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.

Amgen Inc. (formerly Applied Molecular Genetics Inc.) is an American multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California. In 2018, the company's largest selling product lines were Neulasta, an immunostimulator used to prevent infections in patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy and Enbrel, a tumor necrosis factor blocker used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. Other products include Epogen, Aranesp, Sensipar/Mimpara, Nplate, Vectibix, Prolia and XGEVA.

Roche Glycart AG discovers and develops drugs. It is active in the research and development of new potent antibody-based products for the treatment of unmet clinical needs such as cancer. It uses its proprietary set of technologies to endow therapeutic antibodies. The company has developed glycoengineering technology (GlycoMAb) to boost a natural mechanism of action of therapeutic antibodies developed to mediate target cell killing. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

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.

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.

Synvista Therapeutics, Inc. is a biotechnology company, which engages in the development of diagnostic tests and pharmaceutical drugs for the treatment of diabetes. The company was founded in October 1986 and is headquartered in Parsippany, NJ.

Part of Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc., Halozyme, Inc. is an American company located in San Diego, CA, focused on biological products, except diagnostic substances.

Sanofi Genzyme is the specialty care global business unit of Sanofi, focused on rare diseases, multiple sclerosis, immunology, and oncology. They help people with debilitating and complex conditions that are often difficult to diagnose and treat. They are dedicated to discovering and advancing new therapies, providing hope to patients and their families around the world. Genzyme became part of Sanofi in 2011. While continuing to focus on rare diseases, they also established ourselves as a leader in the field of multiple sclerosis. In 2016, their focus expanded to include Sanofi’s programs in oncology and immunology. Their approach is shaped by a long history of developing highly specialized treatments and forging close relationships with physician and patient communities. Founded as Genzyme in Boston in 1981, they rapidly grew to become one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies, recognized for their pioneering development of treatments for rare genetic disorders and their innovative contributions to medical science and biomanufacturing.

Glycotope GmbH operates as a biotechnology company to develop pharmaceutical therapeutics and nutrition additives. It focuses on the optimization and humanization of therapeutically relevant sugar structures on biopharmaceuticals known as glycosylation and on the development of innovative antibodies targeting glycostructures on cell surfaces. The company was founded by Steffen Goletz and Andreas Eckert in Febraury 2001 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

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.

The University of California is the nation's best public university system, delivering top-notch research and innovation to California (and the world).

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.

Manufactures vaccines for diseases like hepatitis, influenza, rubella and typhoid fever

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. engages in the research, development, and distribution of vaccines, prescription drugs, and animal health products. The company is headquartered in Whitehouse Station, NJ.

GlyTech, Inc. engages in providing drug discovery and biologics services and pharmaceutical ingredients. The firm conducts drug discovery utilizing its platform technologies and provides innovative biologics and pharmaceutical ingredients based on the chemical synthetic methods for proteins and peptides through glyco-science and -technology. GlyTech offers custom synthesis services, research and development collaborations, and deal structures: upfront, milestones and royalties. The company was founded on April 2, 2012 and is headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.

Laboratoire Francais du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies SA provides plasma-derived medicinal products. It undertakes research and development programs in plasma fractions and biotechnologies in the areas of autoimmune diseases and hemostasis disorders. The firm's products include albumin and immunoglobulin. It also offers products for rare pathologies. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Les Ulis, France.

The Group's principal activity is to develop proprietary drugs, focusing primarily on therapeutic proteins. Its technologies to develop proprietary versions of protein drugs with proven safety and efficacy and to improve the therapeutic profiles of proteins being developed. Its proprietary drug development portfolio currently consists of two therapeutic protein candidates.GlycoPEG-EPO (NE-180) is a long-acting version of erythropoietin (EPO) produced in insect cells. EPO is prescribed to stimulate production of red blood cells, and it gives treatment of chemotherapy-induced anemia and anemia associated with chronic renal failure. Its second proprietary protein, GlycoPEG-GCSF, is a long-acting version of granulocyte colony stimulating factor G-CSF and it is prescribed to stimulate production of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell). Its trademarks are NEOSE, GlycoPEGylation and GlycoConjugation. It operates predominantly in the domestic market.

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