Novozymes is a world leader in bioinnovation. Novozymes works with its partners to innovate new solutions and rethink industries around the world. Novozymes' industrial enzymes, microorganisms, biopolymers, and other proteins allow its customers to achieve more efficient use of raw materials, reduce energy consumption, replace traditional chemicals with more sustainable alternatives, and offer higher-quality products. Novozymes rethinks everyday products every day.

Novo Nordisk A/S is a global healthcare company, which engages in the the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products. It operates through the Diabetes and Obesity Care, and Biopharm segments. The Diabetes and Obesity Care segment includes insulin, GLP-1 and related delivery systems, oral antidiabetic products (OAD), obesity, and other serious chronic diseases. The Biopharm segment focuses on rare blood disorders, rare endocrine disorders, and hormone replacement therapy. The company was founded by Harald Pedersen and Thorvald Pedersen in 1925 is headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark.

Theryte Ltd. operated as a drug discovery and development company that is committed to bringing new cancer treatments to market. It also operated a virtual model for its discovery and development operations, outsourcing its chemistry, discovery biology and in vivo testing to a number of specialist commercial providers in Europe and North America. The company was founded by Hilmar Meek Warenius, Guenter Herbert Schmidt, Robert John Bishop and Robert Alexander Walker Johnstone on November 20, 1997 and headquartered in Keynsham, the United Kingdom.

Ignyta is a scientifically-driven biotechnology company catalyzing personalized medicine in autoimmune diseases. Their goal is to revolutionize the quality of biomarkers and tests available to rheumatologists and patients to help them make better informed, more individualized treatment decisions; and to identify truly novel autoimmune disease targets for biopharmaceutical companies to enable the development of precise therapies for patients worldwide. Ignyta was incorporated in 2011 and operates in San Diego, California.

Merck Serono SA operates as a holding company in the pharmaceutical field. It engages in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of therapeutic products for the treatment of human diseases. The company was founded on May 21, 1987 and is headquartered in Coinsins, Switzerland.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Lexicon Genetic) 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 has completed Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders; LX4211 that has completed Phase II clinical trials to treat type 2 diabetes; LX2931, which is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases; and LX1032 that has completed Phase II clinical trials to treat the symptoms associated with carcinoid syndrome. It also has a preclinical development drug candidate, LX7101, for the treatment of glaucoma. The company has drug discovery alliances with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Genentech, Inc.; N.V. Organon; and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. It also has drug development financing collaboration with Symphony Icon; collaboration agreement with Taconic Farms, Inc.; and an alliance with Nuevolution A/S, which provides access to Nuevolution's Chemetics platform chemistry technology.

F2G is advancing its own patented compounds and technologies which will lead to the development of novel agents to treat serious fungal disease. The Company was founded on its proprietary genomics technology (MycoBank®) that identifies essential gene targets in fungi. Having received initial funding in 2002 the company then rapidly diversified into chemistry-driven discovery. They have also assembled an experienced development capacity.

Janssen Pharmaceutica is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Beerse, Belgium and owned by Johnson & Johnson. It was founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen. In 1961, Janssen Pharmaceutica was purchased by New Jersey-based American corporation Johnson & Johnson, and became part of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development (J&J PRD), now renamed to Janssen Research and Development (JRD), which conducts research and development activities related to a wide range of human medical disorders, including mental illness, neurological disorders, anaesthesia and analgesia, gastrointestinal disorders, fungal infection, HIV/AIDS, allergies and cancer. Janssen and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical have been placed in the Ortho-McNeil-Janssen group within Johnson & Johnson Company.

HitGen, Inc. engages in the provision deoxyribonucleic acid encoded compound library (DEL) for research and development of seed and lead compounds. It offers DEL screening and library customization, chemical synthesis, and new drug research and development project transfer services. The company was founded by Jin Li on February 22, 2012 and is headquartered in Chengdu, China.

Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. engages in the business of manufacture and distribution of pharmaceutical products. It also engages in the animal health business. The company was founded on October 9, 1916 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery and development of drug candidates for the treatment of central nervous system conditions. It offers drugs for neurological diseases associated with aging, such as Alzheimer's disease, as well as psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS), and depression. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is based in Montvale, New Jersey. As of December 31, 2008, Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp. operates as a subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.

The American Can Company was a manufacturer of tin cans. It was a member of the Tin Can Trust, that controlled a "large percentage of business in the United States in tin cans, containers, and packages of tin." American Can Company ranked 97th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. It was formerly a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1959–1991, though after 1987 it had renamed itself Primerica, a financial conglomerate which had divested itself of its packaging arm in 1986.

Institut National de la Sant? et de la Recherche M?dicale provides medical services. The firm specializes in biomedical research and public health research. The company is headquartered in Paris, Cedex, France.

Eli Lilly engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the pharmaceutical products business segment. The company manufactures and distributes products through owned or leased facilities in the United States, Puerto Rico, and 25 other countries. Its products are sold in approximately 135 countries. It also conducts research to find products to treat diseases in animals and to increase the efficiency of animal food production.

Intervet International BV engages in the manufacture and marketing of animal health products. It offers vaccines, anti-infectives, anti-parasitics, feed additives and products for fertility management. The firm products are used for treatment and care of poultry, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, fish, shrimp and companion animals. The company was founded by Wim Hendrix in 1949 and is headquartered in Boxmeer, the Netherlands.