GTC Biotherapeutics develops, produces, and commercializes therapeutic proteins through transgenic animal technology. ATryn®, our recombinant form of human antithrombin, is the first transgenically produced protein to be approved anywhere in the world, having recently been approved by the European Commission for the prophylactic treatment of deep vein thrombosis in patients with hereditary antithrombin deficiencies that are undergoing surgical procedures. ATryn® is produced in the milk of goats developed using micro-injection technology to incorporate a human antithrombin transgene. In addition to ATryn®, GTC is developing additional recombinant forms of therapeutic proteins normally found in human blood plasma as well as monoclonal antibodies. These products have potential applications in hematology, oncology, and autoimmune diseases.

Abraxis BioScience, Inc. (Abraxis) is an integrated biotechnology company. The Company is engaged in the discovery, development and delivery of next-generation therapeutics and core technologies that offer patients treatments for cancer and other critical illnesses. The Company’s portfolio includes protein-based nanoparticle chemotherapeutic compound (Abraxane), which is based on its tumor targeting technology known as the nab technology platform. Abraxis owns the worldwide rights to Abraxane, a next-generation, nanometer-sized, solvent-free taxane that was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January 2005 for its initial indication in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer and launched in February 2005. The Company’s product pipeline includes over five clinical oncology and cardiovascular product candidates in various stages of testing and development, including Abraxane and Coroxane for various indications.

Poniard Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California. Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., together with its subsidiary, NeoRx Manufacturing Group, Inc., focuses on the development and commercialization of oncology products for people with cancer. Its lead platform product candidate, Picoplatin, is a platinum-based cancer therapy that is designed to overcome platinum resistance associated with chemotherapy in solid tumors. Picoplatin is being studied in various cancer indications, combinations, and formulations. Poniard Pharmaceuticals is conducting a phase III clinical trial of intravenous picoplatin in small cell lung cancer; two phase II clinical trials in metastatic colorectal and castration-resistant (hormone refractory) prostate cancers; and a clinical trial of oral picoplatin in solid tumors. The company was formerly known as NeoRx Corporation and changed its name to Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in June 2006.

Brothers Charles and Theophil Gebauer founded the company in 1898. Gebauer's Salivart will make your mouth water. Seriously, that's what it's designed to do for people who suffer from xerostomia, better known as dry mouth. That's not all Gebauer makes, however. The company offers medications for topical use, including Ethyl Chloride for the treatment of pain; Instant Ice, for the relief of muscle spasms, strains, bruising, and other injuries; and Spray and Stretch, for myofacial pain and minor sports injuries. Gebauer also provides contract manufacturing as well as project planning, packaging and labeling, and distribution services for other drug makers.

Lab901 is not that college class you flunked. It's a company that develops and manufactures laboratory processing products to increase the efficiency of analytical laboratory testing used for DNA tests and other applications. Lab901's ScreenTape system is disposable a credit-card sized strip patterned with reagents used to process and analyze biological samples such as blood, DNA, and RNA. Lab901 was formed in 2001.

Bayer AG is the management holding company for the Bayer Group. The Company’s business operations are organized into three subgroups: HealthCare, CropScience and MaterialScience, supported by the service companies Bayer Business Services, Bayer Technology Services and Currenta. Bayer HealthCare is involved in the research, development and manufacture of health products for people and animals. Bayer CropScience is engaged in the crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. Bayer MaterialScience supplies materials, such as polycarbonates and polyurethanes, and system solutions such as coatings, for a range of everyday uses. In October 2008, Bayer AG launched its new anticoagulant pill Xarelto in Britain and Germany, which has been granted approval in the European Union. The Company has subsidiaries operating in Europe, Asia-Pacific, North America, Latin America, Africa and Middle East. Bayer Schering Pharma AG became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer AG on September 25, 2008.

Botanical Laboratories was founded in 1988 and is led by CEO Jim Thornton, a long-time venture capital investor in the consumer health care sector. Botanical Laboratories, Inc. (BLI) is your garden-variety nutritional supplement maker. It manufactures its own branded nutritional supplements and also offers private label manufacturing of nutritional supplements and homeopathic remedies. BLI's consumer products include dietary supplements distributed under its Wellesse brand and sold at retail food and drug stores, such as CVS and Costco. From capsule to carton, its contract manufacturing division offers customers turnkey production and packaging, development, quality control, and testing services nationwide.

XDx, Inc. operates as a molecular diagnostics company which focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing noninvasive gene expression-based tests for the monitoring of transplant rejection and autoimmune diseases. It focuses on immune-mediated conditions that require life-long monitoring and testing to avoid or to respond to serious complications. The company offers the AlloMap HTx molecular expression test to monitor heart transplant recipients for acute cellular rejection. It is also developing a gene expression-based test, the AlloMap LTx molecular expression test, to monitor for acute cellular rejection in lung transplant recipients. In addition, the company engages in designing a clinical study to create a gene expression test to monitor for disease flares in patients affected by systemic lupus erythematosus. The company was formerly known as Expression Diagnostics, Inc. and changed its name in July 2002. The company is was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Brisbane, California.

MedImmune works to boost the immune systems of babies and grown-ups. Its flagship biotech product, Synagis, prevents respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a major cause of pneumonia and other respiratory disease in infants and children. Also on the market are FluMist, its nasal spray flu vaccine, and Ethyol, which treats side effects of chemotherapy and radiation. The company is working on dozens of investigational therapies -- including monoclonal antibodies, vaccines, and small molecule drugs -- in the areas of infectious diseases, cancer, and inflammatory conditions. MedImmune is a subsidiary of UK-based pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.

ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company with products and product candidates for the treatment of inflammation, ocular pain, glaucoma, allergy and dry eye. The Company has three products available for sale in the United States: Xibrom, (bromfenac ophthalmic solution) for the treatment of inflammation and pain following cataract surgery, Istalol, (timolol maleate ophthalmic solution) for the treatment of glaucoma, and Vitrase (hyaluronidase for injection) for use as a spreading agent. The Company also has several product candidates in various stages of development. These include a strong steroid product candidate to treat ocular inflammation, iganidipine to enhance ocular nerve blood flow and a new formulation of latanoprost for the treatment of glaucoma.

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