Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of human therapeutic drugs using antisense technology. It operates through the Ionis Core segment. The Ionis Core segment exploits a novel drug discovery platform to generate a pipeline of drugs. The company was founded by Stanley T. Crooke, David J. Ecker, Christopher K. Mirabelli, and Brett P. Monia in 1989 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA.

Bayer AG engages in the development, manufacture and distribution of products in the areas of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. It operates through the following segments: Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, Crop Science, Animal Health and Covestro. The Pharmaceuticals segment engages in the development, production and marketing of prescription products for cardiology and women's health care; specialty therapeutics in the areas of oncology, hematology and ophthalmology; diagnostic imaging equipment and the necessary contrast agents. The Consumer Health segment manufactures and markets products in the dermatology, dietary supplement, analgesic, gastrointestinal, cold, allergy, sinus and flu, foot care and sun protection categories. The CropScience segment includes seeds and plant traits, crop protection and nonagricultural pest control. The Animal Health segment offers prescription and nonprescription veterinary products. The Covestro segment provides raw materials for polyurethanes; polycarbonate granules and sheets; raw materials for coatings, adhesives and sealants; and by-products of polyether production and of chlorine production and use. The company was founded by Friedrich Bayer and Johann Friedrich Westkott on August 1, 1863 and is headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany.

Part of CSL Ltd., CSL Behring GmbH is a German company located in Marburg. The firm manufactures plasma protein bio therapeutics for the treatment of rare and major diseases. Michael Schröder, Lutz Guenter Bonacker and Craig Shelanskey are the current co-CEOs of the firm.

Tianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research Co., Ltd. engages in the in the development of various new products such as innovative drugs, generic drugs, new preparations, traditional Chinese medicines, and biological drugs with particular emphasis on the engineering and industrialization of new technologies to meet drug registration requirements. The company was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Tianjin, China.

Bayer Schering Pharma AG is a research-centered pharmaceutical company that was formed by the merger of Schering with Bayer on 29 December 2006. The company was originally founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering. The company employs more than 26,000 people in 140 subsidiaries all over the world. The company's headquarters are in Berlin-Wedding, Germany and the forerunner company Schering's annual gross revenue was nearly € 5 billion. They retain the largest German manufacturing facility which is located in Bergkamen. The company focuses on the business areas of gynaecology and andrology, oncology, and also special therapeutics, diagnostical devices, and nuclear medicine. Schering's best-known product is their line of combined oral contraceptive pills. Through Bayer Healthcare AG, Bayer Schering Pharma is a full member of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations.

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.

Develops, manufactures and markets cardiovascular products

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.

OrbusNeich Medical, Inc. is a private company headquartered in the United States that manufactures medical instruments. Alfred J. Novak is the current CEO, occupying that position since 1999.

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.

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH manufactures pharmaceutical prodcuts. It offers human and animal health products. The company was founded by Albert Boehringer in 1885 and is headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany.

AlchiMedics SA specializes in coating technologies via electrografting. Its products enables covalent adhesion of nano to micrometric polymer-based layers on surfaces. The firm designs, develops and implements electro-grafting technology for implantable biomedical applications. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Grenoble, France.

MedImmune Ltd. engages in research, development and exploitation of products in the field of molecular engineering. The company was founded on December 11, 1989 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Jiangsu Aidea Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. engages in the production, supply, research and development of UTI raw materials. The company operates through two segments: Formulated Products and Raw Materials. Its products include Folium Sennae Granules, Powdered Bacillus Tablets, Clindamycin Hydrochloride Capsules, Sodium Bicarbonate Tablets, Nitrendipine Tablets, Metronidazole Tablets, Compound Gentamycin Sulfate and Procaine Hydrochloride Sulfate Granules, Cefradine Capsules, Human Urinary Kallidinogenase, Crude Ulinastatin & Urokinase, High Purity Urokinase, Human Serum Albumin, Epidermal Growth Factor, Crude Human Epidermal Growth Factor, Beta-2 Microglobulin and Crude Beta-2 Microglobulin. Jiangsu Aidea Pharmaceutical was founded on December 15, 2009 and is headquartered in Yangzhou, China.