Jenrin Discovery

The company is engaged in developing and commercializing drugs for the hospital-based treatment of central nervous system (CNS) disorders and thrombotic/cardiovascular diseases, indications for which there is a substantial unmet medical need.

Intarcia Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company. It is engaged in the development of a pipeline of products for the proprietary Medici Drug Delivery System comprised of three technologies: A stabilization technology that allows for proteins, peptides, antibody fragments, and other highly potent small molecules to be stabilized at or above human body temperatures, a matchstick-sized osmotic mini-pump that is placed under the dermal layer of skin to deliver a continuous and consistent flow of medication and a placement technology including proprietary tools designed to provide an optimal user experience. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

BioAssets Development Corporation (BDC) is working on indications for marketed and emerging biologic drugs. The company's lead initiative focuses on the development of cytokine inhibitors to treat the underlying causes of pain in spinal disorders.

Indena is a company dedicated to the identification, development and production of active principles derived from plants, for use in the pharmaceutical, health-food and cosmetics industries. Indena, a privately owned Italian company, has around 700 employees, including 10% dedicated to full-time research, aims to manage cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution operations in more than 40 countries throughout the world. The key to Indena's success is its research, covering: the screening of medicinal plants for their pharmacological benefits; the identification of new active principles; and the development of extraction and purification systems at the cutting-edge of industrial application. The phyto-chemical research is carried out in Indena's own Research Center in Settala, Italy. Indena also co-operates with the world's most prestigious universities and private research institutions in the biological assessment of safety and effectiveness up to clinical phase I. One of the main strategic objectives of the research is the development of new active principles for pharmaceutical applications. This is also an indispensable base for the health-food and cosmetics industries. In the pharmaceutical sector Indena is currently focusing on the development of anti-cancer treatments, following the successes of paclitaxel, as well as on anti-microbial and on anti-viral drugs. Also under study are active principles for the treatment of pathologies and dysfunction of the central nervous system, such as depression, anxiety, impotence, sleep disorders, and algesia. Today Indena is also concentrating its efforts on the industrial production of high-quality standardised active principles derived from plants, which are important ingredients in health food products. In fact, the company produces standardised extracts from edible plants that are traditionally recognised as having therapeutic properties, as well as from plants that have proven pharmacological value. Indena's research and production activities are particularly attentive to plant-based principles that have anti-oxidant properties and are effective in preventing damage caused by free radicals. Backed by over 80 years of botanical experience, the Italian company has developed a plantation network, managed by experts, to supply its research and production centers with officinal plants, while at the same time ensuring bio-diversity and protecting the ecosystem balance from uncontrolled harvesting. Today more than 60% of the raw material used in the manufacturing process comes from cultivation. Indena's decades-long global presence in the plant extraction industry is a guarantee of its in-depth knowledge and understanding of the business, market trends and legal considerations, through constant communication and interaction between the company's experts and the major international regulatory authorities such as WHO, EMEA, and ESCOP, and main pharmacopoeias.

Nutriset's is focused on developing products for the enhancement of the nutritional status of children and other vulnerable people.

Onyvax is developing new cancer therapies that harness the selective power of the immune system to seek out and destroy tumor cells. Onyvax's products specifically target cancer cells, increasing the likelihood that they will be effective while minimising side effects associated with many conventional treatments. These therapies can broadly be classed as therapeutic cancer vaccines. Onyvax's lead product is in clinical trials for the treatment of prostate cancer and is poised to enter the final stages of development. Onyvax is committed to the commercialisation of therapies that enhance survival while maintaining a high quality of life for patients. The Company is based in London and has collaborations with leading hospitals and other institutions throughout Europe and the US.