IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Westbrook, Maine. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. develops, designs, manufactures, and distributes products for veterinary, and food and water testing markets. It operates in three segments: Companion Animal Group (CAG), Water Quality Products (Water), and Production Animal Segment (PAS). The CAG segment provides point-of-care veterinary diagnostic products, such as instruments and consumables, and rapid assays; and information products and services, and digital radiography systems for veterinarians. This segment also offers commercial veterinary reference laboratory and consulting services to veterinarians in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, and South Africa. The Water segment offers a range of products used in the detection of various microbiological analytes in water to government laboratories, water utilities, and private certified laboratories. The PAS segment provides diagnostic tests and related instrumentation that are used to detect diseases, and to monitor health status in production animals. This segment offers its products primarily to government laboratories, cattle, and poultry and swine producers. IDEXX Laboratories also provides products that test milk for antibiotic residues to dairy producers and processors, as well as to government and food-quality managers. In addition, the company sells point-of-care analyzers and related consumables for use in human medical hospitals and clinics to measure electrolytes, blood gases, acid-base balance, glucose, and ionized calcium, as well as to calculate other parameters, such as base excess and anion gap. It markets and sells its products directly, as well as through independent distributors and other resellers in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region.

Cytokinetics, Incorporated company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California. Cytokinetics, Incorporated, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of small molecule drug therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cancer. The company’s lead product includes CK-1827452, a cardiac muscle myosin activator, which is in Phase IIa clinical trials for the treatment of heart failure. Its products under development stage comprise Ispinesib, a kinesin spindle protein inhibitor that is in Phase I/II clinical trials for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer; SB-743921, which is in Phase I/II trials to treat patients with non-Hodgkin or Hodgkin lymphoma; and GSK-923295, centromere-associated protein E inhibitor, which is in Phase I clinical trials to treat patients with refractory solid tumors. The company’s products under preclinical stage consist of CK-2017357, a skeletal sarcomere activator for the treatment of diseases and conditions associated with muscle weakness or wasting; and smooth muscle myosin inhibitor for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, and diseases and medical conditions associated with bronchoconstriction. It has a strategic alliance with Amgen Inc. to discover, develop, and commercialize novel small-molecule therapeutics that activate cardiac muscle contractility for applications in the treatment of heart failure, as well as with GlaxoSmithKline to develop GSK-923295.

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.

PharmaGap is trying to close the gap between cancer and cure. Lead drug candidate PhG1 is a protein inhibitor that seeks and inactivates a protein present in unusually elevated levels in many types of cancer, including breast, colon, lung, and neuroblastoma. PharmaGap has commenced with animal testing of PhG1. The company also researches drugs to combat multi-drug-resistant conditions, and immune system resistance testing methods in humans and animals. Founded in 1999, PharmaGap is a spin-off of the National Research Council of Canada, a Canadian biological research firm.

Micromet, Inc. (Micromet) is a biopharmaceutical company developing antibodies for the treatment of cancer, inflammation and autoimmune diseases. Its product development pipeline includes antibodies generated with its BiTE antibody platform, as well as conventional monoclonal antibodies. Four of the Company's antibodies are in clinical trials, while the remainder of its product pipeline is in pre-clinical development. The Company’s BiTE antibody blinatumomab, known as MT103, is being evaluated in a phase II clinical trial for the treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and in a phase I clinical trial for the treatment of patients with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). A second BiTE antibody, MT110, is being tested in a phase I clinical trial for the treatment of patients with solid tumors. MT110 binds to the epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM), which is over-expressed in many solid tumors.

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings is the holding company of Aspen Pharmacare. The company is Africa's largest generic pharmaceutical manufacturer and a major supplier of branded pharmaceutical and healthcare products to southern African and some other international markets. Its products include pain medication, vitamins, cough and cold medicines, laxatives, medicine for indigestion, and aids to help people quit smoking and lose weight. Aspen Pharmacare also led the way in developing the first anti-retroviral medication in South Africa for AIDS treatment. Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. company has manufacturing facilities in Africa, India, and Latin America.

CK Life Sciences champions good health and sustainable growth in its business and elsewhere. The company specializes in the development of yeast-based fertilizers and nutritional supplements. Its VitaGain line of nutritional products are sold in Asia. In the US its Vitaquest International (doing business as Garden State Nutritionals) subsidiary is a contract manufacturer of nutritional supplements. Its Australian subsidiaries manufacture commercial and retail fertilizers and gardening products. Other subsidiaries conduct biotech research and development. CK Life Sciences is part of Cheung Kong.

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.

Abaxis was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Union City, California. Abaxis, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, and sells portable blood analysis systems for use in the human or veterinary patient-care setting to provide clinicians with rapid blood constituent measurements in the medical and veterinarian markets worldwide. Its products include Point-Of-Care Blood Chemistry Analyzer, which performs a panel of 14 tests on human patients and 13 tests on veterinary patients marketed under the Piccolo xpress and Piccolo Classic names in the human medical market and under the VetScan VS2 and VetScan Classic names in the veterinary market. The company's products also include Reagent Discs that handle various technical steps of blood chemistry testing automatically; and VetScan HM5, VetScan HM2, VetScan HMII, and VetScan HMT hematology instruments, which offer blood count analysis for veterinary applications. In addition, its products comprise VetScan VSpro that assists in the diagnosis and evaluation of suspected bleeding disorders, toxicity/poisoning, evaluation of disseminated intravascular disease, hepatic disease and monitoring therapy, and progression of disease states; and VetScan Canine Heartworm Rapid Test, a test for the detection of dirofilaria immitis in canine whole blood, serum, or plasma. Further, Abaxis's products consist of Orbos Discrete Lyophilization Process, which allows the production of active chemical ingredient in the form of a soluble bead, as well as involves in flash-freezing a drop of liquid reagent to form a solid bead and then freeze-drying the bead to remove water. The company markets and sells its products through a direct sales force in the United States and through independent distributors.

Instrumentation Laboratory Company develops and manufactures diagnostic medical equipment primarily for hospitals and clinical laboratories around the globe. The company provides critical care systems, hemostasis products, and information management services. Its product lines include GEM and Synthesis analyzers for critical care diagnostics, and ACL and HemosIL analyzers and reagents for automated clot-timing testing. Its products are marketed through global affiliates and third-party distributors. Instrumentation Laboratory was established in 1959 and is a division of private Spanish health care company Werfen Group.

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