Chiron delivers innovative and valuable products to protect human health by advancing pioneering science across the landscape of biotechnology. The company works to deliver on the limitless promise of science and make a positive difference in people's lives.

Genentech, Inc. (Genentech) is a biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes pharmaceutical products to treat patients with unmet medical needs. It commercializes multiple biotechnology products and also receives royalties from companies that are... more

Elan Corporation, plc (Elan) is a neuroscience-based biotechnology company. Its operations are organized into two business units: Biopharmaceuticals and Elan Drug Technologies (EDT). Biopharmaceuticals engages in research, development and commercial activities primarily areas, such as... more

Genzyme Corporation is a biotechnology company. The Company operates in six units. Renal develops, manufactures and distributes products that treat patients suffering from renal diseases, including chronic renal failure. Therapeutics develops, manufactures and distributes therapeutic... more

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. is a pharmaceutical company that develops, produces and markets generic drugs covering all major treatment categories. The Company has an innovative pharmaceutical business, whose principal products are Copaxone for multiple sclerosis and Azilect for... more

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company that discovers, develops and markets technologies primarily focused on acute and surgical applications. The Company generates its revenue through the sales of medical products and components, as well... more

ImClone Systems Incorporated (ImClone) is a biopharmaceutical company that develops a portfolio of targeted biologic treatments designed to address the medical needs of patients with cancer. The Company focuses on two systems for treating cancer: growth factor blockers and angiogenesis... more

Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck) is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a range of products to improve human and animal health. The Company’s operations are principally managed on a products basis and comprises of two business... more

Cardinal Health, Inc. (Cardinal Health) is a global company serving the healthcare industry. Cardinal Health’s distribution businesses consolidate pharmaceuticals and medical products from thousands of manufacturers into site-specific deliveries to retail pharmacies, hospitals, physician... more

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead) is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The Company has United States and international commercial sales operations, with marketing subsidiaries in Australia, Austria, Canada,... more

Biogen Idec Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of therapies. The Company’s products address diseases such as multiple sclerosis, lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis. The Company has four products: AVONEX (interferon beta-1a), RITUXAN (rituximab),... more

Invitrogen Corporation (Invitrogen) is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of research tools in reagent, kit and high-throughput applications forms to customers engaged in life sciences research, drug discovery, diagnostics and the commercial manufacture of biological products. The... more

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patient care by developing novel medicines in the areas of hepatitis C and oncology. We are developing ANA598, a small-molecule, non-nucleoside inhibitor of the HCV polymerase (NS5B) for the treatment of... more

Celgene Corporation is an integrated biopharmaceutical company. The Company is primarily engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of therapies designed to treat cancer and immune-inflammatory-related diseases. The Company’s lead product is REVLIMID (lenalidomide) and... more

MedImmune is wholly owned by AstraZeneca plc (LSE: AZN.L, NYSE: AZN) and is the worldwide biologics business for the AstraZeneca Group. The company has approximately 3,000 employees worldwide and is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland. MedImmune strives to provide better medicines to... more

UCB is a global leader in the biopharmaceutical industry dedicated to the research, development and commercialization of innovative pharmaceutical and biotechnology products in the fields of central nervous system disorders, allergy/respiratory diseases, immune and inflammatory disorders... more

AtheroGenics is a publicly traded, emerging pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel pharmaceutical products that address critical unmet needs in the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases, including diabetes and atherosclerosis. ... more

Amgen Inc. is a biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets human therapeutics-based on advances in cellular and molecular biology. The Company operates in human therapeutics. It markets human therapeutic products in the areas of supportive cancer care,... more

Connetics Corporation is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutics for the dermatology market. Connetics has branded its proprietary foam drug delivery vehicle VersaFoam(R). The Company's marketed products are OLUX(R)... more

Crucell N.V. (Euronext, NASDAQ: CRXL; Swiss Exchange: CRX) is a global biopharma company focused on research, development, production and marketing of vaccines, proteins and antibodies that prevent and treat primarily infectious diseases. Its vaccines are sold in public and private... more

Medicure Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of therapeutics for various large-market, unmet cardiovascular needs. The Company has the United States rights to its commercial product, AGGRASTAT Injection (tirofiban hydrochloride) in the United... more

Targacept, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the design, discovery and development of neuronal nicotinic receptors (NNR) Therapeutics for the treatment of multiple diseases and disorders of the central nervous system. The Company has clinical-stage product candidates for... more

Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Roche is one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups in the fields of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. As the world's biggest biotech company and an innovator of products and services for the early detection, prevention, diagnosis and... more

We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders. We believe our advanced understanding of the biology of cardiovascular disease combined with our clinical... more

Wyeth is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, distribution and sale of a line of products in three primary businesses: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (Pharmaceuticals), Wyeth Consumer Healthcare (Consumer Healthcare), and Fort Dodge Animal Health (Animal Health). Pharmaceuticals... more

CuraGen Corporation (CuraGen) is a biopharmaceutical development company engaged in developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. The Company is focused on advancing its cancer treatments, belinostat and CR011-vcMMAE, through clinical development and toward commercialization. In... more

