AstraZeneca has always believed in science, inspires infinite possibilities, and puts science at the top of all work. AstraZeneca's strategically important core treatment areas, and are committed to exploring pathogenic mechanisms, treatment methods, and innovative drugs, so that science can change people's lives and bring it to the medical industry Significant changes.

Yuhan Corp. engages in the manufacture of pharmaceutical, health foods, cosmetics and consumer products. It operates through the following business areas: Pharmaceutical, Household products and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API). Its products include APIs and intermediates and finished products such as ethical drugs, over-the-counter drugs and others. Its services include custom development and manufacturing services and supply chain management. The company was founded by Il-Han New on June 20, 1926 and is headquartered Seoul, South Korea.

ALTANA Pharma AG develops and manufactures pharmaceuticals. It provides services in the areas of therapeutics, imaging and OTC medication. The company is headquartered in Konstanz, Germany.

Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (Korean: 대웅제약) is a Seoul, South Korea-based bioengineering company operating as a subsidiary of Daewoong Co., Ltd., a global health care group. Daewoong Pharmaceutical primarily engages in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products in South Korea, including prescription and over-the-counter healthcare products.

Santarus, Inc. is a specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing proprietary products that address the needs of patients treated by physician specialists. The company's current commercial efforts are focused on five products. UCERIS® (budesonide) extended release tablets for the induction of remission in patients with active, mild to moderate ulcerative colitis and ZEGERID® (omeprazole/sodium bicarbonate) for the treatment of certain upper gastrointestinal disorders are promoted to gastroenterologists.

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.

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

Allergan, Inc. operated as a global healthcare company. It engaged in the development and commercialization of specialty pharmaceutical, medical device ,and over-the-counter products for the ophthalmic, neurological, medical aesthetics, medical dermatology, breast aesthetics, obesity intervention, urological, and other specialty markets. The company was founded by Gavin S. Herbert in 1950 and headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Winston is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing pain management products for large pain-control markets, as well as on niche markets, where there are still significant needs for pain management options with improved efficacy, safety, and tolerability profiles. Winston’s late-stage product candidates span a range of pain indications, including episodic cluster headache, migraine and tension headache, osteo- and rheumatoid arthritis, neuropathic pain, cancer pain and pain associated with inflammatory bowel disease.

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.

Laboratorios Bagó was born in Argentina and grew with the century. Since its foundation, in 1934, it assumed a commitment that accompanies us until today: build a cutting-edge pharmaceutical company and excellence in the service of health. Products in more than 50 countries, 11 production plants in the world, 85 patents obtained in 15 countries by own research and development and more than 480 products covering 46 therapeutic lines are some of the achievements that distinguish our trajectory.

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a federal Cabinet-level agency that provides near-comprehensive healthcare services to eligible military veterans at VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country; several non-healthcare benefits including disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, education assistance, home loans, and life insurance; and provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members at 135 national cemeteries.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc is a publicly traded pharmaceutical company. It was originally called Microbia, Inc.. Microbia was founded by postdocs from the lab of Gerald Fink at the Whitehead Institute to commercialize approaches that had been developed in the lab to improve industrial fermentation of fungi, to genetically engineer them to produce secondary metabolites more efficiently or to produce new ones as leads for drug discovery or as products for use in industry, and to identify drug targets in fungi for antifungal drug discovery. In 2002 the company hired John Talley to lead their antifungal drug discovery efforts, which at the time were focused on identifying small molecules that could inhibit fungal invasins, along with Mark Currie who had also worked at Searle division of Monsanto with Talley, and then had gone to Sepracor, and also Richard Bailey, who had run Monsanto's nutritional business. Currie directed the efforts that led to the discovery of linaclotide, which was based on an enterotoxin produced by some strains of Escherichia coli that cause traveler’s diarrhea.

Apotex is a Canadian owned pharmaceutical company, and the largest producer of generic medicines in the country. Founded in 1974, the company has focused on research, development, manufacturing and distribution. Apotex has steadily grown to employ over 10,000 people around the world. Apotex Pharmachem is a global, fully integrated API R&D and manufacturing organization with its headquarters located in Brantford, Ontario, and is a member of the Apotex group of companies. Apotex Pharmachem has multiple facilities around the world located in Canada, India, Mexico, and China. Learn more at www.ApotexPharmachem.com.

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.

Part of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Takeda GmbH is a company headquartered in Konstanz, Germany, that manufactures pharmaceutical products. The firm was founded in 1873. Wolfgang Eck, Uwe Hoffmeister and Roland Kurney are the current co-CEOs of the company.

Established in 1973 in Korea, Hanmi Pharmaceuticals now is one of the top 5 pharmaceutical companies in terms of revenue, and the most R&D focused company with the highest R&D investment for several years. Hanmi has been successful for a few decades with high flexibility, continuously changing its market/development strategy from first generics to IMD & FDC (Incrementally Modified Drug and Fixed Dose Combination) to new drug development including innovative small molecules and biologics. During the period of significant changes, Hanmi made multiple strategic collaboration relationships with multinational companies and biotech companies. Based on the success in 1980s and 1990s, Hanmi started its Chinese operation in 1996 with establishment of Beijing Hanmi. Now, Beijing Hanmi grew as a well-localized and well-settled Chinese company with more than 1,300 staffs including R&D, sales / marketing, and manufacturing experts and significant growth rate higher than 20% every year. Currently, Hanmi and Beijing Hanmi is closely collaborating on various business opportunities and new drug development projects as well as sales and marketing in Chinese territories. As the only Asian company with significant presence both in Korea and China, as the most R&D focused company with number of clinical stage projects with competitiveness, and as the company with open innovation based on multiple development/marketing collaborations, Hanmi is trying to develop and provide differentiated treatment options to patients suffering from various disease.

NicOx is a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of nitric oxide (NO)-donating drugs primarily for inflammation and cardio-metabolic diseases. The company's primary products candidates include Naproxcinod, a Phase III product candidate for the treatment of osteoarthritis; and NCX 6560, a NO-donating compound for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, which is in phase I clinical trials. Its product portfolio comprise PF-03187207 for the treatment of glaucoma, TPI 1020 for the treatment of respiratory disorders, and NCX 1510 for allergic rhinitis, which are in Phase II clinical trials; and NO-donating antihypertensives, which is in phase I clinical trials for the treatment of hypertension. The company's product pipeline also include NCX 1047, which is in preclinical stage of development for treating a range of skin disorders, such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, and seborrheic dermatitis; and NO-donors for diabetic retinopathy, cardiometabolic, inflammation, and pain. It has research and co-development agreement with Orexo AB to identify and develop compounds for the treatment of airway diseases; license and development agreement with TOPIGEN Pharmaceuticals Inc. The company also has agreements with Grupo Ferrer Internacional SA for the research, development, and marketing of NO-donating anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of dermatological diseases; Pfizer Inc to identify nitric oxide-donating compounds for diabetic retinopathy; and Merck & Co., for the development of new antihypertensive drugs using NicOx' nitric oxide-donating technology. NicOx S.A. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sophia Antipolis, France.