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Schering Plough Corp. manufactures and sells pharmaceuticals, consumer and animal health care products. The firm discovers, develops, manufactures and markets advanced drug therapies. The company is headquartered in Kenilworth, NJ.

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH engages in the provision of central management and other services for the group companies on behalf of C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG. The group specializes in the development, production, and distribution of pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany.

Helsinn Healthcare SA develops and provides licenses for drugs. The firm offers services to oncology, cancer supportive care, pain and inflammation, gastrointestinal fields. The company was founded by Gabriele Braglia in 1976 and is headquartered in Pazzallo, Switzerland.

Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics provides healthcare services. It enables the development and delivery of much-needed diagnostic tests for poverty-related diseases, including tuberculosis, malaria, HIV/AIDS, sleeping sickness, hepatitis C, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, Buruli ulcer, febrile illnesses and infectious diseases with outbreak potential, such as Ebola. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

BMEYE BV operates as a non-invasive cardiovascular monitoring company. The firm manufactures and distributes non-invasive technology, hemodynamic monitoring equipment and related medical devices. It offers finger arterial pressure and cardiac output technologies. The company was founded in April 2005 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Bio-Techne is a life sciences company founded in 1981 that provides innovative tools and bioactive reagents for the research and clinical diagnostic communities. The company is based in Devens, MA. The company's products aid in scientific investigations into biological processes and the nature and progress of specific diseases, drug discovery efforts, and provide the means for accurate clinical tests and diagnoses. With thousands of products in its portfolio, Bio-Techne generated approximately $1.10 billion in net sales in fiscal 2023 and has approximately 3,200 employees worldwide.

Kyowa Kirin International Plc is a specialty pharmaceutical company, which engages in the development and commercialization of prescription medicines for the treatment of unmet therapeutic needs in major markets. It offers Sancuso, a prescription medicine used to prevent nausea and vomiting in people receiving some types of chemotherapy treatment and Abstral, a medicine used in the management of breakthrough pain in adult patients using opioid therapy for chronic cancer pain. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Galashiels, the United Kingdom.

Definiens AG is a holding company, which engages in the development and market of biomedical imaging and data analysis software solutions. The firm specializes in the design and manufacture of imaging software suites for drug discovery, development, and diagnostics applications. It engages in the custom image analysis projects for the biopharmaceutical industry, spanning drug discovery, translational research, and clinical research. It offers image analysis processing, integration and deployment, planning, and consulting services. The company was founded by Gerd Binnig in 1994 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries & Assns is a trade association that promotes pharmaceutical discovery and development. The non-profit company is based in Brussels, Belgium.

Part of Biogen, Inc., Biogen Idec, Inc. (North Carolina) is a pharmaceutical company based in Durham, NC. The company develops pharmaceutical products. Michel Pericles Vounatsos has been the CEO of the company since 2016.

Italfarmaco SpA engages in the production and distribution of pharmaceutical and fine chemical products. It also provides research and development, scientific publishing, business development, and licensing services. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

360° Capital Partners SAS (360° Capital Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Paris, France.

Ambu Innovation GmbH engages in the development and distribution of single-use and light-weight robotically-assisted high definition endoscopy products in the field of gastroenterology and gastro-intestinal surgery. Its products include invendoscope SC210, invendo ScopeController, and invendo SPU E210. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Kissing, Germany.

Electro Power Systems SpA engages in the engineering, manufacturing, and installation of hydrogen-based systems for energy storage. The company was founded by Emilio Paolucci, Ilaria Rosso, and Adriano Marconetto on January 25, 2005 and is headquartered in Turin, Italy.

Diasorin, Inc. develops and manufactures reagents for in vitro diagnostics. It has products in the fields of infectious disease, hepatitis, endocrinology, bone and mineral metabolism, cancer, brain injury, cardiac, therapeutic drug monitoring and autoimmunity. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Stillwater, MN.

Quanta Dialysis Technologies Ltd. develops haemodialysis systems. The firm's SC+ is a performance, portable, compact haemodialysis system providing clinical efficacy utilising flow rates typically used on traditional machines. It offers SelfCare+, a haemodialysis machine for dialysis patients to control their disease and determine the treatment regime and care. The company was founded by Clive Henrey Buckberry, John Eric Milad and Martin Johnson in 2008 and is headquartered in Alcester, the United Kingdom.

