Cougar Biotechnology has joined the fight against one beastly predator -- cancer. The development-stage company acquires and develops drug candidates for treating prostate cancer, as well as cancer affecting the blood, bone marrow, and lymph nodes. It has three candidates in early stages of development, and one that has reached the final stages of drug trials. Cougar specializes in moving candidates through development to regulatory approval. As its late-stage compound reached closer to commercial development, Cougar decided the time was right to merge with a larger entity and was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2009.

Pharmaxis has an ax to grind with chronic respiratory and autoimmune diseases. The Australian company researches, develops, and markets therapeutic pharmaceutical products to combat these and other illnesses. Pharmaxis has received approval to market asthma treatment Aridol in select regions. The company has research and development programs for additional disease targets such as cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchiectasis, and pulmonary fibrosis. Pharmaxis acquired respiratory therapeutics developer TOPIGEN Pharmaceuticals in 2010, adding to Pharmaxis' roster of potential treatments for respiratory disorders including asthma and COPD.

AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California. AVANIR Pharmaceuticals, Inc. focuses on acquiring, developing, and commercializing novel therapeutic products for the treatment of central nervous system disorders primarily in the United States and Canada. Its lead product candidate includes Zenviatm, which has completed three Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of pseudobulbar affect; and a Phase III trial for the treatment of patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain. The company also offers Abreva, an over-the-counter product for the treatment of cold sores.

Surface Logix creates new drugs by tweaking the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of existing drugs and new compounds. Its Pharmacomer Technology improves a drug's solubility and permeability in the body and reduce side effects. It has a pipeline of pre-clinical and clinical candidates in development for treatment of metabolic diseases and hypertension. Its drug candidate SLx-4090 is in clinical trials to test its ability to lower blood lipid levels, reduce triglyceride uptake, and block absorption of other fats. Its SLx-2101 candidate is being investigated for treatment of hypertension and Raynaud's Syndrome.

Obagi Medical Products, Inc. company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California. Obagi Medical Products, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the aesthetic and therapeutic skin health markets. The Company develops and commercializes prescription-based products, topical skin health systems that enable physicians to treat a range of skin conditions, including pre-mature aging, photo-damage, hyperpigmentation (irregular or patchy discoloration of the skin), acne, rosacea and soft tissue deficits, such as fine lines and wrinkles. The Company markets and sells a range of systems and related products for the enhancement of skin health. Its principal product line is its Obagi Nu-Derm System. Its Obagi Nu-Derm System is a prescription-based topical skin health system that enhances the skin's overall health by correcting photo damage using drugs that, by definition, work at the cellular level, resulting in a reduction of the visible signs of aging. In January 2009, the Company launched the Obagi Rosaclear System.

Transition Therapeutics Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in Toronto, Canada. Transition Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops novel therapeutics for various disease indications primarily in Canada. Its lead products include ELND-005/AZD-103, a Phase II clinical trial product for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease; and TT-223 gastrin analogue, a Phase II clinical trial product for the treatment of diabetes. The company's TT-223 gastrin analogue, includes TT-223 in combination with a GLP-1 analogue as a therapy for the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, which is under Phase 1b clinical study in type 2 diabetes patients; and TT-223 in combination with EGF analogues that has completed two Phase I clinical trials for the drug candidate in type 1 and type 2 diabetics. In addition, it has an emerging pipeline of preclinical drug candidates developed using its proprietary drug discovery engine. Transition Therapeutics Inc. has a strategic collaboration with Elan Pharma International Limited to develop and commercialize ELND-005/AZD-103 therapeutic agent, as well as a licensing and collaboration agreement with Eli Lilly and Company to develop and commercialize gastrin based therapies, including the lead compound TT-223. The company was formerly known as Transition Therapeutics and Diagnostics Inc. and changed its name to Transition Therapeutics Inc. in December 2000.

Genitope is a drug development company in arrested development. It had hoped to find new ways to fight cancer with old weapons, but now it is just hoping to find a future. The company was researching immunotherapy treatments for cancer, using the body's own immune system to fight tumors. Genitope's leading drug candidate, MyVax, was a patient-specific immunotherapy that would specify the genetic makeup of the tumor, activate the patient's immune system to attack it, and cause no damage to cells other than the tumor. However, the drug did not do well in early clinical trials, and when the FDA requested additional trials for further review, Genitope chose to scrap the whole program.

Biotie is a drug discovery and development company focused on central nervous system and inflammatory diseases. It has a broad range of innovative small molecule and biological drug candidates at different stages of clinical and pre-clinical development. Biotie’s products address diseases with high unmet medical need and significant market potential, including addiction and psychotic disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The most advanced product, nalmefene for alcohol dependence, is currently in phase III clinical development by licensing partner H. Lundbeck A/S. The commercial value of the pipeline has been demonstrated through existing alliances with top-tier global pharmaceutical companies such as Lundbeck, Roche and Pfizer. Biotie has operations in Turku, Finland and Radebeul, Germany.

Targeted Genetics is putting the bull's-eye on disease. The drug developer is working in the promising (though as yet unproven) field of gene therapies, drugs that deliver particular DNA sequences into targeted cells to encourage (or sometimes inhibit) the production of proteins associated with disease. The company's drug candidates -- targeting conditions such as retinal dystrophies, lateral sclerosis, HIV/AIDS, heart failure, and Huntington's disease -- employ proprietary technology using bio-engineered viral cells (called vectors) to deliver the genes. The company is working on its own to develop therapies for certain candidates and with development partners on some other programs.

De Novo Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Cambridge, the United Kingdom. De Novo Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., a drug discovery company, provides computational drug design services. It focuses on small molecule therapeutics. The company provides services to drug discovery customers seeking progress from validated target to novel hits; and to medicinal chemistry groups interested in focused chemical libraries. It offers SkelGen, a chemical structure-generation platform and a suite of software tools for the analysis of structural information on a protein target and the de novo design of molecules to bind into its site, as well as for the hit and lead discovery to the pharmaceutical industry. The company offers its SkelGen for scaffold hopping, virtual high-throughput screening, focused library design, intelligent fragment linking, and low affinity fragment-based design applications. It also provides drug discovery partnerships, such as structure-based drug design, ligand-based drug design, and fragment-based drug design services, as well as focused libraries for medicinal chemistry seeking the design of focused libraries against classes of targets. In addition, the company involves in applying its SkelGen silico drug design platform to design compounds for various targets within the diabetes field.

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