Abraxis BioScience LLC, part of Bristol Myers Squibb Co., is a company headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, involved in commercial physical and biological research.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the discovery, development, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, and sale of pharmaceuticals and nutritional products. The company operates in two segments, Pharmaceuticals, and Nutritionals. The Nutritionals segment is operated through the company's subsidiary Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (Mead Johnson). The Pharmaceuticals segment is made up of the global pharmaceutical and international consumer medicines business.

Indena is the world’s leading company in the identification, development and production of active principles derived from plants, for use in the pharmaceutical, health-food and personal care industries.Indena, a privately owned Italian company, has around 800 employees (10% of them dedicated to full-time research) and has cultivation, manufacturing, and sales in more than 70 countries throughout the world.

Rhone Poulenc Rorer, a subsidiary of Solvay SA, is a French company that manufactures and distributs pharmaceutical products.

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing small molecule drugs to extend and enhance the lives of patients with severe medical conditions, including cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases. It has a global partnership with Roche for developing novel CRACM inhibitors, an oral calcium released activated calcium modulator ion channel inhibitor program that is in the lead optimization stage for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. The company also retains rights in various indications and markets to its other drug candidates and programs, which include STA-9090, an Hsp90 inhibitor that is in Phase 1 development; elesclomol, an oxidative stress inducer for the treatment of cancer; and apilimod, an oral IL-12/23 inhibitor, which is in Phase 2 for rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. is developing STA-9584, a vascular disrupting agent that is in preclinical development. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Genentech is a biotechnology company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and commercializes medicines to treat patients with serious or life-threatening medical conditions. It creates multiple products on the market and a development pipeline. The company became a member of the Roche Group in 2009. As part of their merger agreement, Roche and Genentech combined their pharmaceutical operations in the United States. Genentech’s South San Francisco campus now serves as the headquarters for Roche pharmaceutical operations in the United States. Genentech’s Research and Early Development section operates as an independent center within Roche. Genentech was founded in 1976 by [Robert Swanson](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/robert-a-swanson) and [Herbert Boyer](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/herbert-w-boyer). It is headquartered in South San Francisco, C.A.

Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., is a company headquartered in Bingham Farms, MI, that manufactures and supplies pharmaceutical goods.

Abbott Laboratories engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and sale of a broad and diversified line of health care products. It operates through the following business segments: Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products, and Medical Devices. The Established Pharmaceutical Products segment refers to the international sales of a line of branded generic pharmaceutical products. The Diagnostic Products segment markets diagnostic systems and tests for blood banks, hospitals, commercial laboratories, and alternate-care testing sites. The Nutritional Products segment caters to the worldwide sales of adult and pediatric nutritional products. The Medical Devices segment includes electrophysiology, heart failure, vascular and structural heart devices for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes care products for people with diabetes, as well as neuromodulation devices for the management of chronic pain and movement disorders. The company was founded by Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888 and is headquartered in Abbott Park, IL.

Fidia Farmaceutici SpA manufactures pharmaceutical products. The firm's platform technology level is the chemical modification, development, and manufacturing of state-of-the-art pharmaceuticals and medical devices based on hyaluronan covering therapeutic categories. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Abano Terme, Italy.

W. L. Gore & Associates has made its name by creating innovative, technology-driven solutions, from medical devices that treat aneurysms to high-performance GORE‑TEX® fabrics. A privately held company with annual sales of more than $3 billion, Gore is committed to perpetuating its 50-plus year tradition of product innovation. Gore focuses its efforts in four main areas: electronics, fabrics, industrial and medical products. The company’s electronic products division develops and manufactures high-performance copper and optical signal transmission products. Gore’s fabrics provide protection from the elements and enable wearers to remain comfortable across a broad range of activities and conditions. The products made by Gore’s industrial division meet diverse contamination control and processing challenges throughout industry. Implants from the medical division provide creative healing solutions to complex medical problems. Today, Gore employs more than 10,000 employees, called associates, with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and China, and sales offices around the world.

F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. manufactures pharmaceutical products. It offers pharmaceutical drugs, pharmaceutical instruments, and diagnostics solutions. The company was founded by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche on October 1, 1896 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Novartis AG is a holding company, which engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of healthcare products. It operates through the following segments: Innovative Medicines, Sandoz, and Corporate. The Innovative Medicines segment researches, develops, manufactures, distributes and sells patented pharmaceuticals, and is composed of two business units: Novartis Oncology and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. The Sandoz segment develops, manufactures and markets finished dosage form medicines as well as intermediary products, including active pharmaceutical ingredients. The Corporate segment refers to group management and central services. The company was founded on February 29, 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Ensuiko Sugar Refining Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of refined sugar. It operates through the following segments: Sugar, Bio, and Others. The Sugar segment deals with the production and sale of sugar products such as granulite sugar, white sugar, and liquid sugar. The Bio segment handles the manufacture and sale of lactose and fructose oligosaccharides and cyclodextrins. The Others segment manages the leasing of a portion of the company building to third parties. The company was founded in February 1904 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. handles, protects and licenses technologies developed by the faculty, staff and students. It facilitates the licensing of technology to companies, encourages new faculty startup ventures, works with publishers and distributors of software, and supports the transfer of research and knowledge to other universities, research institutes and companies. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Blacksburg, VA.

Chatham Biotec Ltd. provides active and raw agricultural ingredients from forest, farms and ocean. It specializes in fertilizer, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical ingredients, and industrial materials. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Riverview, Canada.

Seripharm, a subsidiary of PharmaZell GmbH, is a company headquartered in Sarthe, France, focused on commercial physical and biological research. Novasep SAS acquired Seripharm from Aventis SA on January 31, 2003.