BioVex Group has developed a virus-containing vaccine which works to prevent and combat certain types of cancer and chronic infectious diseases. The company's lead product, OncoVEX, makes use of an altered virus to attack solid tumor cells but leave healthy cells intact. OncoVEX has shown promise in treating metastatic melanoma and the company has plans to vex other cancers such as pancreatic and colo-rectal cancers. After a brief stint as a publicly-traded company, in 2007 BioVex was taken private by a group of investors led by health science-oriented Triathlon Medical Ventures.

Trius Therapeutics is an early-stage biopharmaceutical company developing antibiotics to treat life-threatening bacterial infections. Torezolid phosphate, its most important drug in development, is an IV- and orally-administered antibiotic with a potential to treat antibiotic-resistant strains of staph infections, known as MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). Until the company is able to sell torezolid phosphate to hospitals and other health care providers, the company is primarily funded by government grants, research contracts, and collaboration agreements. The company filed for an initial public offering in November 2009.

Perceptive Informatics understand that large clinical drug trials need more than little paper cups to dispense pills in. They also need massive information technology support to handle all of the data generated. As a subsidiary of contract research giant PAREXEL, Perceptive Informatics offers data capture and management systems for clinical trials conducted by large biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Its products are used to enroll and keep track of patients, organize trial results, and facilitate communication between participating doctors and trial organizers, as well as other services to speed the clinical-trial stage of drug development. It also manages medical imaging equipment and data for trials.

Allon Therapeutics Inc. company's primary focus is on developing treatments for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases that lead to memory loss and cognitive impairment. Its lead candidate AL-108 is a nasal spray that has shown some efficacy in clinical trials in treating the symptoms of patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment, a precursor to Alzheimer's. Allon has collaborations with the National Institute on Aging, the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study, the Institute for the Study of Aging, and the Tel Aviv University.

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Ortho Dermatologics makes a variety of prescription dermatological potions, including topical creams and injectables used to treat acne, fungal infections, and damage caused by sun exposure and aging. The firm's RETIN-A MICRO ointment, which was developed by AP Pharma, treats acne; and anti-wrinkle cream Renova reduces fine lines brought on by sun exposure. Other products target athlete's foot and promote wound healing.

Celgene Corporation company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Summit, New Jersey. Celgene Corporation engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies to treat cancer and immune-inflammatory related diseases primarily in Europe and the United States. Its primary commercial stage products include REVLIMID for the treatment in combination with dexamethasone for multiple myeloma patients, as well as for the treatment of patients with transfusion-dependent anemia; and THALOMID for the treatment in combination with dexamethasone of patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, as well as for the treatment and suppression of cutaneous manifestations of erythema nodosum leprosum.Celgene Corporation company also sells ALKERAN for the palliative treatment of multiple myeloma and of carcinoma of the ovary; VIDAZA, which is used for the treatment of various subtypes of MDS; RITALIN that is used for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and FOCALIN for the treatment of oncology-related disorders. Its development stage products consist of CC-4047, which is in Phase II trials for the treatment of myelofibrosis and multiple myeloma, and in Phase I trials for the treatment of hemoglobinopathies; CC-10015 that is in pre-clinical stage for the treatment of inflammatory diseases; CC-10004, which is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and inflammatory diseases; JNK CC-930 that is in Phase I trial to treat fibrotic diseases; Amrubicin, which is in Phase III trials for small cell lung cancer treatment; Human umbilical cord blood, a Phase I trials product to treat transplants and hematological disorders; and ACE-011, a Phase II initiated product for multiple myeloma/Bone loss treatment. Celgene Corporation has strategic collaborations with Acceleron Pharma, Inc. for the joint development and commercialization of ACE-011; and GlobeImmune Inc. to develop molecular immunotherapy for the treatment of cancer.

De Novo Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Cambridge, the United Kingdom. De Novo Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., a drug discovery company, provides computational drug design services. It focuses on small molecule therapeutics. The company provides services to drug discovery customers seeking progress from validated target to novel hits; and to medicinal chemistry groups interested in focused chemical libraries. It offers SkelGen, a chemical structure-generation platform and a suite of software tools for the analysis of structural information on a protein target and the de novo design of molecules to bind into its site, as well as for the hit and lead discovery to the pharmaceutical industry. The company offers its SkelGen for scaffold hopping, virtual high-throughput screening, focused library design, intelligent fragment linking, and low affinity fragment-based design applications. It also provides drug discovery partnerships, such as structure-based drug design, ligand-based drug design, and fragment-based drug design services, as well as focused libraries for medicinal chemistry seeking the design of focused libraries against classes of targets. In addition, the company involves in applying its SkelGen silico drug design platform to design compounds for various targets within the diabetes field.

Quintiles Transnational has plenty to CRO about. One of the world's top contract research organizations (CROs), with operations in more than 50 countries, it helps drug and medical device companies develop and sell their products. The firm provides a comprehensive range of clinical trials management services, including patient recruitment, data analysis, laboratory testing, and regulatory filing. Its consulting unit offers strategic advice at every stage of drug discovery and development, and its Innovex subsidiary is a contract sales organization providing sales personnel to promote approved products. An investment group led by founder and CEO Dennis Gillings owns the company.

Protide Pharmaceuticals is pro-cell. The firm focuses on developing new technologies for cellular and transfusion therapies, including gene therapies, to treat cancer and genetic disorders and to improve cell transplantation and engineering. To fund its work, Protide sells nearly 20 products under the Celox Laboratories brand to its academic, drug, and diagnostic research clients around the world. These products include serum-free growth mediums and supplements, as well as solutions used to cryopreserve cells and tissues. ICN Pharmaceuticals has a non-exclusive global marketing agreement for certain products. Protide also has a private-label manufacturing deal with a division of Sigma-Aldrich.

Founded in 1992, Alpha Innotech Corporation develops, manufactures and markets digital imaging and detection systems for the Life Science research and Drug Discovery markets. Our goal is to combine instruments, reagents and bioinformatics software to offer integrated modular technology platforms for functional genomics, proteomics and cell analysis markets. Our customers include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as universities, medical centers, government research institutes and agencies worldwide. On October 28, 2009 Alpha Innotech became part of Cell Biosciences.

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