Capellon was founded in 1999. Capellon Pharmaceuticals is helping curb the common cold. Capellon Pharmaceuticals company's product portfolio includes Liquibid, Rescon, and Tussi-bid, prescription remedies for cough and congestion. Other products target various allergies as well as respiratory, gastrointestinal, and bladder ailments. Capellon concentrates its efforts on marketing products it already has and acquiring products useful to it current customer base. With an intense focus on growth it looks for partners with whom it can co-promote new drugs whenever possible.

Bilcare was founded in 1995 by chairman Mohan Bhandri. Billing consumers is one of the few things that Bilcare doesn't care about when it comes to pharmaceuticals. The company is a full-service pharmaceutical development company whose services include discovery and research, clinical trial supplies manufacturing and distribution, and clinical trials management. The company also develops and manufactures prescription pharmaceuticals packaging and packaging machines. Research and manufacturing facilities are in operation in India, Singapore, the UK, and the US; additional international offices are scattered around some 30 countries worldwide. Clients include GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, and Pfizer.

IRIX Pharmaceuticals develops, tests, and manufactures drugs and drug ingredients for pharmaceutical companies. Services include discovery support, process research and development, clinical supply, manufacturing, and commercial production. It also helps clients work through the regulatory red tape. The company maintains three facilities in South Carolina. Its Florence facility has laboratories devoted to developing and testing new candidates. IRIX was formed in 1996 by CEO Guy Steenrod, former president of Roche Carolina -- the process discovery and development arm of Roche Pharmaceutical -- and a group of South Carolina investors.

Exelixis, Inc. company was formerly known as Exelixis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to Exelixis, Inc. in 2000. Exelixis, Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California. Exelixis, Inc. discovers and develops small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer, and various metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. Its products include XL184, a Phase 3 clinical trial compound that inhibits MET, RET, and VEGFR2, which drive tumor growth and vascularization, as well as Phase 1b/2 clinical trials compounds, including XL147 that targets phosphoinosotide-3 kinase (PI3K); and XL765, which targets PI3K and mTOR, kinases in the PI3K signaling pathway. The company has various compounds in phase 1 clinical trials, including XL518, a small molecule inhibitor of the MEK, a component of the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling pathway; XL228, which targets insulin-like growth factor type 1 receptor, an RTK in a range of human tumors; XL019 that inhibits JAK2, a cytoplasmic tyrosine; XL139, which inhibits activation of Hedgehog signaling; XL413, a small molecule inhibitor of the serine-threonine kinase CDC7; and XL888, a synthetic inhibitor of HSP90, a chaperone protein that promotes the activity and stability of a range of regulatory proteins, including kinases. In addition, its preclinical and clinical development stage products that are out-licensed to third parties for the development and commercialization include XL880, an inhibitor of MET and VEGFR2; XL281, which targets RAF, a cytoplasmic serine/threonine kinase; XL652 targeting liver X receptors, which modulate genes involved in regulation of lipid and cholesterol homeostasis; XL550, a non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor; and FXR Program that targets Farnesoid X Receptor, a bile acid receptor. Exelixis, Inc. has collaborations with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Genentech, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Wyeth Pharmaceuticals; and Daiichi-Sankyo.

Morphotek has mighty morphin' power, but don't expect to find its products on the shelves of the local toy store. The biotechnology company develops monoclonal antibody (single-source protein) therapies for the treatment of cancer, inflammation, and infectious diseases using its proprietary Morphogenics technology platform. It conducts research and clinical development programs on its own drug candidates for ailments such as ovarian and pancreatic cancers, rheumatoid arthritis, and asthma. Morphotek also enters collaborative research partnerships and licenses out its technology to other drug companies such as Amgen and Novo Nordisk. The company is a subsidiary of Eisai Inc., part of Japanese drug firm Eisai.

Forest Laboratories, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is based in New York, New York. Forest Laboratories, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells branded and generic forms of ethical drug products. Its principal products include Lexapro to treat depression; Namenda to treat Alzheimer's disease; Bystolic, beta-blocker to treat hypertension; and Savella for the treatment of fibromyalgia. The company also provides Sudocrem, a topical preparation to treat diaper rash; Colomycin, an antibiotic to treat cystic fibrosis; Infacol, which is used to treat infant colic; and Exorex, which is to treat eczema and psoriasis. In addition, its products include Dutogliptin, a small molecule dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 inhibitor, which is in Phase III studies to treat Type II diabetes mellitus; F2695 that completed Phase II study and is a selective norepinephrine and serotonin reuptake inhibitor for the treatment of depression and other central nervous system disorders; and ceftaroline acetate, a injectable cephalosporin antibiotic that exhibits bactericidal activity against the strains of gram-positive bacteria.Forest Laboratories'sproducts comprise NXL104, an intravenous beta-lactamase inhibitor; Linaclotide for the treatment of constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation; Aclidinium, an inhaling therapy, which is in Phase III studies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and Cariprazine, an atypical antipsychotic in Phase II(b) studies for the treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar mania, and other psychiatric conditions. Additionally, its products include Oglemilast, a phosphodiesterase-IV inhibitor in Phase II study to treat COPD and asthma; and Benicar, an angiotensin receptor blocker to treat hypertension. The company has collaboration and license agreements Phenomix Corporation, Pierre Fabre Medicament, Novexel, S.A., Laboratorios Almirall, S.A., Gedeon Richter Ltd., Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., and AstraZeneca plc.

Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated (Corcept) is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the development of drugs for the treatment of severe psychiatric and metabolic diseases. The Company focuses on the development of drugs for disorders that are associated with a steroid hormone called cortisol. Corcept's principal product candidate, CORLUX, modulates the effect of cortisol by selectively blocking the binding of cortisol to one of its two known receptors, the GR-II receptor, also known as the Type II or GR receptor.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases worldwide. Its product pipeline includes Telaprevir, a Phase III clinical trial product for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection; VX-813, a Phase Ia clinical trial product for chronic HCV infection; VX-985, which is under preclinical trails for chronic HCV infection; VX-770, a Phase IIa clinical trial candidate for the treatment of Cystic fibrosis; VX-809, a Phase Ib clinical trial product for the treatment of Cystic fibrosis; VX-509, a Phase Ia clinical trial product for immune-mediated inflammatory diseases; MK-5108 (VX-689), a Phase I clinical trial product for the treatment of cancer; and AVN-944(VX-944), which is in Phase 2 clinical trial for the treatment of cancer. The company also has development and commercial rights to VX-702 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases. It has collaboration agreements with Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.; Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation; Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics Incorporated; Merck & Co., Inc.; Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline plc.; and Bend Research Inc.

Archemix Corp., a biotechnology company, engages in discovering, developing, and commercializing aptamer therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of chronic and acute diseases in Massachusetts. The company’s aptamer product candidates include ARC1779 for thrombotic microangiopathyies and carotid endarterectomy surgical procedure. It also offers product candidates for cardiovascular, hematology, and oncology diseases. Archemix Corp. was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

NitroMed, Inc. company has developed a technique to enhance nitric oxide and add it to drugs to improve their efficiency. Nitric oxide is formed in the body and plays a role in relaxing blood vessels, making it harder for blood platelets to stick to blood vessel walls, and thereby reducing the obstructions that lead to stroke. Its sole product, BiDil, has FDA approval and is specifically indicated for heart disease in self-identified African-Americans, a group that suffers from the disease at a higher rate than other ethnicities. NitroMed was acquired by health care investment group Deerfield Capital Management in 2009.

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