Reliv' International, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri. Reliv' International, Inc. is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of a line of nutritional supplements addressing basic nutrition, specific wellness needs, weight management and sports nutrition. The Company offers 16 nutritional supplements and a line of seven skin care products. Its core line of nutritional supplements, which represented 64.5% of net sales, during the year ended December 31, 2008, includes four products: Reliv Classic and Reliv NOW, two basic nutritional supplements containing a full and balanced blend of vitamins, minerals, proteins and herbs; Innergize!, an isotonic sports supplement in three flavors, and FibRestore, a high-fiber and antioxidant supplement. The Company’s product line includes nutritional supplements that address basic nutrition, specific wellness needs, weight management and sports nutrition.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a global biopharmaceutical company, engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. The company focuses on the areas of serious unmet medical need, such as cardiovascular disease, mental illness, cancer, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C, rheumatoid arthritis, type 2 diabetes, solid organ transplantation, and Alzheimer's disease. Its lead products include cardiovascular medicines, including PLAVIX and AVAPRO/AVALIDE; ABILIFY, a medicine for the treatment of mental illness; ERBITUX, SPRYCEL, and IXEMPRA, which are cancer medicines; HIV medicines, such as REYATAZ, SUSTIVA, and ATRIPLA; BARACLUDE, a medicine for hepatitis B; ONGLYZA, a type 2 diabetes treatment; and ORENCIA, a medicine for rheumatoid arthritis. The company also has a pipeline with compounds in phase III clinical trials, including apixaban, dapagliflozin, ipilimumab, belatacept, and brivanib. It sells its products to wholesalers, distributors, retailers, hospitals, clinics, government agencies, and pharmacies. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company has agreements with Sanofi-Aventis; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Eli Lilly and Company; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; AstraZeneca PLC; Pfizer, Inc.; and various biotech companies.

The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research blazes new trails in bioscience. The organization, funded by both the public and private sectors, investigates such diseases as Parkinson's and cancer and dives into the depths of biology, genomics, and genetics to gain new understanding about disease and health. The Whitehead Institute contributed to the international effort to map the human genome, and is actively researching stem cells. Other achievements include discovering a system for multiplying adult stem cells and creating the first genetically defined human cancer cell. The institute was founded in 1982 by philanthropist Edwin "Jack" Whitehead and draws researchers from MIT.

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.

CSL Limited is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the research, development, manufacture, marketing and distribution of biopharmaceutical and allied products. It operates in three segments: CSL Behring, which is engaged in manufacturing, marketing and developing plasma products; Intellectual Property Licensing, which is engaged in licensing to unrelated third parties of intellectual property generated by the Company, and Other Human Health, which comprises CSL Bioplasma and CSL Biotherapies. These businesses manufacture and distribute biotherapeutic products. It operates in Australia, United States, Switzerland and Germany.

Insys Therapeutics, Inc. company focuses on developing drugs for treating side effects of chemotherapy (such as nausea), as well as therapies for pain management and other central-nervous-system conditions. Its Dronabinol HG candidate, a generic capsule form of Marinol awaiting FDA approval, may treat chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. The firm is also developing inhalation and room-temperature capsule and syrup forms of Dronabinol. In addition, its Fentanyl SL spray, delivered under the tongue for quick absorption, treats pain in cancer patients. All of the company's drug candidates are unique formulations of already-approved therapeutic ingredients.

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.

GlaxoSmithKline S.p.A. (GSK Italy), the Italian unit of global pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline. GSK Italy promotes and sells the therapeutic products of its parent company in the Italian market. The company also makes antibiotics, vaccines, and other injectable drugs at its manufacturing facilities in Parma and Verona, and it has a Milan-based division that sells consumer health care products and over-the-counter drugs. In addition, GSK Italy boasts a research and development unit in Verona that targets neurological drug development, including treatments for depression, addiction, schizophrenia, and sleep disorders.

STADA Arzneimittel AG (STADA) is a Germany-based company active in the pharmaceutical sector, concentrating on the development and marketing of products with off-patent active pharmaceutical ingredients. The Company’s primary business segments are: Generics, comprised of low-priced and active-ingredient products, and Branded Products, focusing on multisource products that are accessible without active ingredient research. STADA’s generic drugs are marketed by the Group subsidiary, STADApharm GmbH, through a sales network including Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Its branded products are distributed internationally as well, in such countries as Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam. The Company operates through subsidiaries located in Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland, as well as in the United States.

lmmuCell Corporation company was founded in 1982 and is based in Portland, Maine. ImmuCell Corporation, an animal health biotechnology company, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of products that improve animal health and productivity in the United States and internationally. It offers First Defense, an orally delivered scours preventive product that is manufactured from cows colostrums using proprietary vaccine and milk protein purification technologies. The company also provides products that aid in the management of inflammation of the mammary gland caused by bacterial infections, including Wipe Out Dairy Wipes, which consist of pre-moistened, biodegradable towelettes that are impregnated with Nisin to prepare the teat area of a cow in advance of milking; MASTiK, a mastitis antibiotic susceptibility test kit; and California Mastitis Test (CMT), which is performed at cow-side for early detection of mastitis. CMT can be used for bulk tank and individual cow sample monitoring, and for determining the quarter of the udder that is mastitic. In addition, it offers Rapid Johne's Test, which identifies cattle with symptomatic Johne's disease in a herd. Additionally, ImmuCell Corporation focuses on developing Mast Out, an intramammary infusion product containing Nisin for use in the treatment of mastitis in lactating dairy cows. It sells and markets its products primarily to veterinarians and producers in the dairy and beef industries.

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