454 Life Sciences company has developed a computer-controlled instrument and related software that enable scientists to analyze whole genomes in one fell swoop, rather than a few hundred genes at a time. Parent company Roche Diagnostics distributes 454 Life Sciences' Genome Sequencing Systems to clinical laboratories, research departments of drugmakers, and other customers worldwide. Research fields include cancer and infectious disease, drug discovery, and paleontology. The company's 454 Sequencing Center provides sequencing services directly.

Since its establishment in 1982, Orgenics' objective has been to develop accurate and safe diagnostic products for serious and life-threatening conditions and diseases. Orgenics contributes to the increased awareness and early detection of HIV, infectious diseases, pregnancy and fertility, respiratory diseases, cancer and cardiology through clinical and point-of-care diagnostics. Orgenics delivers products and solutions to partners and customers in over 150 countries around the globe.Orgenics unique and patented ImmunoComb® technology is quick and easy to use, providing high sensitivity and specificity. Instrument free Orgenics' ImmunoComb® kits are ideal for decentralized clinical laboratories, field hospitals and remote rural areas. Orgenics' ImmunoLISA™ system is based on classic ELISA assay principle and is suitable for any laboratory setting.

LifeSpan BioSciences likes the way genes express themselves. The firm helps drugmakers develop new product candidates faster by finding proteins and RNA in human tissue samples to identify gene expression associated with disease. It licenses access to its databases of gene expressions and protein localizations to drug developers. Also available are target validation and tissue pathology services. LifeSpan's clients include pharmaceutical companies in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Pharmasset, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey. Pharmasset, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel drugs to treat viral infections. Its primary focus is on the development of nucleoside/tide analogs as oral therapeutics for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection; and Racivir for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The company has three product candidates under development, which include RG7128, a HCV nucleoside polymerase inhibitor that is in Phase IIb clinical trial; PSI-7851, a HCV nucleotide polymerase inhibitor that completed Phase I clinical trial; and Racivir, which completed Phase II clinical trial, for the treatment of HIV. It has strategic collaboration agreement with F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. for the development of PSI-6130 and its products, including RG7128. The company also has collaboration and licensing agreements with University of Cincinnati; Apath, LLC; Emory University; Bukwang Pharm. Co., Ltd; University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. and Yale University; and Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals, Inc.

Kalypsys is searching for new medicines, and has developed a zippy way to find them. Its ultra-high throughput automated epiK screening system can analyze more than one million cell-based assay wells a day and can run 24 hours a day seven days a week. With that kind of research capability, the company has developed its own bioinformatics software to enable researchers to quickly find and compare data points. Kalypsys is generous enough to market the system, under the Kalypsys Systems brand, to other pharmaceutical research facilities. Its own drug development pipeline includes compounds in early stages of development, targeting cancer, inflammatory diseases, pain, and metabolic diseases.

Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. company was founded in 1985 and is based in Columbia, Maryland. Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops, manufactures, and markets various proprietary medical diagnostic test kits and components worldwide. It offers two product lines, Virgo and Analyst. The Virgo product line of diagnostic test kits are used to aid in the diagnosis of autoimmune and infectious diseases, using enzyme-linked immunosorbence assay technologies, immunofluorescence, and hemagglutination technologies. The Analyst product line is a clinical chemistry analyzer system, which is used to measure important constituents in human and animal blood. The company also offers reagents and consumables for general chemistry analyzers, and medical diagnostic instruments, as well as provides maintenance services. Hemagen sells its products through distributors and directly to physicians, veterinarians, clinical laboratories, and blood banks, as well as on a private-label basis through multinational distributors.

TapImmune Inc. is a biotechnology company specializing in the development of innovative therapeutics and vaccines in the areas of oncology and infectious disease. The company’s lead product, the TAP vaccine performs a key step in moving characteristic markers called antigens to the surfaces of cells. Without TAP, there are no cancer markers, so the immune system fails to spot the rogue cells and the cancerous cells can grow undetected. The Company’s vaccine has shown effective restoration of TAP which restores and augments the marker (antigen) presentation and subsequent recognition and killing of cancer cells by the immune system. The TAP molecule also works as an adjuvant or ‘accelerant’ to enhance targeted vaccines against infectious diseases. Including TAP in the studied Smallpox Vaccine showed potency was increased by 100-1000 times. The company is currently developing AdhTAP for the commencement of toxicology studies leading to the initiation of Phase I clinical trials. The global vaccine market is expected to grow from $13 billion in 2007 to $21 billion in 2010.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery and development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of human disease, including immunology, metabolism, cardiology, and ophthalmology. The company's drug candidates include LX1031, which is in a Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders; LX1032 that has completed Phase I clinical trials to treat the symptoms associated with carcinoid syndrome; LX2931, which is in Phase I clinical trial for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases; and LX4211 that is in Phase 1 clinical trials to treat Type 2 diabetes. It also has a preclinical development drug candidate, LX7101, for the treatment of glaucoma. Lexicon Pharmaceuticals has drug discovery alliances with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company to discover, develop, and commercialize small molecule drugs in the neuroscience field; and N.V. Organon to discover, develop, and commercialize new biotherapeutic drugs. It also has an alliance with Nuevolution A/S, which provides access to Nuevolution's Chemetics platform chemistry technology.

Perrigo Company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Allegan, Michigan. Perrigo Company is a global healthcare supplier that develops, manufactures and distributes over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceuticals, nutritional products, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and pharmaceutical and medical diagnostic products. The Company operates in three segments: Consumer Healthcare, Rx Pharmaceuticals and API. The Company has other category that consists of the Israel Pharmaceutical and Diagnostic Products. The Company operates through wholly owned subsidiaries. In the United States, its operations are conducted through L. Perrigo Company, Perrigo Company of South Carolina, Inc., Perrigo New York, Inc., Perrigo Holland, Inc. and Perrigo Florida, Inc. Outside the United States, its operations are conducted through Perrigo Israel Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Chemagis Ltd., Quimica y Farmacia S.A. de C.V., Laboratorios Diba, S.A., Wrafton Laboratories Limited, Brunel Pharma Limited and Galpharm Healthcare Ltd.

ALK is a global pharmaceutical company focusing on allergy treatment, prevention and diagnosis. We are devoted to improving quality of life for people with allergies by developing pharmaceutical products that target the actual cause of allergy. ALK is the world leader in allergy vaccination (immunotherapy) – a unique treatment that induces a protective immune response which reduces and potentially halts the allergic reaction.

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