Since its inception in 1740, Whatman knows what it takes to separate the wheat from the chaff. Whatman company makes filters, membranes, and specialty products for applications in the analytical, health care, and bioscience markets in some 70 countries. Whatman company's products can be found in medical devices and diagnostic testing kits. Whatman has also developed technology for the isolation, transportation, storage, and purification of DNA for gathering genetic information. Whatman makes other products such as blotting papers, syringe filters, and chromatography products. Whatman company was acquired by GE Healthcare in 2008.

The health care products subsidiary of Bayer AG, Bayer HealthCare develops and manufactures products for humans and animals. Bayer HealthCare operates through four divisions: Pharmaceuticals (represented by Bayer Schering Pharma and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals); Consumer Care (OTC medications); Animal Health (veterinary drugs); and Medical Care (diagnostic equipment makers including Diabetes Care and MEDRAD). Bayer HealthCare's better-known products include YAZ birth control pills, antibiotic Avelox, erectile dysfunction treatment Levitra, Bayer Aspirin, Alka-Seltzer, One-A-Day vitamins, and the flea preventative Advantage.

Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Chelsea Therapeutics International, Ltd., a development stage pharmaceutical company, focuses on the acquisition, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of various human diseases. It offers droxidopa, an orally active synthetic precursor of norepinephrine, which is in two double-blind pivotal Phase III trials for the treatment of symptomatic neurogenic orthostatic hypotension, freezing gait in Parkinson's disease, and intradialytic hypotension; for the treatment of intradialytic hypotension for which it has completed a double-blind placebo controlled Phase II study; and for the treatment of fibromyalgia that is in a Phase II trial.Chelsea Therapeutics company also offers a portfolio of molecules for the treatment of various autoimmune/inflammatory diseases, such as a portfolio of metabolically inert antifolate molecules, including CH-1504 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis that is in a Phase II head-to-head clinical trial; and CH-4051, which is in the Phase I study designed to determine the maximum tolerated dose based on results of single-ascending and multiple-ascending dose evaluations. In addition, it develops antifolate program, a second platform consisting of a portfolio of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase(DHODH), inhibiting compounds known as the I-3D portfolio, a group of orally active compounds that inhibit the enzyme DHODH for the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory disorders, including transplant rejection, autoimmune diseases, psoriasis, and systemic lupus erythematosus.

Clinical Device Group consults and contracts with medical device and diagnostic companies, providing contract research, safety assessment, and other research tools. The company, whose clients include US, European, and Asian firms, offers pre-market assessments and product management as well as audits and report and manuscript preparation. Clinical Device Group also sponsors seminars for research professionals monitoring clinical trials and for CEOs of companies that conduct clinical trials.

LEO Pharma- UK lays claim to being king of the dermatology drug jungle in the UK. LEO Pharma UK company, which is the British arm of Denmark's LEO Pharma, handles the sales and marketing LEO's dermatological and critical care pharmaceutical products in the UK. LEO Pharma UK also has a growing medical department which conducts clinical studies on behalf of the group. The parent company focuses on topical prescription medications for psoriasis and other dermatological conditions. The group's lead critical care products include anticoagulant heparin (derived from porcine mucosa) and vitamin D.

EraGen Biosciences, Inc. company is developing nucleic databases and other tools to help drug and diagnostics developers better use genomic information to streamline their R&D processes. Molecular clinical diagnostics, bioterrorism threat detection, and pesonalized medicine are other markets the company is pursuing. EraGen Biosciences has teamed with Luminex to distribute in vitro clinical diagnostics equipment that uses technology from both companies. Bayer HealthCare has licensed the company's MultiCode-PLx test for detecting cystic fibrosis.

Sino Biopharmaceutical manufactures medicines that combat cardio-cerebral diseases and hepatitis. Incorporated in 2000, Sino markets its products throughout China in the form of volume injections, PVC-free soft bags for intravenous injections, capsules, tablets, powdered medicines, and granulated medicines. It is additionally researching and developing new medicines in the realms of oncology, analgesic, and respiratory treatment. Sino primarily operates through four main subsidiaries: Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical, Jiangsu Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical, Nanjing Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical, and Beijing Chia Tai Green Continent Pharmaceutical.

Impax Laboratories, Inc. company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Hayward, California. mpax Laboratories, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of bioequivalent and brand-name pharmaceuticals. It operates through two divisions, Global Pharmaceuticals and Impax Pharmaceutical. The Global Pharmaceuticals division develops, formulates, manufactures, and sells controlled release and specialty generic pharmaceutical products. This division offers generic prescription products directly to wholesalers and large retail drug chains; and generic over-the-counter and generic prescription products through unrelated third-party pharmaceutical entities. The Impax Pharmaceutical division develops proprietary brand pharmaceutical products that address central nervous system disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, epilepsy, migraines, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. As of March 10, 2009, the company marketed 70 generic pharmaceuticals representing dosage variations of 24 different pharmaceutical compounds through its Global Pharmaceuticals division, as well as 16 products representing dosage variations of 4 different pharmaceutical compounds through its alliance agreements partners. Impax Laboratories markets and sells its generic pharmaceutical prescription drug products in the continental United States of America and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It has alliance agreements with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.; Wyeth; Schering-Plough Corporation; and DAVA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

DURECT Corporation was founded in 1998 and is based in Cupertino, California. DURECT Corporation, a specialty pharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of pharmaceutical products for pain, central nervous system, disorders, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic diseases based on its proprietary drug formulations and delivery platform technologies. The company's products include POSIDUR, a release formulation of bupivacaine under Phase IIb clinical trial, which is used for the treatment of post-surgical pain; and ELADUR, a transdermal bupivacaine patch under Phase IIb clinical trial that provides continuous delivery of bupivacaine for up to three days from a single application, as well as is used for the treatment of pain associated with post-herpetic neuralgia. DURECT Corporation also offers Remoxy, an oral oxycodone gelatin capsule under development with pain therapeutics; and TRANSDUR-Sufentanil, a proprietary transdermal sufentanil patch under development, which provides continuous delivery of sufentanil for a period of up to seven days from a single application. In addition, the company offers CHRONOGESIC (sufentanil), a pain therapy system; and ALZET, the miniature implantable osmotic pumps and accessories for experimental research in mice, rats, and other laboratory animals, as well as conducts research and development of pharmaceutical products in collaboration with third party pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Further, it designs, develops, and manufactures various biodegradable polymers based on lactide, glycolide, and caprolactone under the LACTEL brand for pharmaceutical and medical device clients for use as raw materials in their products.

Since its founding in 2004, Anthera Pharmaceuticals' operations have consisted primarily of research and development activities. A biopharmaceutical company, Anthera Pharmaceuticals develops drug treatments for respiratory, cardiovascular, and immunological diseases. Its current candidates, which are in various phases of clinical development, include therapies for acute coronary syndrome (inflammation of heart muscle), lupus, and sickle cell disease. The company also has treatments for asthma and dermatitis in earlier stages of development. The company filed an initial public offering (IPO) in mid-2009.

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