Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. was founded in 1984 and is based in Detroit, Michigan. Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. is a subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited. Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. (Caraco) is engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing, marketing and distributing generic and private-label pharmaceuticals to wholesalers, distributors, warehousing and non-warehousing chain drugstores and managed care providers, throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 (fiscal 2009), Caraco received United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for eight abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) relating to three products. It had filed 10 ANDAs relating to nine products with the FDA during fiscal 2009. This brings Caraco’s total number of ANDAs pending approval by the FDA to 29 (including four tentative approvals) relating to 25 products as of March 31, 2009.

Immunomedics, Inc. company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Morris Plains, New Jersey. Immunomedics, Inc. (Immunomedics) is a New Jersey-based biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of monoclonal, antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other serious diseases. The Company has developed a number of advanced technologies that allow it to create humanized antibodies that can be used either alone in unlabeled or naked form, or conjugated with radioactive isotopes, chemotherapeutics or toxins, in each case to create targeted agents. Immunomedics has licensed its product candidate epratuzumab, to UCB S.A. (UCB), for the treatment of all autoimmune disease indications worldwide. Epratuzumab’s most advanced clinical testing is for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL). The Company has antibody product candidates in clinical development targeting B-cell NHL, other B-cell mediated diseases and various solid tumors.

Bioniche Life Sciences is seeking its niche in the development of drugs for both humans and animals. The firm has three divisions: Human Health, Animal Health, and Food Safety. The Bioniche Animal Health division sells products to improve livestock breeding and to boost livestock immunity without antibiotics. Bioniche's Food Safety division works to improve food and water quality by developing technology to prevent infections and diseases in animals that are passed on to humans. The company's Bioniche Therapeutics segment is developing pharmaceuticals to help humankind; it focuses on urology, oncology, and immune system disorders.

Fornix was established in 1999 after a reverse takeover of Dr. Fisher Farma B.V. by Artu Biologicals. Fornix BioSciences has joined the draft in the war against allergies. The Dutch company develops diagnostic and immunotherapeutic allergen products and medical aids. Its allergy division develops and markets sublingual (under the tongue) allergen aids to human and animal patients, particularly dogs, throughout Europe. The company's trading division, Dr. Fisher Farma, imports and distributes a variety of patented drugs, while its Medical Aids division focuses on the sale of medical aids and medical and nursing disposables.

NeuTec wants to make visiting the hospital an experience that lessens patient dangers. The biopharmaceutical company identifies and compares antibodies produced by patients who recover from infections (acquired in hospitals) to those produced by patients who die. Then, using its FabTec technology, it develops genetically recombinant antibodies, or "grabs," to treat patients with life-threatening infections. The company's two leading candidates, Mycograb, which targets a fungus in the mouth and skin, and Aurograb, which targets bacterial infections, are in clinical trials in the UK. Mycograb also is in clinical trials in the US.

Huntingdon Life Sciences Limited, a subsidiary of Life Sciences Research, is a leading contract research organization (CRO) that tests the safety of agrochemicals, foods, flavorings, industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals and veterinary products. Huntingdon Life Sciences also provides drug development services for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, including Phase I-III testing, genetic toxicology assays, and microbiological activities.

Acusphere, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops drugs and formulations of existing drugs using its porous microparticle technology. This technology enables the Company to control the size and porosity of particles, including nanoparticles and microparticles, so that the particles can be customized to address the delivery needs of a variety of drugs. These product candidates include Imagify (perflubutane polymer microspheres for delivery in an injectable suspension, formerly known as AI-700), a cardiovascular drug for the detection of coronary artery disease; Hydrophobic Drug Delivery System (HDDS), which converts drugs that do not dissolve well in water into microparticles or nanoparticles of the drugs embedded in small microparticles; and Pulmonary Drug Delivery System (PDDS).

QuA Vodis aims to help biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies get where they are going. The company, whose name shouldn't be confused with the movie Quo Vadis, offers interim management, quality assurance system development and training, and regulatory assistance to firms engaged in human and veterinary medical research. Its main focus for consultations is to enable the organizations to maintain operations and quality with as little internal disruption as possible. QuA Vodis has experience working with products such as sterile injectibles, radiopharmaceuticals, and blood and tissue products.

England's Northwest region is a hotbed of biotechnology growth. It's Bionow's job to make the region even hotter -- and turn it into the center of biomanufacturing in Europe. Funded by the Northwest Development Agency, Bionow promotes and encourages growth in the area, which is already home to a plethora of biomanufacturing facilities for companies such as AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, and Chiron Vaccines. Bionow offers information on companies, facilities, and services in the region, promotes educational and networking events, and organizes overseas trade missions. The Northwest also has several academic research centers in Liverpool and Manchester.

CK Life Sciences champions good health and sustainable growth in its business and elsewhere. The company specializes in the development of yeast-based fertilizers and nutritional supplements. Its VitaGain line of nutritional products are sold in Asia. In the US its Vitaquest International (doing business as Garden State Nutritionals) subsidiary is a contract manufacturer of nutritional supplements. Its Australian subsidiaries manufacture commercial and retail fertilizers and gardening products. Other subsidiaries conduct biotech research and development. CK Life Sciences is part of Cheung Kong.

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