Botanical Laboratories was founded in 1988 and is led by CEO Jim Thornton, a long-time venture capital investor in the consumer health care sector. Botanical Laboratories, Inc. (BLI) is your garden-variety nutritional supplement maker. It manufactures its own branded nutritional supplements and also offers private label manufacturing of nutritional supplements and homeopathic remedies. BLI's consumer products include dietary supplements distributed under its Wellesse brand and sold at retail food and drug stores, such as CVS and Costco. From capsule to carton, its contract manufacturing division offers customers turnkey production and packaging, development, quality control, and testing services nationwide.

Elusys Therapeutics is recruiting antibodies in its anti-terrorism campaign. Elusys Therapeutics company develops antibody therapies for a variety of targets, including anthrax. Its lead product Anthim has shown to be effective in combatting infections caused by anthrax up to 48 hours after exposure. When administered prior to exposure, the drug has proven to be 100% effective in preventing infections. Another drug candidate, Staph A Heteropolymer, targets staphylococcus infections, which have become increasingly prevalent and resistent to treatment. Other Elusys products target non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, lupus, and deep vein thrombosis.

Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. is a regenerative medicine company and focuses on the clinical development of autologous cell products for the repair or regeneration of multiple human tissues, based on its Tissue Repair Cell (TRC) technology. The Company’s preclinical and clinical product development programs utilize patient-derived bone marrow stem and early progenitor cell populations and are investigated for their ability to aid in the regeneration of tissues, such as cardiac, vascular and bone. TRC-based products have been used in over 350 patients, and its stages of development are Cardiac regeneration includes Cardiac Repair Cells (CRCs); Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) (severe heart failure); Vascular regeneration includes Vascular Repair Cells (VRCs); Critical limb ischemia (CLI); Bone regeneration includes Bone Repair Cells (BRCs); Osteonecrosis of the femoral head; Non-union fractures, and Maxillofacial.

Ben Venue Laboratories prides itself on having products that are clean, clear, and cold. A subsidiary of German drug firm Boehringer Ingelheim, the company provides contract manufacturing services, including product and process development and regulatory compliance services. The company specializes in manufacturing liquid and lyophilized (freeze-dried) pharmaceuticals. Ben Venue's Bedford Laboratories division provides contract manufacturing of generic injectable pharmaceuticals. Customers include multinational drugmakers, small biotech development firms, and government agencies.

Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses primarily on the development of drugs to treat gastrointestinal disorders and diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, neuroendocrine cancer, and acute leukemia. The company has three drugs in development, which include SP-304, a guanylyl cyclase C receptor agonist for the treatment of chronic constipation and constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome, which has completed Phase I clinical trial; Atiprimod, an orally administered drug with antiproliferative, anti-inflammatory and antiangiogenic activities, which is in Phase II development for advanced carcinoid cancer; and L-Annamycin, a novel compound from the anthracycline family of proven anti-cancer drugs for the treatment of leukemia. It also focuses on the development of Atiprimod for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The company has license agreements with AnorMED Inc. to research, develop, sell, and commercialize the Atiprimod patent rights; and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to develop and commercialize the L-Annamycin patent rights.

The Medical Research Council (MRC) is a not-for-profit UK government-financed organization that promotes and funds medical and other health-related research. Founded in 1913, MRC funding has been responsible for some of the biggest breakthroughs in life sciences, such as the purification of penicillin and the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. The council's funding is distributed to researchers in universities, the National Health System, and MRC research centers. Current research priorities include AIDS, antibiotic resistance, the use of animals in research, chronic fatigue syndrome, the study of cognitive systems, intensive care, multiple sclerosis, and other areas of public health.

Antisoma plc company was founded in 1988. Antisoma is anti-cancer. The drug development firm scouts academic or cancer research institutions for promising new oncology drug candidates and snaps them up. Once the drugs are in its pipeline, Antisoma conducts preclinical and clinical trials. The company's leading candidates in clinical trials include possible treatments for lung cancer, acute myeloid leukemia, and breast cancer. Its 2008 acquisition of Xanthus Pharmaceuticals brought along more candidates, and helped Antisoma expand in the US. Antisoma also partners with larger drug makers and research groups, including Novartis, to develop and commercialize products.

Bridgehead International wants to give its clients a head start. The consulting firm operates four divisions that provide a variety of services to a broad spectrum of life science companies and academic groups. Its transaction support division offers technical and commercial advice to firms developing new health care products. Healthcare education services creates medical education and communications programs for the pharmaceutical industry. The market access strategy segment helps companies evaluate competitive pricing and reimbursement models, while opportunity assessment helps firms understand the markets they are attempting to enter. The company operates across Europe, Asia, and North America.

Hikma Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1978 by chairman Samih Darwazah. Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc is a speciality pharmaceutical company with operations in Europe and the United States and a focus in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The Company develops, manufactures and markets branded and unbranded generic, as well as in-licensed products in both oral and injectable dosage forms. Its operations are conducted through three segments: Branded Pharmaceuticals, Generic Pharmaceuticals and Injectable Pharmaceuticals. Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc’s Branded Pharmaceuticals segment develops, manufactures and markets 241 solid, semi-solid and liquid branded pharmaceutical products in 460 dosage strengths and forms, including 33 products under-license from the originator. Injectable Pharmaceuticals segment develops, manufactures and markets 81 injectable products in 202 dosage strengths. Generic Pharmaceuticals develops, manufactures and markets 47 non-branded generic pharmaceutical products in 105 dosage strengths and forms.

XELR8 Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Denver, Colorado. XELR8 Holdings, Inc. is engaged in developing, selling, marketing and distributing nutritional supplement products through a direct sales or network marketing system in which independent distributors sells the products, as well as purchase them for their own personal use. The Company also sell the products directly to the professional and Olympic athletes, and to professional sports teams. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company discontinued the XELR8 Snack. The products of the Company include Bazi, XELR8 EAT, XELR8 DRINK, XELR8 HYDRATE, XELR8 BUILD, and vitamins and minerals, including XELR8 SUPPORT.

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