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.

Ambrilia Biopharma likes to work with drug candidates when they're still in the early stages of development. Once they hit late stage, the company prefers to license them out for further development. The company is also working to manufacture better formulations of existing drugs to bring in cash. Ambrilia's pipeline includes anti-virals and a handful of oncology drug candidates including generic candidates Octreotide and Goserelin. While it is shifting its focus onto anti-viral drugs, the company is continuing with clinical trials of the two oncology drugs. Mid-shift, however, the company's funds dried up and it filed for bankruptcy protection in the Canadian courts.

Roche Holding Ltd. company operates two segments, pharmaceuticals and diagnostics, and sells its products in more than 150 countries. Roche's prescription drugs include cancer therapies MabThera/Rituxan and Herceptin, anemia treatment NeoRecormon/Epogin, hepatitis drug Pegasys, transplant drug CellCept, obesity treatment Xenical, and Tamiflu, which is used to prevent and treat influenza, including avian strains. The company markets many of its bestsellers through subsidiary Genentech and affiliate Chugai Pharmaceutical. Roche's diagnostics arm offers advanced DNA tests, diabetes monitoring supplies, and point-of-care diagnostics used in a variety of health care settings.

CSL Behring is among the world's largest fully integrated plasma collection companies. Through subsidiary CSL Plasma (formerly ZLB Plasma), the company collects plasma through dozens of facilities in the US and Germany. CSL Behring also develops plasma protein biotherapeutics to treat a range of health ailments, including bleeding disorders (such as hemophilia), immune system deficiencies, and respiratory disease (including emphysema). Biotherapeutics are also used in critical care settings for surgical and wound healing applications. CSL Behring is a subsidiary of Australian biopharmaceutical firm CSL Limited.

NeoPharm, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Lake Bluff, Illinois. NeoPharm, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of various cancers and other diseases primarily in the United States. Its products include LEP-ETU, which is in Phase II trial for the treatment of breast and ovarian cancer; LE-DT that is in Phase I trial for the treatment of various forms of cancer; and LE-rafAON, which completed preclinical studies to treat pancreatic cancer. The company has a co-operative research and development agreement with the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke for research on a therapeutic agent for untreatable brain diseases in humans. NeoPharm would provide its proprietary drug, Cintredekin Besudotox (IL13-PE38QQR), and technical resources to study its effects in various brain cancers in humans. Its IL13-PE38QQR also completed preclinical studies for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and asthma. The company was formerly known as OncoMed, Inc. and changed its name to NeoPharm, Inc. in March 1995.

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.

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in South Easton, Massachusetts. Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (PBI) focuses on the development and commercialization of a novel, enabling technology called Pressure Cycling Technology (PCT). PCT uses cycles of hydrostatic pressure between ambient and ultra-high levels (up to 35,000 psi and greater) to control bio-molecular interactions. The company holds 13 U.S. and 6 foreign patents covering multiple applications of PCT in the life sciences field, including genomic and proteomic sample preparation, pathogen inactivation, the control of chemical (primarily enzymatic) reactions, immunodiagnostics, and protein purification. PBI focuses on the development and sale of PCT-enhanced enzymatic digestion products designed specifically for the mass spectrometry marketplace, as well as sample preparation products for biomarker discovery, soil and plant biology, forensics, histology, and counter-bioterror applications. It serves academic laboratories; government agencies; and biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and life science companies. The company was formerly known as Boston Biomedica, Inc. and changed its name to Pressure BioSciences, Inc. in September 2004 as a result of change in business strategy.

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.

Hospira, Inc. company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois. Hospira, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceuticals and medication delivery systems in the United States and internationally. It offers generic acute-care and oncology injectables, as well as integrated infusion therapy and medication management systems for hospitals, wholesalers, integrated delivery networks, and alternate site providers, such as clinics, home healthcare providers, and long-term care facilities. The company primarily provides specialty injectable pharmaceutical products that consist of generic injectable pharmaceuticals for analgesia, anesthesia, anti-infective, cardiovascular, and oncology therapeutic areas, as well as Precedex (dexmedetomidine HCl), a proprietary sedative. Its proprietary drug delivery options include Carpuject and iSecure prefilled syringes, Ansyr prefilled needleless emergency syringe systems, First Choice ready-to-use premixed formulations, and the ADD-Vantage System for preparing drug solutions from prepackaged drug powders or concentrates.Hospira, Inc. company also offers infusion therapy solutions and supplies that include I.V. solutions for general use; and I.V. nutrition products and solutions for the washing and cleansing of wounds or surgical sites. In addition, it provides medication management systems that include electronic drug delivery pumps, safety software, and administration sets that are used to deliver I.V. fluids and medications. Further, the company offers gravity administration sets, hemodynamic monitoring systems used to monitor cardiac function and blood flow in critically ill patients, disposable blood-pressure-sensing devices, blood sampling systems, catheter systems, and needle stick safety products. Additionally, Hospira involves in the provision of formulation development, and injectable and oral drug filling and finishing services.

Dynavax Technologies Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers and develops a pipeline of Toll-like Receptor (TLR) product candidates. The Company's product candidates include HEPLISAV, a hepatitis B vaccine; SD-101, a Phase Ib hepatitis C therapy; DV-601, a Phase Ib hepatitis B therapy; Universal Flu vaccine, a preclinical vaccine under a supply and option agreement with Novartis; AZD1419, a preclinical asthma therapy partnered with AstraZeneca AB, and DV1079, a preclinical autoimmune and inflammatory disease therapy partnered with GlaxoSmithKline. In January 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Symphony Dynamo, Inc. (SDI) from Symphony Dynamo Holdings LLC. Pursuant to the acquisition SDI became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

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