Founded in 1926, Recordati S.p.A. company makes prescription and nonprescription pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Its prescription drug business includes antibiotics and antiviral drugs, as well as treatments for cardiovascular, central nervous system, dermatological, gynecology, urological, and other disorders and ailments. Over-the-counter products include remedies for allergies and colds, travel sickness, and fungal infections. Recordati company has subsidiaries and direct sales representatives located in about a dozen European countries. Recordati's products are distributed in some 100 countries.

NexMed, Inc. was founded in 1987 and is based in San Diego, California. NexMed, Inc. is a pharmaceutical and medical technology company with a focus on developing and commercializing therapeutic products based on its delivery systems. The Company focuses its efforts on new and topical pharmaceutical products based on a penetration enhancement drug delivery technology known as NexACT, which may enable an active drug to be better absorbed through the skin. The NexACT transdermal drug delivery technology is designed to enhance the absorption of an active drug through the skin, overcoming the skin’s natural barrier properties, and enabling high concentrations of the active drug to rapidly penetrate the desired site of the skin or extremity. In December 2009, the Company closed its acquisition of Bio-Quant, Inc., a research organization for in vitro and in vivo contract drug discovery and pre-clinical development services.

Genetix Group plc, along with its subsidiaries, is engaged in the design, development, manufacture and marketing of automated systems, services and consumables for cell biology, cytogenetics, pathology, proteomic and genomic research worldwide. The biopharmaceutical family of products include the ClonePixFL and associated reagents, which are used to identify the antibody clones that form the basis of pharmaceutical drugs. The ClonePix FL is also used to identify high-yielding cell lines for a customer’s production process. Its Cytovision systems are used worldwide for both pre and post natal genetic testing, and identifying certain forms of cancer, such as leukemia. Its Ariol system is used to image tissue samples from patients. Its wholly owned subsidiaries include Genetix Limited, Genescreen Limited, Genpak Limited, Genetix GmbH and Genetix KK. In April 2009, the Company acquired SlidePath Limited. In January 2010, Danaher Corporation acquired 97% interest in the Company.

Sanofi-Aventis U.S. is just a subsidiary, but it's still one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the US. As the US operations of European drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis, the company develops, manufactures, and markets pharmaceutical products. Its production facility in Kansas City, Missouri, is one of Sanofi-Aventis' primary manufacturing sites, and it produces pharmaceuticals for sale in the US and around the world. Some of its key products include sleep aid Ambien, cancer drug Taxotere, and blood thinner Plavix. Sanofi-Aventis US markets its parent's products in the US through its 8,000 field sales professionals.

Tetracore, Inc. company's FDA-approved Redline lab test can distinguish anthrax bacteria from similar microorganisms. Other bioterrorism countermeasures the firm offers include the BioThreat Alert testing kit used by first responders to detect various biological toxins including botulinum toxin (botulism) and staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B (SEB). Tetracore also sells veterinary diagnostic (VetAlert) tests for foot-and-mouth disease, West Nile, and other diseases, and it markets antibodies (proteins) for use by research labs.

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals (GSK India) is the top of the pill heap. India's leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, the company makes pharmaceuticals and consumer health care products through its two manufacturing facilities in Nashik and Thane; it also has a clinical development center in Bangalore. Its products include those targeting problems with infections, gynecology, dermatology, diabetes, and the cardiovascular system. Top sellers are Augmentin, Zinetac, Calpol, Phexin, and Betnesol. GSK India also makes vaccines to treat or prevent hepatitis A and B, the flu, chickenpox, and tetanus. Its distribution network stretches throughout the country. UK-based drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline owns GSK India.

DOV Pharmaceutical, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of product candidates for disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). The Company has drug development programs that are at the preclinical, Phase I and Phase II clinical stages, including DOV 21,947 (in a Phase II clinical trial for depression), DOV 102,677 (which has completed a Phase I clinical trial) and a preclinical discovery program in reuptake inhibitors and GABA modulators. The Company also has a drug development program subject to regulatory review, Indiplon, which is being developed as a treatment for insomnia. The Company has sublicensing agreements for the development and commercialization of certain product candidates with XTL Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (XTL) for bicifadine, with Blue Note Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Blue Note) for DOV diltiazem, and with Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Neurocrine) for indiplon.

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.

Marligen Biosciences is where researchers go again and again for testing products and services. The company makes nucleic acid purification systems, genetic analysis assays, and other genomics research supplies. Its nucleic acid purification systems include rapid plasma purification systems which are used for isolation DNA so it can mapped, cloned, amplified, labeled, and sequenced. Its genetic analysis assays are sold under the Signet brand name and can screen for certain classes of DNA or be tailored to the researchers needs. Marlingen was acquired by another genetic services provider, OriGene, in 2009.

Hospira, Inc. company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois. Hospira, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceuticals and medication delivery systems in the United States and internationally. It offers generic acute-care and oncology injectables, as well as integrated infusion therapy and medication management systems for hospitals, wholesalers, integrated delivery networks, and alternate site providers, such as clinics, home healthcare providers, and long-term care facilities. The company primarily provides specialty injectable pharmaceutical products that consist of generic injectable pharmaceuticals for analgesia, anesthesia, anti-infective, cardiovascular, and oncology therapeutic areas, as well as Precedex (dexmedetomidine HCl), a proprietary sedative. Its proprietary drug delivery options include Carpuject and iSecure prefilled syringes, Ansyr prefilled needleless emergency syringe systems, First Choice ready-to-use premixed formulations, and the ADD-Vantage System for preparing drug solutions from prepackaged drug powders or concentrates.Hospira, Inc. company also offers infusion therapy solutions and supplies that include I.V. solutions for general use; and I.V. nutrition products and solutions for the washing and cleansing of wounds or surgical sites. In addition, it provides medication management systems that include electronic drug delivery pumps, safety software, and administration sets that are used to deliver I.V. fluids and medications. Further, the company offers gravity administration sets, hemodynamic monitoring systems used to monitor cardiac function and blood flow in critically ill patients, disposable blood-pressure-sensing devices, blood sampling systems, catheter systems, and needle stick safety products. Additionally, Hospira involves in the provision of formulation development, and injectable and oral drug filling and finishing services.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.