Owners (and spouses) Tei Fu Chen and Oi-Lin Chen started Sunrider International in 1982. Sunrider Corporation has blended bits of traditional Chinese herbal medicine with modern multilevel marketing. The company sells health, beauty, food, and household products enhanced with herbs and herbal extracts. Its brands include Kandesn, Vitalite, SunBright, and SunSmile. Sunrider has manufacturing operations in China, Singapore, Taiwan, and the US. Its products are sold in more than 40 countries through multilevel marketing via distributors and directly to customers. In China, its products are sold in thousands of franchised stores to avoid regulations on direct-selling. It plans to copy that model in Japan.

Merck & Co., Inc. company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey. Merck & Co., Inc. provides products for human and animal health primarily in the United States. The company's Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products, such as therapeutic and preventive agents. Its products comprise Singulair, a leukotriene receptor antagonist for the treatment of asthma and allergic rhinitis; Cozaar, Hyzaar, Vasotec, and Vaseretic, the hypertension and/or heart failure products; Fosamax and Fosamax Plus D for treating osteoporosis; Januvia and Janumet for type 2 diabetes; Cosopt and Trusopt, the ophthalmological products; Zocor, an atherosclerosis product; Maxalt for acute migraine; Propecia to treat male pattern hair loss; Arcoxia to treat arthritis and pain; Proscar to treat symptomatic benign prostate enlargement; and Emend for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced and post-operative nausea and vomiting.Merck & Co.'s Vaccines segment comprises human health vaccines, such as preventative pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. Its products include Gardasil to prevent cervical cancer, pre-cancerous and low-grade lesions, vulvar and vaginal pre-cancers, and genital warts; Varivax to prevent chickenpox; ProQuad, a pediatric combination vaccine against measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella; M-M-R II, a vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella; RotaTeq to protect against rotavirus gastroenteritis in children; Zostavax for preventing shingles; Primaxin and Cancidas, anti-bacterial/anti-fungal products; Isentress, Crixivan, and Stocrin, antiretroviral therapies for the treatment of HIV infection; and Invanz for the treatment of infection. Merck & Co. has research, collaboration, or licensing agreements with Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.; ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; GTX, Inc.; Idera Pharmaceuticals; Japan Tobacco Inc.; Galapagos NV; AstraZeneca plc; Metabasis Therapeutics Inc.; Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; and Nuevolution A/S.

ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. company was founded by Yasutami Yamada in 1899 as Shintendo Yamada Anmin Pharmacy. Later, it changed its name to Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in 1949. Rohto Pharmaceutical is headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical and other healthcare products in Japan and internationally. It primarily offers eye care, skin care, and oral medicine and supplement products. The company's eye care products include eye drops, eye wash preparations, and contact lens care products. Its eye care products spreads moisture over the surface of the eyes, suppresses allergy and works on ocular itching, as well as are used for the treatment of sties and conjunctivitis, inflammation or itching caused by bacteria on lenses, and eye disease causing pollens and house dust.Rohto company's skin care products include dermal medicines, which are used for the treatment of dry skin and females' anorectal discomforts; lip care products that are used for the prevention of dry, sore, and roughness of lips; and hand, body, sun, and acne care products. Rohto Pharmaceutical's oral medicine and supplement products include `Pansion' brand products, which are primarily used for the treatment of gastric discomfort, mucosal repair agents and stomachics for improving damaged gastric mucosa, stomach pain, and heartburn and other hyperacidity-related symptoms. It also offers a range of test products, including blood sugar testing kits, ovulation self-test kits, and pregnancy self-test kits; and denture cleansers.

Boehringer Ingelheim Chemicals (BIC) is active in active ingredients. BIC is the chemical manufacturing arm of Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation, the US division of German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. BIC is a leading maker of active pharmaceutical ingredients and drug intermediates. The company operates a DEA-approved facility where it makes a range of chemicals from controlled substances such as methadone to cough medicine ingredient guaifenesin. BIC supplies other divisions of Boehringer Ingelheim, as well as third parties in the pharmaceutical and food industries.

Founded in 1997, Chicago-based Integrated Genomics specializes in research in microbial genomics, biochemistry, and gene expression. Our scientists have broad experience in both in silico and wet lab sequencing, research and development with more than 100 relevant publications in these areas. Integrated Genomics has particularly long-standing relationships and active research in the area of lactic acid bacteria and pathogenic microbes, as well as a broad customer base across industry, academic and government institutions.Integrated Genomics’ products and services are based on ERGO™, our web-based genome analysis platform. ERGO™ integrates proprietary functional genomic data, metabolic reconstructions, expression profiling, and biochemical and microbiological data with publicly available information. Focused on microbial genomics, ERGO™ provides better and faster identification of gene function across all organisms.

Antisoma plc company was founded in 1988. Antisoma is anti-cancer. The drug development firm scouts academic or cancer research institutions for promising new oncology drug candidates and snaps them up. Once the drugs are in its pipeline, Antisoma conducts preclinical and clinical trials. The company's leading candidates in clinical trials include possible treatments for lung cancer, acute myeloid leukemia, and breast cancer. Its 2008 acquisition of Xanthus Pharmaceuticals brought along more candidates, and helped Antisoma expand in the US. Antisoma also partners with larger drug makers and research groups, including Novartis, to develop and commercialize products.

FLAVORx, Inc. company offers a medical flavoring system which makes medicine more palatable for children, (and some adults). The company doesn't neglect our furry friends either, as the product is also available to veterinarians. Using 42 flavors to sweeten some 600 human and nearly 400 animal medications, FLAVORx sells its products to about 35,000 pharmacies located in the US, as well as in Australia, the Bahamas, Canada, and New Zealand. CEO Kenny Kramm started the company out of the need to hide the bitter taste of his daughter's cerebral palsy medicine.

SkinMedica, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. SkinMedica, Inc. operates as a specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing, acquiring, and commercializing products that treat dermatologic conditions and diseases and enhances the appearance of skin. It offers gels for the treatment of mild to moderate atopic dermatitis; creams for the reduction in growth of unwanted facial hair in women; franchises for the treatment of acne; and products for the treatment of hyperpigmentation. The company also provides anti aging products, aesthetic skin care, moisturizers, and sun protection, eye products, as well as facial and sensitive skin cleansers, rejuvenative and acne treatment toners, and skin polishers. It markets and sells prescription pharmaceutical products, and physician-dispensed and non-prescription skin care products primarily to dermatologists and pediatricians.

Chesapeake PERL was founded in 2000. Chesapeake PERL calls a "mini bioreactor" to produce proteins. Using its PERLXpress technology platform, the company mass produces antibodies, enzymes, viral antigens, and other proteins in whole insect larvae. It sells its custom protein development services, as well as some research reagents, to biotech concerns, including drug and diagnostics companies, biotech instrument makers, agricultural companies, and makers of industrial enzymes. It has also received federal grants from the NIH, the US Army, and the US Department of Energy.

Founded in 1981, Generics (UK) Limited is a subsidiary of Mylan, the world's third largest generic drug maker. Generics (UK) Limited covers the pharmaceutical business. The name pretty much says it all. Generics (UK) Limited is one of the UK's largest generic pharmaceutical manufacturers, offering a line of more than 350 products sold to pharmacy retailers, hospitals, and wholesale customers. The company makes generic equivalents of such drugs as acid reflux remedy Pepcid, antibiotic Cipro, and allergy treatment Zyrtec.

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