Intercell USA (formerly Iomai) is developing needle-free alternatives to boost your immune system using a transcutaneous method, which delivers vaccines to cells found on the outer layers of the skin. It has a handful of product candidates in development, all in patch form, aimed at preventing seasonal flu and travelers' diarrhea (caused by E. coli, for instance). One of its patches is being funded under a contract from the US Department of Health and Human Services to aid in the treatment of pandemic flu. In 2008 the company was acquired by Austria-based vaccine maker Intercell AG.

Essential Group, Inc. company was founded in 1994 and taken private in 2007. Essential Group (formerly AmericasDoctor) is helping medical researchers find a more advanced way to cure that bellyache. The company acts as a contract research organization (CRO) to handle everything needed in a clinical drug trial, including study design, patient recruitment, clinical monitoring, and writing up the findings. It conducts Phase I-IV trials in areas such as cardiology, gastroenterology, urology, and women's health through test sites across the US. Essential Group's primary clients are pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

GenVec, Inc. company was founded in 1992 and is based in Gaithersburg, Maryland. GenVec, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, develops gene-based therapeutic drugs and vaccines in the United States. Its lead therapeutic product candidate, TNFerade biologic, is under Phase III trial for first-line treatment of inoperable, locally advanced pancreatic cancer. The company is also evaluating TNFerade biologic, wfor the treatment of various cancers, including esophageal cancer, rectal cancer, and head and neck cancer. In addition, it is developing TherAtoh, a preclinical program involving the delivery of the human atonal gene for the production of therapeutic proteins by cells in the inner ear. Further, GenVec uses its proprietary adenovector technology to develop vaccines for infectious diseases, including HIV, malaria, foot-and-mouth disease, respiratory syncytial virus, and HSV-2. It has strategic alliances and research contracts with the U.S. department of homeland security, the U.S. department of agriculture, PATH'S malaria vaccine initiative, the U.S. naval medical research center, and the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.

AAIPharma provides contract research services to the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries. Its outsourcing services run the gamut from drug candidate selection and feasibility studies, to bioanalytical testing and clinical trials management. Its early clinical development division helps evaluate potential compounds and design patient studies. The company's clinical development businesses run large clinical trials for customers around the world. Other services include regulatory support and data management. AAIPharma has divested its pharmaceutical development division, which cranked out small batches of drugs to supply clinical trials and develops oral drug delivery technology.

Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals is looking to flow powerful drugs into the vast sea of customer affordability. The drug maker develops, manufactures, and distributes specialty pharmaceutical products for the treatment of chronic conditions, particularly viral and fungal ailments. Three Rivers Pharmaceuticals makes and markets two hepatitis C treatments in the US market: Ribasphere (a generic version of the antiviral Ribavirin) and Infergen (a branded antiviral therapy). The company also sells an injectable antifungal medication, Amphotec (also known as Amphocil), in more than 40 countries.

Labcyte Inc. company sells automated dispensing systems, plate assemblers, microplates, and labware supplies. Labcyte's products are built around a liquid management technology it calls Acoustic Droplet Ejection (ADE) which uses sound energy to move miniscule bits of liquid without any physical contact during transfer. ADE is useful where cross-contamination would compromise quality or data and it reduces the waste created by disposable liquid handling supplies. Labcyte's customers include pharmaceutical and biomedical research labs. The company has expanded distribution of its products into Europe and Asia.

Martek Biosciences Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. Martek Biosciences Corporation engages in the innovation and development of nutritional products from microbial sources, including algae, fungi, and other microbes worldwide. Its products include life'sDHA, a vegetarian source of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) for use in infant formula, pregnancy and nursing products, foods and beverages, dietary supplements, and animal feeds; and life'sARA, a vegetarian source of the omega-6 fatty acid ARA (arachidonic acid) for use in infant formula. The company also provides contract manufacturing services for the production of enzymes, specialty chemicals, vitamins, and agricultural specialty products. It sells oils containing fatty acids under the names of life'sDHA, DHASCO, Neuromins, ARASCO, and life'sARA. The company markets its nutritional oils primarily to the infant formula, pregnancy and nursing, food and beverage, dietary supplement, and animal feed markets.

Dyadic International, Inc. (Dyadic) is an early-stage biotechnology company. The Company has operations in the United States, the Netherlands and Poland. Dyadic uses its technologies to conduct research and development (R&D) and commercial activities for the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of products and solutions for the bioenergy, industrial enzyme, and biopharmaceutical industries. The Company derives all of its revenues from the licensing of its technologies and the sale of its enzymes. The Company is a holding company that holds all of Dyadic International (USA), Inc. (Dyadic-Florida). Dyadic-Florida owns all of Geneva Investment Holdings Limited, Dyadic Nederland BV, and Dyadic International Sp. z o.o. Dyadic’s R&D activities focus on its fungal strains and associated technologies. In particular, Dyadic uses its Trichoderma and C1 fungal strains in the production of its industrial enzymes.

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.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Sun Pharma) is an international specialty pharmaceutical company. The Company’s product portfolio consists of four categories of products: India branded generics, US generics, international branded generics and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). The products of the Company are prescribed in therapy areas like cardiology, psychiatry, neurology, gastroenterology, diabetology and respiratory. The products manufactured by the Company include Supatret, Winolap, Donamem, Exmasin, Lenzest, Octride Depot 10, Carcidox, Tyrogef, Cernos depot, Milnorm, Levipil, Exzilor and Macorate. The Company’s subsidiaries include Sun Pharma Global Inc. BVI., Sun Pharma Global-FZE, Sun Pharmaceutical (Bangladesh) Ltd., Sun Pharmaceutical Peru S.A.C. and Sun Farmaceutica Ltda-Brazil. In November 2008, the Company, along with its subsidiaries, completed the acquisition of Chattem Chemicals, Inc.

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