Merz may be a little sterile, but it aims to take care of every part of the functioning human organism. Merz primarily makes pharmaceuticals, focusing on therapies for central nervous system and liver metabolism. The company also offers several OTC products, including cold remedies, skin care products, and vitamin supplements under the brand names tetesept and Merz Special. Subsidiaries include Merz Pharmaceuticals, Merz Consumer Care, Merz Dental, maker of dental equipment and artificial teeth, and Merz & Krell, which produces Senator-brand writing instruments.

Orchid Cellmark Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. Orchid Cellmark Inc. operates as an international provider of identity DNA testing services for the forensic, immigration, and family relationships markets. The company has laboratories in the United States and the United Kingdom; and offers its services to police forces and other government entities. It also provides non-DNA forensic laboratory services. The company's forensic DNA testing is primarily used to confirm that a suspect committed a particular crime, to exonerate an innocent person, or to establish or maintain databases of individuals convicted of crimes; and family relationship DNA testing is used to establish whether two or more people are genetically related. Its DNA testing is used by individuals and employers in security applications to establish or store a person's genetic profile for identification purposes in the event of an emergency or accident. The company was formerly known as Orchid Biosciences Inc. and changed its name to Orchid Cellmark Inc. in June 2005.

FLAVORx, Inc. company offers a medical flavoring system which makes medicine more palatable for children, (and some adults). The company doesn't neglect our furry friends either, as the product is also available to veterinarians. Using 42 flavors to sweeten some 600 human and nearly 400 animal medications, FLAVORx sells its products to about 35,000 pharmacies located in the US, as well as in Australia, the Bahamas, Canada, and New Zealand. CEO Kenny Kramm started the company out of the need to hide the bitter taste of his daughter's cerebral palsy medicine.

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.

New Energy Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Burtonsville, Maryland. New Energy Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the identification, acquisition, development, and commercialization of alternative energy technologies. It focuses on the development of MotionPower, a technology for capturing the kinetic energy of moving vehicles in order to use this captured energy to generate electricity; and SolarWindow, a technology that enables transparent glass windows to generate electricity by coating their glass surfaces with small solar cells. The company was formerly known as Octillion Corp. and changed its name to New Energy Technologies, Inc. in January 2009.

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is based in San Diego, California. Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in discovering, developing, and commercializing oral drugs in the therapeutic areas of cardiovascular, central nervous system, inflammatory, and metabolic diseases. The company also discovers small molecule drug candidates that target G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). Its clinical development programs include lorcaserin in Phase 3 trial program for the treatment of obesity; APD791, an anti-thrombotic drug candidate, which has completed Phase 1a and Phase 1b clinical trials; and APD125 that is in Phase 2b clinical trial for the treatment of insomnia. The company's clinical development programs also include APD597, an oral GPR119 agonist that is in Phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of type 2 diabetes; APD916 drug candidate, which has completed preclinical development for the treatment of narcolepsy and cataplexy; and APD811, a preclinical drug candidate for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Its drug candidates use GPCR-focused drug discovery and development approach, as well as technologies, including constitutively activated receptor technology and melanophore technology.

Biovail Corporation company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada. Biovail Corporation, a pharmaceutical company, engages in the formulation, clinical testing, registration, manufacture, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products principally in the United States and Canada. The company focuses on central nervous system disorders, pain management, and cardiovascular diseases. Its products include Xenazine for the treatment of chorea associated with Huntington's disease; Wellbutrin XL for the treatment of depression in adults; Ultram ER for the management of chronic pain in adults; Zovirax Ointment for the management of initial genital herpes; Zovirax Cream for the treatment of herpes labialis; and Cardizem LA that provides blood pressure control.Biovail Corporation company also provides Tiazac/Tiazac XC for the treatment of hypertension and angina; Wellbutrin SR for the treatment of depression; Zyban for smoking cessation treatment; Monocor for the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure; Retavase, a tissue plasminogen activator used in thrombolytic therapy; Glumetza to control hyperglycemia in adult patients with non-insulin dependent and mature onset diabetes; Ralivia for the management of pain; and Nitoman for the treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorders, such as Huntington's chorea, Hemiballismus, Senile Chorea, Tic and Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, and Tardive Dyskinesia. Its legacy products comprise Cardizem CD medications in the calcium channel blocker category of cardiovascular drugs; Ativan for the management of anxiety disorders; and Isordil to treat prophylaxis of ischemic heart pain associated with coronary insufficiency. The company's generic products consist of bioequivalent formulations of Cardizem CD, Adalat CC, Procardia XL, Tiazac, Voltaren XR, and Trental. In addition, it offers research, development, and clinical contract research services to third parties.

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.

Merck Sharp & Dohme is the UK subsidiary of American pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck. The company markets such Merck products as arthritis pain treatment Arcoxia (which is approved in Europe but not the US), high blood pressure medication Cozaar, osteoporosis drug Fosamax, and asthma treatment Singulair. It also operates its parent's largest manufacturing facility outside the US, making about 20 medicines at its Cramlington, Northumberland, plant. Its Hoddesdon headquarters handles sales, marketing, and administrative functions; it also includes an R&D center that runs clinical trials and performs research and development activities specializing in organic and synthetic chemistry.

Actelion Ltd is a Swiss biopharmaceutical company with a global presence that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of treatments to serve unmet medical needs. Its products specialize in conditions related to the endothelium, the single layer of cells separating every blood vessel from the blood stream. The Company has three approved drugs on the market. Tracleer, an orally available dual endothelin receptor antagonist, has been approved as a therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension, a chronic, life-threatening disorder that severely compromises the functions of the lungs and heart. The second product, Zavesca, was in-licensed from Oxford GlycoSciences. Zavesca is an approved oral treatment for type 1 Gaucher disease, a rare debilitating metabolic disorder. Ventavis, the third product, is an inhaled synthetic analogue of prostacyclin that produces potent pulmonary vasodilation and inhibits platelet aggregation, among other benefits.

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