Pfizer Limited company is the top provider of medicines to the UK's National Health Service, offering many of its parent company's products to treat conditions including cardiovascular ailments and cancers. It also provides animal health products. Pfizer Limited conducts research and development activities, focusing on medications in the areas of allergy, respiratory, urinary, metabolic, and gastrointestinal ailments, as well as vaccines, anti-retrovirals, and pain treatments.

Pharmacyclics, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Pharmacyclics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on developing and commercializing small-molecule drugs for the treatment of immune mediated disease and cancer. Pharmacyclics's products in clinical development includes HDAC Inhibitor for advanced solid tumors, recurrent lymphomas, and sarcoma; Factor VIIa Inhibitor for cancer therapy; B Cell Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor for the treatment of B-Cell lymphomas, and autoimmune diseases and mast cell diseases; and MGd for primary brain tumor and childhood brain tumors. Its pre-clinical development products comprise B Cell Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for autoimmune disease and mast cell disease; and HDAC8 Inhibitors for the treatment of autoimmune and cancer.

NanoBio is trying to put its NanoStat antimicrobial nanoemulsion technology to work enabling drugs that treat topical and mucosal diseases. The firm's nanoemulsions are formulated to destroy such bacteria as "E. coli", as well as fungi, spores, and viral invaders. NanoBio's two lead candidates are in development to treat cold sores and nail fungus. Other candidates target acne, genital herpes, herpes zoster (better known as shingles), drug-resistant bacterial infections, and viral respiratory infections. NanoBio is also exploring how to use its technology to develop vaccines for hepatitis B and influenza.

VaxGen, Inc. company was founded in 1995 and is based in South San Francisco, California. VaxGen, Inc., (VaxGen) is a biopharmaceutical company. VaxGen is focused on the development, manufacture and commercialization of biologic products for the treatment of human disease. The Company owns a state-of-the-art biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility with a 1,000-liter bioreactor that can be used to make cell culture or microbial biologic products. The Company has ended all product development activities and sold or otherwise terminated its drug development programs. On March 28, 2008, the Company entered into a Termination of Merger Agreement, Acknowledgment and Amendment to Loan Agreement and Secured Promissory Note, or Termination Agreement and Amendment, terminating immediately the Merger Agreement and amending the terms of VaxGen’s bridge loan to Raven.

Launched in 1982 with a single product, Pharmadass (through subsidiary HealthAid) sells more than 450 products: vitamins and minerals, beauty care items, weight-loss formulas, and aromatherapy oils. It also sells anti-smoking products, herbal cigarettes, anti-snoring spray, and such supplements as fish oils and bee products. Specialty lines focus on such areas as mood enhancement, women's health, the immune system, and vitality. Pharmadass products are found in about 4,000 pharmacies and health food stores in the UK and in 30 countries worldwide.

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.

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland boasts itself as one of the largest pharmaceutical businesses in the country. A subsidiary of French giant Sanofi-Aventis, the company manufactures and markets prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Along with its Lantus and Insuman insulin products, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland produces Plavix and Lovenox. The company also dedicates much of its efforts on research and development at its Frankfurt, Germany headquarters and is focused on metabolic illnesses such as diabetes, as well as cancer and cardiovascular diseases.

Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. The biotechnology company is developing therapies and diagnostics related to nervous system conditions, such as spinal cord injury, Parkinson's disease, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Its lead candidate is Altropane, a molecular imaging agent for diagnosing Parkinson's disease and ADHD. Another candidate, Cethrin, aims to repair nerve damage caused by spinal cord injury; Alseres licensed Cethrin from Canadian firm BioAxone Therapeutic in 2006.

CytRx Corporation company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. CytRx Corporation, a biopharmaceutical research and development company, engages in the development of human therapeutics. Its product pipeline includes Tamibarotene, a synthetic retinoid in Phase II clinical development to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia; INNO-2006, a pro-drug for doxorubicin in Phase II clinical development for the treatment of cancer; Bafetinib, a drug in Phase I clinical development to treat chronic myeloid leukemia; Arimoclomol, an orally-administered small-molecule product candidate in Phase IIb clinical development for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; and Iroxanadine, an orally-administered small-molecule product candidate in Phase I clinical development to treat diabetic ulcers. The company also engages in developing treatments for neurodegenerative and other disorders based on its small-molecule molecular chaperone amplification technology; and new-drug discovery research utilizing its master chaperone regulator assay technology.

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a mid-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing product candidates for the treatment or prevention of a range of infections in hospital and non-hospital environments. Its proprietary Aganocide compounds are synthetic forms of N-chlorinated antimicrobial molecules, which are anti-infective molecules produced by white blood cells when defending the body against invading pathogens. These compounds could form a platform to create various products to address the needs in the treatment and prevention of bacterial and viral infections. NovaBay company's lead product candidate, NVC-422, is used for the treatment of eye, ear, and sinus infections, and for use in contact lens solutions, as well as to destroy bacteria in the bladder, and bacteria that have formed biofilm within the catheter. It also offers NVC-101, a proprietary solution of hypochlorous acid used as a wound cleanser and debriding agent. NovaBay Pharmaceuticals has a licensing and research collaboration agreement with Alcon Manufacturing Ltd. for use of its Aganocides in the eye, ear and sinus, and in contact lens solutions, as well as an agreement with Galderma S.A. to develop and commercialize Aganocides in acne, impetigo, and other dermatological indications. NovaBay company was formerly known as NovaCal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in August 2007. NovaBay Pharmaceuticals was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Emeryville, California.

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