Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company, which engages in the acquisition, development, and commercialization of prescription products. Its products include Acetadote, Caldolor, Kristalose, Omeclamox, Vaprisol, Vibativ, Sancuso, Boxaban, Vasculan. Dyscorban, and RediTrex. The company was founded by A. J. Kazimi on January 7, 1999 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.

Gambro Lundia AB operates as a medical technology company. It develops, manufactures, and distributes products and treatments for kidney and liver dialysis, treatment of myeloma kidney, and other extracorporeal treatments for chronically and acutely ill patients. The firm also holds shares in other companies. The company was founded on February 18, 1953 and is headquartered in Lund, Sweden.

Adrenomed is a privately-financed, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a clear mission: to rescue vascular integrity in order to save the lives of critically ill patients with limited treatment options. The Company’s lead product candidate is Adrecizumab, a clinical-stage, first-in-class monoclonal antibody. Adrecizumab targets the vasoprotective peptide Adrenomedullin, an essential regulator of vascular integrity to treat life-threatening conditions associated with increased vascular leakage, congestion and shock. their unique treatment approach combines the therapeutic antibody with a specific diagnostic, which uses Adrenomedullin as the biomarker to identify patients. The most important target indications are sepsis and septic shock as well as acute heart failure. Adrenomed’s business is effectively secured by a strong IP position with granted patents in all major markets. Adrenomed is based in Hennigsdorf near Berlin, Germany.

Sirna Therapeutics, Inc. was a San Francisco, California based biotechnology company that explored the use of RNA interference in human disease therapy. Sirna's development pipeline includes several small interfering RNA (siRNA) drugs, thought to stably silence the expression of specific disease-related genes. Sirna's clinical trial of an siRNA-based treatment for age-related macular degeneration is the first such trial for an siRNA drug.

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH provides bio-medical research and development services. The firm engages in research projects focused on infection biology and its clinical application and practical implementation. It also specializes in the examination of pathogens that are either medically relevant or that can be used as models for the research of infections. Its research topics encompass bacterial and viral pathogens, immune response, and anti-infectives. The company was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany.

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.

Tsumura & Co. engages in the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products. It manufactures and sells Kampo medicine, a traditional form of medicine in Japan. It is also involved in the procurement, production, processing, and storage of botanical raw materials; production and sale of Kampo extract intermediates; and provision of logistics, storage, distribution, and materials handling services. Its products include Chujoto, L'amour, Tsumura-Kampo Kakkonto, Tsumura-Kampo Otsujito, and Tsumura-Kampo Orengedokuto. The company was founded by Jusha Tsumura on April 10, 1893 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

GENFIT is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative therapeutic and diagnostic solutions in metabolic and liver related diseases where there are considerable unmet medical needs, corresponding to a lack of approved treatments. Their pioneering research is based on a strong heritage, stemming from in-house knowledge and their desire to strive for excellence. Their drug discovery efforts are based on selecting specific nuclear receptors as targets and utilizing rational drug design to optimize their drug candidates. This strong skill base associated to their scientific and clinical expertise, translational disease-driven approach and strong bioinformatics capabilities, have allowed us to build a solid scientific platform enabling us to discover and develop their drug candidates and diagnostic tools. Professor Bart Staels, a world-renowned expert in nuclear receptors, co-founded GENFIT and has played a key role in shaping their company’s expertise over the years. Today, he sits as chair of the Scientific Advisory Board, lending decades of experience and essential know-how, supporting their role as an innovative leader in the discovery of solutions for the metabolic field.

Alios is discovering and developing novel therapeutic agents based on three platform technologies including: small molecule activators of innate immunity antiviral pathways (RNase L activation), phosphate protected nucleotide prodrug chemistry, and glycoprotein-engineering of interferons (Glycoferonâ). This complementary group of platform technologies has the potential to generate a number of distinct therapeutic products to treat a variety of serious viral infections such as chronic hepatitis B and C, HIV infection, and respiratory viruses (e.g. pandemic influenza) and emerging viral diseases (e.g. SARS).

