Natrol, Inc. company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Chatsworth, California. Natrol, Inc. manufactures and distributes nutritional products. The company offers nutritional and dietary supplements, functional herbal teas, and sports nutrition products for heart and digestive health, weight management and energy, mood and sleep support, eye and joint health, and children's and brain health. It also provides Natrol Immune Boost for the wellness of bodys immune system. In addition, the company manufactures supplements for third parties. It offers its products through retailers in the United States and subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, as well as through distribution partners internationally.

Silence Therapeutics wants to put the kibosh on disease-causing genes. The company, formerly known as SR Pharma, is working in the field of RNA interference (RNAi), a cutting-edge approach to treating disease that involves interfering with, or silencing, targeted genes associated with disease. Its AtuPLEX drug delivery system is designed to work specifically with RNA molecules. Silence Therapeutics acquired fellow RNAi research company Intradigm in 2010, greatly expanding its RNAi program capabilities, which it hopes will make it a more attractive partner to bigger pharmaceutical companies looking to develop products based on that science.

BioNumerik Pharmaceuticals does biopharmaceutical drug development by the numbers. Using a multi-discipline process of identifying potential cancer drugs, the company has brought two candidates into late-stage development. Lead candidate Tavocept, which has FDA fast-track status, may prevent nerve and kidney damage caused by cancer therapies. BioNumerik's Karenitecin candidate is an advanced formulation of an existing cancer drug and is being evaluated for treatment of solid tumors. The firm relies heavily on computer models and simulations to identify promising drug candidates. In addition to its two lead candidates, it has several other potential drugs in pre-clinical research.

Chesapeake PERL was founded in 2000. Chesapeake PERL calls a "mini bioreactor" to produce proteins. Using its PERLXpress technology platform, the company mass produces antibodies, enzymes, viral antigens, and other proteins in whole insect larvae. It sells its custom protein development services, as well as some research reagents, to biotech concerns, including drug and diagnostics companies, biotech instrument makers, agricultural companies, and makers of industrial enzymes. It has also received federal grants from the NIH, the US Army, and the US Department of Energy.

Lonza Group stays busy making active ingredients. Spun off by Switzerland's former industrial giant Alusuisse Lonza Group (Algroup), Lonza Group is focused mostly on research and production for pharmaceutical and chemical firms. It is a contract manufacturer of the advanced intermediates and active ingredients used in drugs. Lonza also is active in biotechnology: It uses microbial fermentation and biotransformation to produce fine chemical intermediates and is involved in mammalian cell culture research. It also produces organic fine chemicals and performance chemicals (biocides and oleochemicals).

EntreMed, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. EntreMed, Inc. (EntreMed) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing multi-mechanism oncology drugs that target disease cells and the blood vessels that nourish them. The Company focused on developing drugs that are safe and convenient, and provide the potential for improved patient outcomes. The Company has four compounds in clinical development with a pipeline of orally-active, multi-mechanism drugs for the treatment of cancer including; MKC-1, a cell cycle inhibitor, Panzem (2-methoxyestradiol or 2ME2), and ENMD-1198, an antimitotic agent. EntreMed also has active investigational new drug (IND) for its Aurora A/angiogenesis kinase inhibitor, ENMD-2076, and Panzem for rheumatoid arthritis.

AutoGenomics was founded in 1999 as Neuron Technologies and applied to go public in 2008. AutoGenomics, Inc. company developed a genetic testing system called INFINITI that scans DNA samples for genetic disorders, infectious diseases, cancer, and pharmacogenetics (a patient's genetic likeliness to have an adverse reaction to a drug). AutoGenomics found about 25 uses for the INFINITI, but only four have been approved by the FDA for diagnostic use -- testing for sensitivity to the popular blood thinner warfarin, screening for the risk of developing cystic fibrosis or cervical cancer (for women with HPV), and testing for a gene that blocks common drugs from working.

LifeSpan BioSciences likes the way genes express themselves. The firm helps drugmakers develop new product candidates faster by finding proteins and RNA in human tissue samples to identify gene expression associated with disease. It licenses access to its databases of gene expressions and protein localizations to drug developers. Also available are target validation and tissue pathology services. LifeSpan's clients include pharmaceutical companies in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Shanghai Pharmaceutical Group, or SPGC, knows that Big Pharma is big business. One of China's largest pharmaceutical companies, SPGC makes over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, prescription drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), biopharmaceuticals, and traditional Chinese medicine. The vertically-integrated company distributes its wares and owns more than 1,000 retail locations. SPGC sells drugs in 30 countries from five foreign offices. Its R&D facility, Central Research Institute, operates 10 centers across China. In 1996 many small producers, including Sine, Dragon & Tiger, and Pioneer, merged to form SPGC.

MannKind Corporation was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Valencia, California. MannKind Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutic products for diseases, such as diabetes and cancer. Its lead product candidate, AFRESA, a rapid-acting insulin that has completed phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment of diabetes in the United States, Europe, and Japan. The company's lead product candidates also include MKC1106-PP, which is in phase I clinical trial for the treatment of various solid-tumor cancers, including ovarian, colorectal, pancreatic, renal, breast, non-small cell lung and prostate carcinomas, glioblastoma, and melanoma.

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