sample runs, and product testing. Chairman and CEO Pailla Reddy holds a majority of the company.

Natrol, Inc. company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Chatsworth, California. Natrol, Inc. manufactures and distributes nutritional products. The company offers nutritional and dietary supplements, functional herbal teas, and sports nutrition products for heart and digestive health, weight management and energy, mood and sleep support, eye and joint health, and children's and brain health. It also provides Natrol Immune Boost for the wellness of bodys immune system. In addition, the company manufactures supplements for third parties. It offers its products through retailers in the United States and subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, as well as through distribution partners internationally.

Synbiotics is concerned with the conditions of cats, cows, canines, and other critters. The company provides diagnostic products for the animal health care industry worldwide, through facilities in the US and France. Its canine reproduction services division trains vets in canine reproductive services, including artificial insemination, and runs the Canine Freezing Center Network, which operates what Synbiotics says is the largest bank of frozen canine semen in the world. Synbiotics company also develops and markets test kits for animal parasites, pregnancy, viruses, and other diseases and conditions in the animal kingdom. Its test for bird flu, the FluDetect Avian Influenza Type A antigen kit, is sold globally.

Abbott Laboratories company was founded in 1888 and is based in Abbott Park, Illinois. Abbott Laboratories manufactures and sells health care products worldwide. Abbott company's Pharmaceutical Products segment offers adult and pediatric pharmaceuticals for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, Crohn's disease, dyslipidemia, HIV infection, hypothyroidism, advanced prostate cancer, endometriosis and central precocious puberty, anemia caused by uterine fibroids, obesity, epilepsy and bipolar disorder, migraines, and secondary hyperparathyroidism; and provides anesthesia products and anti-infectives. Its Diagnostic Products segment offers immunoassay systems; chemistry systems; assays used for screening and/or diagnosis for drugs of abuse, cancer, therapeutic drug monitoring, fertility, physiological diseases, and infectious diseases; instruments that automate the extraction, purification, and preparation of DNA and RNA from patient samples, and detect and measure infections agents; genomic-based tests; hematology systems and reagents; and point-of-care diagnostic systems and tests for blood analysis.Abbott Company's Nutritional Products segment provides various forms of prepared infant formula and follow-on formula, adult and other pediatric nutritional products, nutritional products used in enteral feeding in health care institutions, and bars and nutritional brands. Its Vascular Products segment offers coronary, endovascular, and vessel closure devices, such as drug-eluting coronary stent systems, coronary metallic stents, balloon dilatation products, coronary guidewires, vessel closure devices, and carotid stent systems to treat vascular disease. Abbott serves wholesalers, government agencies, health care facilities, specialty pharmacies, independent retailers, hospitals, clinics, physicians' offices, blood banks, commercial laboratories, alternate-care testing sites, plasma protein therapeutic companies, and third-party distributors.

Mannatech was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Coppell, Texas. Mannatech, Incorporated engages in the development and sale of nutritional supplements, topical and skin care products, and weight-management products worldwide. It offers various nutritional supplements that aid in optimizing overall health and wellness, including health solutions for children, and additional nutrients for specific body systems; optimal weight and fitness products to curb appetite and burn fat, build lean muscle tissue, and support recovery from overexertion; and products to enhance the skin's own natural texture, softness, and elasticity, including damaged areas, as well as to deliver antioxidants to the skin. The company sells its products through a network of independent associates and members in United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Denmark, Germany, South Africa, and Singapore.

Neptune Technologies & Bioressources harvests krill (tiny deepwater crustaceans that resemble shrimp) from the ocean and processes it into value-added bioactive ingredients including polyunsaturated fatty acids and antioxidants. These 'Neptune Krill Oil'-based products are used in cosmetics and nutritional supplements as an alternative to vegetable oils. The company's Neptune Krill Aquatein is a marine protein concentrate also used in nutritional supplements. Neptune Technologies intends to penetrate the biopharmaceutical industry, using its marine oil extracts as a medicinal base.

Chesapeake PERL was founded in 2000. Chesapeake PERL calls a "mini bioreactor" to produce proteins. Using its PERLXpress technology platform, the company mass produces antibodies, enzymes, viral antigens, and other proteins in whole insect larvae. It sells its custom protein development services, as well as some research reagents, to biotech concerns, including drug and diagnostics companies, biotech instrument makers, agricultural companies, and makers of industrial enzymes. It has also received federal grants from the NIH, the US Army, and the US Department of Energy.

BioMS Medical Corp. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Edmonton, Canada. BioMS Medical Corp., a development stage biotechnology company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development and commercialization of therapeutic technologies for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Canada. Its lead product under development includes Dirucotide for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, which is being evaluated in two pivotal Phase III clinical trials for secondary progressive MS patients; and MAESTRO-01, a pivotal phase II/III trial in Canada and western Europe. The company also develops Maestro-02, an open-label follow-on study to the Maestro-01 pivotal phase II/III clinical trial of Dirucotide, which targets secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), as well as MAESTRO-03 trial, a pivotal Phase III product to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Dirucotide in patients with SPMS in the United States. BioMS Medical Corp. has a licensing and development agreement with Eli Lilly and Company. The company was formerly known as EPS Capital Corp. and changed its name to BioMS Medical Corp. in July 2001.

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