Cambrex Corporation is a life sciences company engaged primarily in the custom development and manufacture of pharmaceutical ingredients derived from organic chemistry. Products and services are supplied globally to generic drug companies. Cambrex primarily supplies its products and... more

Aventis (NYSE: AVE) is dedicated to improving life by treating and preventing human disease through the discovery and development of innovative prescription drugs for important therapeutic areas as well as human vaccines. Aventis Pasteur is the vaccine division within Aventis. In 2001,... more

Serono is a global biotechnology leader. The Company has seven recombinant products, Rebif®, Gonal-F®, Luveris®, Ovidrel®/Ovitrelle®, Serostim®, Saizen® and Zorbtive (Luveris® is not approved in the USA). In addition to being the world leader in reproductive health, Serono has strong... more

Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Callisto) is a biopharmaceutical company focused primarily on the development of drugs to treat neuroendocrine cancer (including advanced carcinoid cancer), acute leukemia and gastrointestinal disorders and diseases. The Company’s lead drug candidate,... more

QLT Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company with two commercial products, Visudyne and Eligard, which were derived from its two technology platforms, photodynamic therapy and Atrigel. The Company's research and development efforts are focused on pharmaceutical products in the fields of... more

Schering-Plough Corporation (Schering-Plough) is a global science-based healthcare company with prescription, consumer and animal health products. Through internal research and collaborations with business partners, Schering-Plough discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced... more

Cephalon, Inc. is an international biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and marketing of products to treat human diseases. The Company’s focuses its efforts in four core therapeutic areas: central nervous system (CNS) disorders, pain, cancer and addiction. In... more

Hospira, Inc. (Hospira) is a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company. Hospira is engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of specialty injectable pharmaceuticals and medication delivery systems that deliver drugs and intravenous (I.V.) fluids. Hospira is also... more

Curis, Inc. is a drug discovery and development company committed to leveraging signaling pathway drug technologies in seeking to create new medicines, primarily for cancer. The Company’s product development approach consists of generating small molecules to target one or more of the... more

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics based on ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi). RNAi is a naturally occurring biological pathway within cells for selectively silencing and regulating the expression of specific genes. The Company’s lead... more

Tranzyme Pharma is developing a number of mechanism-based therapeutics for the treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) and metabolic diseases. GI and metabolic diseases are characterized by large, underserved markets with few or poorly performing drugs for most indications. The Company is... more

Exelixis, Inc. is a biotechnology company engaged in the development of differentiated pharmaceutical products for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases. Exelixis has a pipeline of compounds in various stages of development that will potentially treat cancer, renal disease... more

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) is engaged in the discovery, development, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sale of pharmaceuticals and other healthcare-related products. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company had three segments: Pharmaceuticals,... more

Novartis AG provides healthcare solutions that address the evolving needs of patients and societies.

AstraZeneca PLC discovers, develops, manufactures and markets prescription pharmaceuticals, biologics and vaccines for principal areas of healthcare, including cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neuroscience, oncology, respiratory and inflammation, and infection. The Company's products... more

Neurogen Corporation (Neurogen) is a drug discovery and development company focusing on new small molecule drugs for the treatment of disorders with unmet medical need, including insomnia, pain, Parkinson’s disease, restless legs syndrome (RLS), anxiety and schizophrenia. Neurogen has... more

ExonHit Therapeutics is a worldleading company in developing novel pharmaceuticals and diagnostics from its unique understanding of alternative RNA splicing, the process by which a single gene can lead to several proteins. The company's proprietary gene profiling technology DATASÔ, allows... more

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of life-threatening diseases, including diabetes and cancer. The Company's lead compound under development is Sulonex... more

Myriad Genetics, Inc. is a healthcare company focused on the development and marketing of molecular diagnostic and therapeutic products. The Company’s molecular diagnostic business focuses on the analysis of genes and their alterations to assess an individual’s risk for developing disease... more

CytRx Corporation (CytRx) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in developing human therapeutic products based primarily upon its small-molecule molecular chaperone amplification technology. As of December 31, 2007, the Company is using its chaperone amplification... more

Sirtris, a GlaxoSmithKline company, is developing small molecule drugs that target the sirtuins, a recently discovered family of seven enzymes associated with the aging process. Modulation of these enzymes offers the promise of drug discovery in multiple therapeutic areas. Founded in... more

Centocor is harnessing the power of world-leading research and biomanufacturing to deliver innovative biomedicines that transform patients' lives. The world leader in monoclonal antibody production and technology, Centocor has brought critical biologic therapies to patients suffering from... more

Item 4. Information on the Company Introduction We are a global pharmaceutical group engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of healthcare products. In 2006, our net sales amounted to €28,373 million. Based on 2006 sales, we are the fourth largest... more

Stratagene is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialized life science research and diagnostic products. The Company's life science research unit supports advances in science by inventing, manufacturing and distributing products that simplify, accelerate and improve research.... more