Avalon Pharmaceuticals doesn't mind if genes express themselves -- but they should know that anything they express can and will be used against them if they lead to cancer. The biopharmaceutical firm develops cancer therapeutics based on its AvalonRx platform, which identifies compounds that would be best suited to advance in clinical drug development. Lead product AVN944, an inhibitor of hematologic (leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma) and solid tumor cancers, is an oral drug now in clinical trials. Avalon also has preclinical programs to develop inhibitors through partnerships with other drug companies. The company was acquired by Clinical Data in 2009.

Teva Neuroscience, Inc. engages in the development, registration, and marketing of neurological products in North America. It offers COPAXONE, a glatiramer acetate injection that reduces relapses in people with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis; and AZILECT, a rasagiline tablet for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of Parkinson disease. Teva Neuroscience, Inc. was formerly known as Teva Marion Partners and changed its name to Teva Neuroscience, Inc. in February, 2001. Teva Neuroscience, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri with an additional office in Montreal, Canada. It has a facility in Horsham, Pennsylvania. As per the transaction announced on 2/14/2001, Teva Neuroscience, Inc. is a subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited.

Green Foods Corporation company manufactures and sells nutritional products made from green barley grass and other natural ingredients. Of its lead products, its Green Magma provides healthy doses of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to promote overall wellness. Carrot Essence is beta-carotene and vitamin C supplement, and Magma Slim is a weight loss formula. Green Foods also makes products for pets, Barley Cat and Barley Dog. Dr. Yoshihide Hagiwara founded Green Foods Corporation, which sells its products throughout the US online and through brokers, in 1980.

Rosemont Pharmaceuticals keeps the medicine flowing. The drugmaker specializes in generic oral liquid formulations of drugs for patients who have difficulty swallowing pills and capsules, oftentimes elderly patients or young children. It makes more than 90 licensed products under its own brand -- including antibiotics, cardiovascular treatments, analgesics, and corticosteroids -- and distributes them primarily to hospitals, primary care centers, and pharmacies in the UK. It also makes custom liquid formulations of unlicensed drugs (called "Specials") and offers contract manufacturing services. In 2006 Close Brothers backed a management buy-out of Rosemont, which had been a subsidiary of Savient Pharmaceuticals.

Life Technologies Corporation operates as a global biotechnology tools company focused on improving the human condition. Its systems, consumables, and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific exploration, driving to discoveries and developments that better the quality of life. Life Technologies' customers do their work across the biological spectrum, working to advance personalized medicine, regenerative science, molecular diagnostics, agricultural and environmental research, and 21st century forensics. The company delivers a range of products and services, including systems, instruments, reagents, and custom services. Its portfolio of products includes technologies for capillary electrophoresis based sequencing, next generation sequencing, mass spectrometry, sample preparation, cell culture, RNA interference analysis, functional genomics research, proteomics, and cell biology applications, as well as clinical diagnostic applications and water testing analysis. The company has a presence in approximately 100 countries, and possesses a growing intellectual property estate of approximately 3,600 patents and exclusive licenses. Life Technologies was created by the combination of Invitrogen Corporation and Applied Biosystems, Inc. It has a strategic alliance agreement with Applied Biosystems designed to accelerate research into complex diseases and medical conditions; and strategic scientific research collaboration with The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience to study pancreatic and ovarian cancer in Australia. The company is based in Carlsbad, California.

EXACT Sciences Corporation company was founded in 1995 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin. Exact Sciences Corporation, a molecular diagnostics company, focuses on the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer. The company has exclusive intellectual property protecting its non-invasive, molecular screening technology for the detection of colorectal cancer. Its non-invasive stool-based DNA (sDNA) screening technology includes proprietary and patented methods that isolate and analyze human DNA present in stool to screen for the presence of colorectal pre-cancer and cancer. The company's principal product includes ColoSure, a non-invasive laboratory developed stool-based DNA testing service for the detection of colorectal cancer in the average-risk population. Exact Sciences Corporation has strategic alliances with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, the MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research, and Genzyme Corporation.

CEL-SCI Corporation was founded in 1983 and is based in Vienna, Virginia. CEL-SCI Corporation, is engaged in the development of a product called Multikine for the treatment of cancer. It simulates the activities of a healthy person's immune system, which battles cancer every day. Multikine is multi-targeted, it is the cancer immunotherapy that both kills cancer cells in a targeted fashion and activates the general immune system to destroy the cancer. Multikine is a type of immunotherapy in that it is immunotherapy, incorporating both active and passive immune activity.

Inovio Biomedical Corporation was founded in 1983 and is based in San Diego, California. Inovio Biomedical Corporation engages in the design, development, and delivery of a new generation of vaccines, called DNA vaccines, focused on cancers and infectious diseases. The company's SynCon technology enables the design of DNA-based vaccines capable of providing cross-protection against evolving, unmatched strains of pathogens, such as influenza. Inovio's proprietary electroporation DNA delivery technology uses brief, controlled electrical pulses to increase cellular DNA vaccine uptake. The company also has access to formulation and manufacturing expertise, and technology through its controlling ownership in VGX International. Inovio's clinical programs include trials for HPV/cervical cancer (therapeutic) and HIV vaccines; and an IND has been filed for an avian influenza vaccine. Its partners and collaborators include Merck, Tripep, University of Southampton, University of Pennsylvania, HIV Vaccines Trial Network, NIH Vaccine Research Center, and National Microbiology Laboratory of the Public Health Agency of Canada. The company was formerly known as Genetronics Biomedical Corp. and changed its name to Inovio Biomedical Corporation in March 2005.

Labrada Nutrition, Inc. company makes a number of retail nutritional products, including meal replacement and protein drinks, energy bars, weight-loss supplements, and muscle building formulas. Brand names include Glutalean, Lean Body, and Super Charge! For those into weight training, Labrada offers a line of supplements tailored to building mass, increasing energy, and promoting joint health. In addition, Labrada offers apparel, fitness books, and training videos. The company uses a number of celebrity endorsements to help market its products, which are developed by an internal research and development team. Labrada was founded by former Mr. Universe Lee Labrada in 1996.

Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Woodridge, Illinois. Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc., is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs in the areas of infectious disease, oncology and respiratory disease. The Company has assembled a pipeline of clinical and preclinical product candidates. In September 2008, the Company entered into a development and commercialization agreement with Wyeth for cethromycin in the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan. Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. has a worldwide license (excluding Japan) from Abbott Laboratories (Abbott) to develop and commercialize cethromycin, once-a-day antibiotic for the treatment of respiratory tract infections. On September 30, 2008, the Company submitted a new drug application for the use of cethromycin in community acquired pneumonia.

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