Oncolytics Biotech is bringing in viral mercenaries to fight in the battle against cancer. The company is developing REOLYSIN, a therapy that utilizes a Respiratory Enteric Orphan virus (or reovirus) to treat a variety of advanced cancer tumors, both alone and in combination with other drug therapies, as well as radiation and chemotherapy. The Canadian company is collaborating with the US-based National Cancer Institute to conduct clinical trials of the treatment. It also conducts trials in Canada and the UK. Oncolytics' technologies are based on discoveries made by the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Calgary.

Genzyme Biosurgery may turn you into the Six Million Dollar Man, but it can't do anything about your Six Million Dollar Medical Bill. The Genzyme Corp. division develops biotech products for orthopedic procedures. Top sellers include knee osteoarthritis treatment Synvisc and Carticel, which repairs damaged knee cartilage. Genzyme Biosurgery's biosurgical specialties unit makes Seprafilm, which prevents tissue adhesions after surgery. Other products include those to assist in adhesion prevention and hernia repair (Sepramesh) and severe burn treatment (Epicel).

Optimer Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1998 and is based in San Diego, California. Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing anti-infective products worldwide. The company develops products that treat gastrointestinal infections and related diseases. Its two late-stage anti-infective product candidates include Fidaxomicin, the lead product candidate and an antibiotic that is in second Phase III registration trial for the treatment of clostridium difficile-infections; and Prulifloxacin, a prodrug in the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics, which completed second Phase III trials for the treatment of infectious diarrhea in travelers. It also develops OP-1068/CEM-101, an antibiotic for the treatment of upper and lower respiratory tract infections; OPT-88, a disease-modifying intra-articular, or within the cavity of a joint, therapy for osteoarthritis; OPT-822, a carbohydrate-based cancer immunotherapy for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer; and an OPopS drug discovery platform. The company has a collaborative research and development, and license agreement with Cempra Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to discover, develop, and commercialize drugs based on macrolide and ketolide compounds.

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Westbrook, Maine. IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. develops, designs, manufactures, and distributes products for veterinary, and food and water testing markets. It operates in three segments: Companion Animal Group (CAG), Water Quality Products (Water), and Production Animal Segment (PAS). The CAG segment provides point-of-care veterinary diagnostic products, such as instruments and consumables, and rapid assays; and information products and services, and digital radiography systems for veterinarians. This segment also offers commercial veterinary reference laboratory and consulting services to veterinarians in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan, and South Africa. The Water segment offers a range of products used in the detection of various microbiological analytes in water to government laboratories, water utilities, and private certified laboratories. The PAS segment provides diagnostic tests and related instrumentation that are used to detect diseases, and to monitor health status in production animals. This segment offers its products primarily to government laboratories, cattle, and poultry and swine producers. IDEXX Laboratories also provides products that test milk for antibiotic residues to dairy producers and processors, as well as to government and food-quality managers. In addition, the company sells point-of-care analyzers and related consumables for use in human medical hospitals and clinics to measure electrolytes, blood gases, acid-base balance, glucose, and ionized calcium, as well as to calculate other parameters, such as base excess and anion gap. It markets and sells its products directly, as well as through independent distributors and other resellers in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region.

Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule drugs for the treatment of central nervous system disorders. The Company is developing a portfolio consisting of its four product candidates, including pimavanserin, which is in Phase III development for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease psychosis. In addition, the Company has a product candidate in Phase II for chronic pain and a product candidate in Phase I for glaucoma, both in collaboration with Allergan, Inc., and ACP-106 in IND-track development. The Company’s product candidates include Pimavanserin, AGN-XX/YY, AC-262271 and ACP-106. The Company maintains two wholly owned subsidiaries: ACADIA Pharmaceuticals AB based in Malmo, Sweden and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals A/S based in Denmark.

AdvoCare International can be your ticket to good health, or your ticket to entrepreneurship. The direct sales company offers a variety of vitamin supplements and nutritional products for weight management, sport and athletic performance, skin care, and general wellness. In addition to its grown-up offerings, the firm also sells products for children. AdvoCare markets its products through a force of over 50,000 independent distributors throughout the world. Bolstering the company's image is its slate of endorsers, ranging from professional and collegiate athletes to bodybuilders and musicians.

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., through its subsidiaries, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of drugs based on prostones in the United States, Europe, and Japan. It offers prostone-based compounds for the treatment of gastrointestinal, vascular, respiratory, and central nervous system diseases and disorders. The company primarily markets Amitiza for the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation in adults, as well as for irritable bowel syndrome with constipation in adult women. It also offers Rescula (unoprostone isopropyl) for the treatment of glaucoma. In addition, Sucampo Pharmaceuticals is conducting two Phase III pivotal trials of Amitiza for opioid-induced bowel dysfunction; a Phase II proof of concept trial of Cobiprostone for the prevention of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug induced ulcers; various preclinical trials of Cobiprostone for cystic fibrosis respiratory symptoms, topical ulcers and wounds, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and a preclinical phase study of SPI-017 for Alzheimer's disease. The company also has various pre-clinical studies of six additional preclinical prostone compounds, including two combination candidates for age-related diseases.

Roche Scientific Company (India) is the Indian arm of Roche. Roche's products and services address the needs for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, and Roche Scientific Company (India) keeps the Indian product pipeline moving smoothly. The company, along with Roche Diagnostics (India), ensures Roche's products and services comply with Indian regulations including registration of new products, control of clinical trials, and monitoring of guidelines set by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (IFPMA). The company also sponors research and development projects for new bulk drugs in India and disseminates product information via medical education programs.

Geron Corporation was founded in 1990 and is based in Menlo Park, California. Geron Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, develops therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer and chronic degenerative diseases, including spinal cord injury, heart failure, and diabetes. The company develops a range of anti-cancer therapies, including anti-cancer therapies based on telomerase inhibitors and telomerase therapeutic vaccines, as well as focuses on the development of products using telomerase as a marker for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, patient monitoring, and screening. Its products include GRN163 and GRN163L, which are telomerase inhibitors for the treatment of chronic lymphoproliferative diseases, solid tumors, non-small cell-lung cancer, breast cancer, and multiple myeloma, which are in Phase I trials; and GRNVAC1, a telomerase cancer vaccine that is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia. Geron Corporation also develops human embryonic stem cell-based therapeutics, with its spinal cord injury treatment. The company has research, development, and commercialization license agreement with Merck & Co., Inc. to use telomerase in non-dendritic cell cancer vaccines; and a license agreement with Sienna Cancer Diagnostics to detect telomerase for in vitro cancer diagnosis.

Stellar Pharmaceuticals Inc. company was founded in 1978 and is based in London, Canada. Stellar Pharmaceuticals Inc. engages in the development and marketing of polysaccharide-based therapeutic products used in the treatment of osteoarthritis and cystitis. It offers NeoVisc, a three injection sodium hyaluronate therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis; and Uracyst for the treatment of interstitial cystitis, a painful bladder syndrome an inflammatory disease of the urinary bladder wall. The company also has in-licensing agreement for the distribution and sale of BladderChek, a proteomics-based diagnostic test for the diagnosis and monitoring of bladder cancer. Stellar markets its products to medical physicians, pharmacies, hospitals, and patient support groups in Canada through its sales force, as well as out-licenses its products to companies in the United States, Europe, Romania, the Russian Federation, China, Israel, the Middle East, Latin America, the Caribbean, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei.

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