Chai-Na-Ta Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in growing, processing, and marketing North American ginseng. The company offers ginseng in various forms, such as capsule, slice, tablet, tea, powder, extract, and whole root form, as well as an additive to various consumer products. Ginseng Farming Asian or Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer), is a herb indigenous to the mountainous forests of eastern Asia. The North American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) is a woodland plant native to North America. As of December 31, 2008, the company had under lease 473 acres and owned 270 acres of farmland of which 392 are under ginseng cultivation in Ontario. Sales and Marketing The company sells its products primarily in Hong Kong, China, Canada, and the United States. Subsidiaries The company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Chai-Na-Ta Farms Ltd. (CNT Farms), carries out the planting, growing, and harvesting of the company’s ginseng crops. CNT Farms also handles the storage of root inventory and manages the distribution of inventory directly to local customers or to customers in the Far East through CNT Trading (Hong Kong) Limited. CNT Farms also carries out crop research. The company through its wholly owned subsidiary, CNT Trading (Hong Kong) Limited (CNT HK), carries out direct marketing, sales, and distribution functions for North American ginseng in Hong Kong for distribution through Asia. CNT HK sells ginseng roots directly to brokers, distributors, and certain customers in the Far East, primarily China. The company through its wholly-owned subsidiary, CNT Nutraceuticals Ltd. (CNTN), operates a showroom in Richmond, British Columbia and carries out direct marketing and sales of graded roots and ginseng-based value-added products to customers in Canada. History The company was founded in 1981. It was formerly known as Chai-Na-Ta Ginseng Products Limited and changed its name to Chai-Na-Ta Corp. in 1994.

Kent International Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in Far Hills, New Jersey. Kent International Holdings, Inc. (Kent International), formerly Cortech, Inc. was a biopharmaceutical company whose primary focus had been the discovery and development of therapeutics for the treatment of inflammatory disorders. It had directed its research and development efforts principally toward protease inhibitors and bradykinin antagonists. The Company has not identified the particular business, which it will seek to engage, nor has it conducted any market studies with respect to any business or industry to evaluate the possible merits or risks of the target business or industry, which the Company ultimately may operate.

Aptuit prefers to operate behind the scenes. A pharmaceutical services company, Aptuit offers a range of support services to biotech and other drug development companies, including early- to late-stage development of pharmaceutical ingredients, clinical studies support, information systems development, project management, and consulting services. The company operates from more than a dozen offices in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region and serves companies of all sizes. Aptuit was founded in 2004; private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe holds a significant ownership stake in the company.

Genitope is a drug development company in arrested development. It had hoped to find new ways to fight cancer with old weapons, but now it is just hoping to find a future. The company was researching immunotherapy treatments for cancer, using the body's own immune system to fight tumors. Genitope's leading drug candidate, MyVax, was a patient-specific immunotherapy that would specify the genetic makeup of the tumor, activate the patient's immune system to attack it, and cause no damage to cells other than the tumor. However, the drug did not do well in early clinical trials, and when the FDA requested additional trials for further review, Genitope chose to scrap the whole program.

AES Laboratoire produces and distributes a complete range of microbial testing instruments and equipment. Whether for quality assurance or national security, clients from 21 countries in industries from food production to pharmaceuticals contract with AES to assure the quality and safety of products and to monitor possible hazards in various working environments. AES is developing and patenting technologies that are more accurate and less time-consuming than traditional laboratory testing methods, including machines that sample the air for bio-contaminants and chemical "litmus tests" that can quickly detect and identify pathogens.

BioSyntech is a development-stage company specializing in the creation and development of biotherapeutic thermogels to be used for human tissue repair and therapeutic delivery. The BST-Gels are liquid at room temperature but solidify at human body temperature, and they are classified as medical devices by the FDA and other regulators. Various products in development include BST-CarGel (cartilage repair), BST-InPod (heel cushioning), and BST-DermOn (chronic wound healing). For now, the company makes its money primarily from the sale of Ultrasan, a pure form of chitosan (derived from chitin and is also used in the thermogels), and providing analytical services to support Ultrasan.

Metabolic Nutrition ships out products that help people shape up. Products include meal replacement shake powders, weight loss supplements, and anti-oxidant formulations. Its weight loss division offers products such as SyneDrex and Phenolox, which are metabolism stimulators, and Ametrol, a carbohydrate inhibitor. Sports performance offerings includes meal replacement Advantage and stamina enhancer TAG. The health and wellness division offers customers vitamin supplement Quidprim and immune system booster Stipatore, among other formulations. Metabolic Nutrition's products are sold in select health food stores; the company also takes orders through its Web site and over the phone.

Banner Pharmacaps, Inc., a drug delivery and specialty pharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, and manufacture of oral dosage forms for the pharmaceutical health care industry. It develops drug delivery systems and patented technologies, including Soflet Gelcaps, a technology that enrobes tablets with a gelatin or non-animal film; LiquiSoftT Chewable Liquid-Filled Softgels, which is a chewable gel dosage form suitable for pediatric populations; Chewel, a soft chewable gelatin dosage form for pediatric populations; EnteriCare, which are enteric softgels; Versatrol, which is a controlled release softgel technology; and EcoCaps, which are non-animal softgels. It serves pharmaceutical and biotechnology, and consumer healthcare markets. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in High Point, North Carolina. It has drug manufacturing facilities in High Point, North Carolina; Tilburg, the Netherlands; Olds, Canada; and Mexico City, Mexico. It has locations in Mexico, Europe, the Asia/Pacific, the United States, and Canada. Banner Pharmacaps, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of VION N.V.

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.

Bio-Botanica was founded in 1972 by CEO Frank D'Amelio. Bio-Botanica Inc. company develops and manufactures a variety of botanical extracts used by customers throughout the US and internationally, in the nutraceutical, food and beverage, and cosmetics industries. Bio-Botanica's more than 300 extracts come in solid, semi-solid, powdered, and liquid forms and are used as both active ingredients and preservatives in products ranging from teas to soaps and homeopathic remedies. The company also produces its own line of consumer products, including extracts and blended nutritional supplements, which are sold through retailers under the Nature's Answer brand.

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