Merial SAS develops, manufactures, and distributes pharmaceutical products and vaccines for animals. It provides therapeutic medicines that treat the diseases of dogs, cats, chickens, cows, pigs, and horses. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Treillieres, France.

BioVex is a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of biological treatments for cancer and the prevention of infectious disease. Their cancer program, OncoVEXGM-CSF, is a oncolytic vaccine or cancer destroying virus technology that works by replicating and spreading within solid tumors, causing the death of cancer cells while leaving surrounding healthy cells unharmed. The attenuated virus has also been constructed to induce a powerful systemic anti tumor immune response. OncoVEXGM-CSF has now been tested in >110 patients in a broad range of solid tumors including melanoma, head & neck cancer, breast cancer and pancreatic cancer. Both the direct cell killing and systemic immune mediated mechanisms of action of OncoVEX have been clearly validated in the clinic; OncoVEX routinely destroys tumors it is directly injected into and has led to overall disease responses in multiple patients in Phase II testing. Tumors resolved through OncoVEX treatment have not been known to recur.

Lonza Biologics Plc manufactures monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins and diagnostic monoclonal antibodies. The company was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Slough, the United Kingdom.

Glaxo Group Ltd. operates through its subsidiary Glaxo Laboratories Ltd. that engages in the production of food products for infants such as Ostermilk, Complan, Casilan, Farex. Glaxo Group Ltd. was formerly known as Glaxo Laboratories Ltd. and changed its name to Glaxo Group Ltd. in 1962. The company is based in Brentford, United Kingdom. Glaxo Group Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Glaxosmithkline plc.

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.

ViroMed is a leading biotechnology company. The company works on DNA and protein-based therapeutics for various life-threatening diseases, along with herbal-based medicines, and nutraceuticals. ViroMed has five main products in its pipeline targeting cardiovascular disease, cancer, and immune-related disorder, with clinical trials in the US, Korea, and China. The company has established partnerships with global firms including Johnson & Johnson (Biologics Delivery Systems Group of Cordis Corp., USA), SBI Biotech (Japan), and Green Cross (Korea). The company also conducts preclinical developmental studies in the aspects of toxicology, efficacy and pharmacokinetics. Phase I and II clinical studies are also carried out

Axaron Bioscience AG is a German private company located in Heidelberg with domestic subsidiaries. The firm develops biotechnologies.

Celltech Co., Ltd. is engaged in producing and developing healthcare and biopharmaceutical products. Its main products include anticancer cell therapy which is named by NKM(Natural Killer Mix cell) Injection, GMP(Good Manufacturing Practice) system and medical devices. The company was founded on August 20, 1986 and is headquartered in Sungnam, South Korea.

Behringwerke AG, a subsidiary of Sanofi, is a German company located in Marburg. The firm produces specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical products.

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.

Akzo Nobel NV is a holding company, which engages in the manufacture and sale of coating and paint products. engages in the production and marketing of paints and coatings. It operates through the following segments: Decorative Paintings, Performance Paintings, and Corporate and Others. The Decorative Paints segment manufactures and supplies a range of interior and exterior decoration and protection products for professional and do-it-yourself markets. The Performance Coatings segment produces automotive and aerospace; industrial; marine and protective; and powder coatings. The company was founded in 1792 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

PowderMed Ltd. develops immunotherapeutic products. It focuses on the clinical development and manufacture of therapeutic and prophylactic DNA-based vaccines for viral diseases and cancer. The company has 4 clinical and 3 pre-clinical stage projects. The company was founded February 25, 2004 by Dr. Clive Dix & Dr. Beadle and is headquartered at Oxford, The United Kingdom.

Part of Zoetis, Inc., Rhone Merieux is a company headquartered in France that manufactures pharmaceuticals, speciality and agricultural chemicals.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA, Inc. manufactures biological vaccines for animals. The firm specializes in pharmaceuticals for cattle, equine, pet, and swine. The company was founded by Albrecht Boehringer in 1885 and is headquartered in Duluth, GA.

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.

NIPPI is a manufacturing company that develops aircraft components, target systems, rocket components, space equipment, and aircraft repair.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, tuberculosis was one of the UK’s most urgent health problems. A royal commission, entitled The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Relations of Human and Animal Tuberculosis, was set up in 1901. It aimed to find out whether tuberculosis in animals and humans was the same disease and whether animals and humans could infect each other. This page describes how, by 1919, the Commission had evolved into the independent Medical Research Council.

Tularik engages in the discovery and development of orally available medicines that act through the regulation of gene expression. The company is considered a pioneer in the field of cell signaling and the control of gene expression. The company is focused primarily of three main areas; inflammation, metabolic diseases and oncology. Tularik was founded by David Goeddel along with Steve McKnight and Robert Tjian in 1991. The company was acquired by Amgen for US$ 1.3 billion in 2004.