Bellus Health scientists are putting their gray matter to work to find therapies for incurable conditions. Formerly known as Neurochem, Bellus Health's lead candidate is a potential treatment for Amyloid A amyloidosis, an often fatal condition associated with inflammatory disease and kidney dysfunction. Bellus has licensed the late-stage compound to Centocor, which plans to market it under the name Kiacta. Bellus is also evaluating a potential treatment for type 2 diabetes in clinical trials and has discovery programs in the areas of Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Its OVOS Natural Health business is touting homotaurine as a nutritional supplement to improve memory and cognition.

Oxford Gene Technology Ltd. owned company was founded in 1995 by Professor Sir Edwin Southern. Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) provides microarray products and services that enable clinical research and molecular diagnostics in academic, hospital, and government research laboratories. One of its key business areas, licensing, gives companies access to its intellectual property that covers microarrays, genomics, and electrochemistry. OGT's research focuses on developing novel microarray technologies for new applications such as drug discovery and disease diagnosis.

Pharming Group N.V. is a Netherlands-based biotechnology company. The Company has facilities both in the Netherlands and the United States. Pharming develops products for the treatment of diseases with significant medical needs, including genetic disorders, diseases associated with the immune system, ageing diseases, and nutritional products. The Company’s technologies include platforms for the production of protein therapeutics and technology and processes for the purification and formulation of these products, as well as technologies in the field of DNA repair via its subsidiary DNage BV. Pharming products under development are divided into three categories: biopharmaceuticals, biomaterials, and bio-nutritionals. Products in the most advanced stage of development and closest to commercialization are Rhucin and human lactoferrin for use in food products. Pharming has several partnerships and collaborations with, inter alia, AgResearch, US Army, Aslan and Schering-Plough.

Novartis Corporation has what the doctor ordered. As the North American headquarters of Switzerland-based Novartis AG, the unit handles administration, sales, and marketing for a vast product line of prescription drugs, consumer health products, vaccines, and veterinary products. But wait, there is more! Novartis Corporation also oversees the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, which is headquartered in the US. Novartis Corporation headlines dozens of US business units including CIBA Vision, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and the US operations of its Sandoz generics business.

SCOLR Pharma, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company, which through its Controlled Delivery Technology (CDT) platforms, develops prescription, over-the-counter (OTC) and nutritional products. The Company has developed multiple private-label controlled release nutritional products incorporating its CDT platforms that are sold by national retailers. The Company’s lead product candidate is a CDT-based controlled release formulation of ibuprofen, an analgesic used for the treatment of pain, fever and inflammation. It completed the pivotal phase III trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of its 12 hour CDT 600 milligram controlled release ibuprofen for the OTC market. In addition, the Company submitted its first abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for its 12-hour pseudoephedrine product on August 5, 2008.

BioTime, Inc. company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Alameda, California. BioTime, Inc. is a biomedical organization engaged in the development of synthetic plasma expanders and blood volume substitute solutions for use in surgery, trauma care, organ transplant procedures, and other areas of medicine. The Company’s operating revenues have been generated primarily from licensing fees related to the sale of its plasma volume expander products, primarily Hextend. The company began to make its first stem cell research products available during the year ended December 31, 2008, but it had not yet generated significant revenues in that business segment.

China National Pharmaceutical Group (SINOPHARM) is the largest pharmaceutical company in the world's most populous nation. The company researches and develops, manufactures, distributes, and markets medicine and other healthcare products. SINOPHARM manages factories, research laboratories, traditional Chinese medicine plantations, and marketing and distribution networks that extend throughout the country. It also has 10 subsidiaries and a number of major joint ventures. The company also runs about a dozen retail pharmacy chains. SINOPHARM, which has operations in Africa, France, Germany, Hong Kong, the US, and Vietnam, was formed in 1998. The Chinese government controls the pharmaceutical firm.

Alimera Sciences' tunnel vision is a real asset. The biopharmaceutical company specializes in prescription ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, particularly those aimed at treating ocular diseases affecting the retina. Alimera's most advanced product candidate, Iluvien, is an insert about the size of a grain of rice that slowly releases a drug to the back of the eye used in the treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME); DME, a retinal disease affecting diabetics, can lead to severe vision loss and blindness. Iluvien is effective for up to 36 months and may also have the potential to affect other ophthalmic diseases, such as retinal vein occlusion (RVO). Alimera Sciences is looking to go public through an $80 million IPO.

Bilcare, Inc., formerly ProClinical Pharmaceutical Services, is in favor of pharma. Bilcare, Inc. company, which also operates as Bilcare Global Clinical Services, is the American arm of parent company Bilcare Ltd. Its aim is to help pharmaceutical companies prepare for and conduct clinical trials. Bilcare's offerings include a wide range of analytical research, formulation development, manufacturing, and packaging and labeling of clinical supplies. Logistics services include the storage, distribution, reconciliation, and destruction of clinical trial supplies and investigational medicines. Its services encompass all levels of pharmaceutical drug trials.

ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Fremont, California. ARYx Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing a portfolio of product candidates designed to eliminate known safety issues associated with commercial drugs using its RetroMetabolic Drug Design technology. Its product portfolio includes tecarfarin, an oral anticoagulant in Phase II/III clinical development for the treatment of patients who are at risk for the formation of dangerous blood clots; budiodarone/ATI-2042, an oral antiarrhythmic agent in Phase II clinical development for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, a form of irregular heartbeat; ATI-7505, an oral prokinetic agent in Phase II clinical development for the treatment of chronic constipation, gastroparesis, functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome with constipation, and gastroesophageal reflux disease; and ATI-9242, an antipsychotic agent in Phase I clinical development for the treatment of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. The company also involves in the preclinical development of ATI-20,000 and ATI-24,000, which focus on metabolic and gastrointestinal disorders.

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