Ceregene is developing gene therapies for a variety of central nervous system disorders. Its pipeline includes two leading candidates in clinical trials: CERE-120 is being investigated for treatment of Parkinson's disease while CERE-110 is being tested on Alzheimer's disease. Both candidates are based upon Ceregene's technology that delivers neurotrophic factors directly into dying neuron cells. The neurotrophic factors are then able to delay the progression of neurodegenerative diseases. Two other candidates are being developed to treat ALS and certain ocular diseases. Genzyme has joined into a partnership to develop and commercialize CERE-120. Additional funding has come from the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. company was founded in 1991 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARIAD) is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of medicines to treat cancers by regulating cell signaling with small molecules. The Company’s lead cancer product candidate, deforolimus, is an internally discovered, potent inhibitor of the protein mTOR, a master switch in cancer cells. Blocking mTOR creates a starvation-like effect in cancer cells by interfering with cell growth, division, metabolism and angiogenesis. Its second product candidate, AP24534, is a multi-targeted kinase inhibitor that has potential applications in cancer and is wholly owned by the Company. The company also focused drug discovery program centered on small-molecule therapies, molecularly targeted to cell-signaling pathways implicated in cancer. It also developed a portfolio of cell-signaling regulation technologies, its ARGENT technology, to control intracellular processes with small molecules.

Gentronix is a biotechnology company that provides pharmaceutical makers with drug development products and monitoring services. Gentronix's products and services are geared toward helping drug discovery scientists speed up pre-clinical research and development. The company's main product, Greenscreen, uses cellular biosensor technology to test potential pharmaceutical compounds for genotoxicity (DNA damage) and cytotoxicity (general cellular damage). The company was founded in 1999 as part of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology's Biomolecular Sciences and Instrumentation & Analytical Science departments.

Cerep offers tools and knowledge to help those companies discover and develop new drugs without having to start from scratch. It also developed a library of compounds that includes promising substances and drug candidates developed with Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis. Customers use Cerep's expertise in compound profiling, computational chemistry, in vitro and in vivo pharmacology, and pharmacoinformatics to cut to the chase and develop successful drug candidates.

Pfizer Limited company is the top provider of medicines to the UK's National Health Service, offering many of its parent company's products to treat conditions including cardiovascular ailments and cancers. It also provides animal health products. Pfizer Limited conducts research and development activities, focusing on medications in the areas of allergy, respiratory, urinary, metabolic, and gastrointestinal ailments, as well as vaccines, anti-retrovirals, and pain treatments.

MethylGene's endeavors in the field of medicine may earn it a good look. The company is developing enzyme inhibitors to treat cancer and various infectious diseases. It develops product candidates for treatments for ailments such as solid tumors and hematological malignancies. MethylGene has also researched therapies to battle conditions including fungal infections and antibiotic resistance. The company forms licensing and collaboration agreements with other pharmaceutical firms to further its development programs.

Johnson & Johnson company was founded in 1886 and is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Johnson & Johnson is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field. Johnson & Johnson has more than 250 operating companies. The Company operates in three segments. The Consumer segment includes a range of products used in the baby care, skin care, oral care, wound care and women’s healthcare fields, as well as nutritional and over-the-counter pharmaceutical products. The Pharmaceutical segment includes products in the therapeutic areas, such as anti-infective, antipsychotic, cardiovascular, contraceptive, dermatology, gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management, urology and virology. The Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment includes a range of products distributed to wholesalers, hospitals and retailers. In July 2009, Johnson & Johnson completed the acquisition of Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. with approximately 95.9% interest in Cougar Biotechnology's outstanding common stock.

SurModics, Inc. Company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. SurModics, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of surface modification and drug delivery technologies to the healthcare industry. The company operates through four business units: Cardiovascular, Ophthalmology, SurModics Pharmaceuticals, and In Vitro Technologies. The Cardiovascular business unit supports the drug delivery and surface modification needs of cardiovascular customers by providing drug delivery polymers and coating technologies, including advanced lubricity (slippery) coatings that ease placement and maneuverability of medical devices in the body. The Ophthalmology business unit develops drug delivery systems for various drugs and other bioactive agents developed by pharmaceutical and ophthalmology companies for the treatment of serious eye diseases.The SurModics Pharmaceuticals business unit specializes in proprietary injectable microparticles and implants based on biodegradable polymers to provide sustained delivery of drugs, as well as supplies biodegradable polymers to corporate and academic customers. The In Vitro Technologies business unit specializes in in vitro diagnostic products and technologies for the biomedical research and medical diagnostic markets. Its products and technologies include protein stabilization reagents, substrates, recombinant autoimmune antigens, surface chemistry technologies for nucleic acid and protein immobilization, and diagnostic format intellectual property. The company markets its technologies and products through sales professionals, as well as sales and marketing relationships with third-parties worldwide. It has collaboration agreements with Genzyme Corporation to develop novel drug delivery solutions with an initial focus on peptide delivery.

Mirari Biosciences was founded in 2000 by CEO Mark Martin, who developed the MASC and Peplica technologies. Mirari Biosciences it working to cut down on the time its takes to test new drugs. The first of the company's two primary technologies is microwave-accelerated surface chemistry (MASC) which can speed up drug discovery tests, medical and veterinary diagnostics, and food and water testing by exposing test materials to low-heat microwaves. Its protein amplification technology (Peplica) replicates proteins which helps researchers locate and identify minute levels of proteins.

Titan Pharmaceuticals thinks big. The development-stage firm is working on drug treatments for large pharmaceutical markets, including central nervous system disorders like chronic pain, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. On its own, the company is developing Probuphine, which may treat opioid addiction; Probuphine combines an already-approved chemical compound with Titan's continuous-release drug delivery technology called ProNeura. Titan is working with Vanda Pharmaceuticals on late-stage compound Iloperidone, a possible treatment for schizophrenia.

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