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd (武田薬品工業株式会社 Takeda Yakuhin Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is the largest pharmaceutical company in Asia and one of the top 20 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world by revenue (top 10 following merger with Shire). The company has over 30,000 employees worldwide and achieved 16.2 billion USD in revenue during the 2012 fiscal year. The company is focused on metabolic disorders, gastroenterology, neurology, inflammation, as well as oncology through its independent subsidiary, Takeda Oncology. Its headquarters is located in Chuo-ku, Osaka, and it has an office in Nihonbashi, Chuo, Tokyo. In January 2012, Fortune Magazine ranked the Takeda Oncology Company as one of the 100 best companies to work for in the United States.

Liver cirrhosis kills more than a million people a year. More than 650 million people around the world suffer from chronic liver disease, costing economies €15.8 billion annually. Yaqrit Limited is developing a family of liver disease treatments that will transform the lives of these patients. Today, there are few options for treatment. Antibiotics and laxatives, which target gut bacteria and bacterial products, or a liver transplant are the standards of care. The drawbacks of widespread antibiotic use are well-known, and waiting lists for transplants are long – in the UK, for example, 30% of patients on the waiting list have been there for more than two years.

UCLB is the commercialisation company of UCL and its partner NHS Trusts. They bring to market truly world-leading, world-changing technologies, innovations that have a real and positive impact on people’s lives. UCLB the access point to the wealth of innovation and intellectual property emanating from UCL and partner hospitals including University College Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Royal Free Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital. They offer a number of services to assist the technology development process, from consultancy through to collaborative research, IP licensing and the creation of spinout companies and joint ventures to maximise the commercial potential of new discoveries, materials and processes.

Fresenius Medical Care is a provider of products and services for individuals undergoing dialysis because of chronic kidney failure, a condition that affects more than 1.89 million individuals worldwide. It has a network of 2,716 dialysis clinics in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and Africa. It offers specialty pharmacy and laboratory services and manufactures and distributes the most comprehensive line of dialysis equipment, disposable products, and renal pharmaceuticals. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg, Frankfurt.

Generon (Shanghai) Corporation Ltd. is an integrated biotech company developing therapeutic biologics for patients world-wide. Their research & development center is located in Zhang Jiang High-Tech Park, Shanghai, China. their cGMP drug manufacturing facility is located in Economic-Technological Development Area, Beijing, China. Their mission is “Innovating for Life” to develop innovative therapeutic biologics for global patients with unmet medical needs. They employ their proprietary, cutting-edge technology platforms to discover, develop and manufacture biologic therapeutics. They are focused on “best-in-class” and “first-in-class” recombinant therapeutic proteins to treat cancer, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. They follow international quality standards for their product development and adhere to regulatory requirements of the CFDA, FDA and EMA. “Innovation and quality” are the soul of Generon in the generation of scientific data and in the processes of drug discovery, development and manufacturing.

Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH, part of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, is a company headquartered in Bad Homburg vor der Hohe, Germany, that manufactures drugs in pharmaceutical preparations for human and veterinary use. The firm was founded in 1999. Steffen Roser, Christoph Funke and Tanja Greve are the current co-CEOs of the company.

Sequana Medical is a Swiss medical device company providing implantable pump systems to manage fluid balance within the body. This system is designed to move excess fluid to the bladder, where it is passed naturally from the body through normal urination. Sequana Medical’s first product, the Alfapump System, is an innovative solution for the management of ascites. Ascites is a fluid that collects in the abdominal cavity in people with advanced liver disease, certain cancers, or congestive heart failure. Alfapump System was the first and only system for the automatic and continual removal of ascites. Sequana Medical was founded in 2006 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Bayer HealthCare AG provides healthcare, agriculture, plastics and chemical products. It is an independent company comprising five divisions: Animal Health, Consumer Care, Diabetes Care, Diagnostics and Pharmaceuticals. The company covers the fields of animal health, genetically produced medicines, over the counter products, diagnostic products and prescription drugs. The company is headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany.

Manufactures pharmaceuticals

Part of Southern Medical University, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University is a company headquartered in Guangzhou, China, that operates hospital.