Helsinn Holding SA is a holding Swiss company that provides cancer services through its subsidiaries. The private company is based in Lugano, Switzerland and has subsidiaries in Switzerland and Ireland. The company was founded in 1976 by Gabriele Edoardo Braglia. Riccardo Braglia has been the CEO of the company since 2002.

BSP Pharmaceuticals SpA develops and manufactures anticancer drugs. It offers development, clinical supply, commercial supply, and analytical services. The company was founded by Aldo Braca in July 2006 and is headquartered in Latina Scalo, Italy.

DiaSorin SA/NV manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products. It offers products for infectious disease, hepatitis, endocrinology, bone and mineral metabolism, cancer, brain injury, cardiac, therapeutic drug monitoring, and autoimmunity. The company is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium

Pictor Ltd. operates as a biotechnology company. It develops technology for multiplexed testing for blood and biological fluids. The firm?s products include PictArrayTM ToRCH ELISA, ENA ELISA, and HAE ELISA Kit. The company was founded by Krishnanand Kumble and Sarita Kumble in 2005 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

Prismic Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the research and development of prescription drugs for kidney disease, mental health, and chronic pain. It also offers medical foods for patients with chronic kidney disease, and depression and bipolar disorder. The company was founded by Zachary Dutton, Danilo Casadei Massari, and Peter J. Moriarty in 2011 and is headquartered in Worcester, MA.

Cell Therapy Ltd. produces regenerative medicines using adult stem cells to treat heart failure. Its product HeartCel, a stem cell therapy that offers improved outcomes for heart failure patients by reducing the size of heart scar, improving heart function, quality of life and reducing mortality. The firm develops therapies based on the adult mesenchymal stromal cells technology platform. The firm’s regenerative therapies will focus on curing the cause of the disease, rather than only treating the symptoms. The company was founded in 2009 by Martin John Evans and Ajan Trevor Reginald and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.

Jointherapeutics SRL is an Italian company that focuses on researching and developing products related to orthopaedics and dermo-aesthetics. The private company is based in Como, Italy.

Panakes Partners Sgr SpA (Panakes Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Alessio Beverina, Fabrizio Landi and Diana Sareceni. The firm is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Betaglue Technologies SpA is a holding company, which engages in the provision of medical technology and oncology research services. The company was founded by Francesco Izzo and is headquartered in Naples, Italy.

FSI SGR SpA (FSI) also known as Fondo Strategico Italiano, is an independent private equity firm. The firm was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

Micromega Ltd. provides business support services. The private company is based in London, UK. The British company was founded by Francesco Granata.

Predictimmune Ltd. develops tools for guiding treatment options in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. It offers PredictSURE IBD is a biomarker test, combined with a sophisticated, proprietary algorithm that will tell the likely course of newly diagnosed patients’ IBD, differentiating between an aggressive or milder form of the disease. The company was founded in May 2017 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Utility Therapeutics Ltd. is a British company that has exclusive US commercial rights to two European-approved antibiotics, mecillinam and an oral prodrug of mecillinam, for the treatment of urinary tract infections (UTI). The private company is based in Altrincham, UK and was founded in 2018 by Rasmus Toft-Kehler, Morten Otto Alexander Sommer, Peter Aksel Villadsen. Mecillinam is being developed as a first-line therapy for complicated UTI in the hospital setting, while the oral prodrug is being developed for uncomplicated UTI. The company has received the FDA's Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) designation for the treatment of UTI. Utility Therapeutics is committed to developing antibiotics that meet urgent treatment needs for multi-drug resistant infections.

Endostart SRL manufactures medical devices for gastrointestinal endoscopy. It specializes in medical devices based on ferrofluid and magnetic fields to guide a colonoscope along the colon, avoiding incomplete colonoscopies. The company was founded by Alessandro Tozzi on May 1, 2018 and is headquartered in Certaldo, Italy.

AdrenoMed AG develops a drug to decrease mortality in severe sepsis. The company was founded by Bernd Wegener, Gerald Heinz Möller and Andreas Bergmann in 2009 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.