Virbac Corporation makes animal health and pet-care products and sells them to veterinarians and retailers. For dogs and cats it makes C.E.T dental products, Allederm dermatological products, and digestive and hairball remedies. The company's Iverhart medication prevents heartworms in dogs. Virbac also makes antibiotics, dewormer, and euthanasia products. Its other brands include Biomox, Clintabs, and Vetasyl. In addition to producing its own animal health products, the company provides contract manufacturing through subsidiary PM Resources. The company is owned by Virbac SA.

BTG plc company acquires patent rights to new technologies and licenses them to manufacturers around the globe. With a focus on biopharmaceuticals and medical products, BTG reviews prospective technologies developed by research institutions, universities, and companies around the globe. In addition, BTG helps raise venture capital for start-up businesses and creates ventures (often through partnerships) to exploit new technologies. Originally set up by the British government to protect and patent British inventions, BTG has helped bring to market such famous inventions as the hovercraft and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Minster Pharmaceuticals plc, through its subsidiary, Minster Research Limited, develops pharmaceutical compounds for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric conditions in the United Kingdom. Its products pipeline comprises Tonabersat, which is in Phase IIb clinical trial for the prevention and treatment of migraine; and Sabcomeline, a Phase IIa clinical trial product for the management of cognitive decline and negative symptoms in schizophrenia. The company is based in Saffron Walden, the United Kingdom.

PetMed Express, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Pompano Beach, Florida. PetMed Express, Inc. (PetMed) and its subsidiaries, doing business as 1-800-PetMeds, is a pet pharmacy. The Company markets prescription and non-prescription pet medications, and other health products for dogs, cats, and horses direct to the consumer. The Company markets its products through national television, online, and direct mail/print advertising campaigns. PetMed offers a selection of products for dogs, cats, and horses. As of March 31, 2009, its product line contains approximately 750 stock keeping units (skus). These products include brands of medication, such as Frontline Plus, K9 Advantix, Advantage, Heartgard Plus, Sentinel, Interceptor, Program, Revolution, Deramaxx and Rimadyl.

Fertile minds at Merck Serono help people around the world combat infertility. One of the world's top biotechs, Merck Serono focuses on recombinant genetic engineering to develop drugs. The firm also manufactures and markets therapies for neurological, dermatological, metabolic, oncology, cardiovascular, and growth disorders. It is a leader in reproductive health, with flagship drug Gonal-F at the head of its infertility product line. Other key products include beta interferon drug Rebif for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and colorectal and head/neck cancer treatment Erbitux. The company is a subsidiary of German drugmaker Merck KGaA.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its own research and the distribution of grants, seeks to understand disease inside and out. Part of the US Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the government's main medical research entity. It comprises 27 institutes and centers covering every medical discipline, from general medical sciences to alternative therapies. The organization has nearly 6,000 scientists of its own and gives out some 50,000 grants to researchers at more than 3,000 universities, hospitals, and research labs in all 50 states. Among its vast array of projects, NIH has supported efforts to develop an AIDS vaccine, map human genetic variation, and study avian flu.

Arrow Therapeutics was founded in 1998; AstraZeneca acquired the firm in 2007. Arrow Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical product discovery company that is researching new anti-infective medicines. The company's top candidate is RSV604, an antiviral molecular program to combat respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a leading cause of respiratory infections worldwide. This candidate is currently undergoing clinical trials and has been licensed to Novartis. Other leading programs include compounds developed to fight infectious dieseases such as Hepatitis C, herpes, and chicken pox.

Quality Assured Services (QAS) is a direct marketer of point-of-care and self-testing diagnostic products. It distributes easy-to-use diagnostic kits directly to consumers' homes, as well as to health professionals and home health care providers. Its products include anticoagulation tests, cholesterol tests, and other products that monitor and diagnose such conditions as blood pressure, diabetes, lung function, and infectious diseases. The company also provides telemedicine support, patient management software, insurance verification, and billing services. QAS is a subsidiary of diagnostic products firm Inverness Medical Innovations.

William Ransom & Son plc is a United Kingdom-based company engaged in the supply of branded natural health products, vitamins and food supplements, the manufacture of pharmaceutical products and the extraction of plant material for the pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries. The Company operates in three divisions: consumer healthcare, pharmaceutical and natural products. Consumer healthcare includes the sale of consumer-branded healthcare products. The pharmaceutical division includes the manufacture of its own Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)-licensed products, as well as pharmaceuticals and over-the-counter products for third parties. The natural products division includes the manufacture of botanical extracts used as ingredients by the pharmaceutical division and sold to third parties.

Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. company, formerly known as Bio-Technology General Corp., was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in East Brunswick, New Jersey. Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing, manufacturing, and marketing pharmaceutical products that target unmet medical needs. The company sells and distributes branded and generic versions of oxandrolone, a drug used to promote weight gain following involuntary weight loss. It distributes the branded version of oxandrolone in the United States, under the name Oxandrin and authorized generic version of oxandrolone through an agreement with Watson Pharma, Inc. The company also involves in developing KRYSTEXXA (pegloticase), a biologic PEGylated uricase enzyme to control hyperuricemia, and to manage signs and symptoms of gout, including the improvement of tophi, improvement in chronic pain, improved physical functioning, and decreased frequency of flares for patients with treatment-failure gout. It distributes its products through wholesalers.

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