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Big Data Is Remaking Big Pharma
Big Pharma is in a rut. The industry keeps spending more and yet making fewer scientific breakthroughs.But help is on the way. GlaxoSmithKline recently announced a radical change in R&D spending. The British drug giant will refocus on data analytics, and the link between the immune system and human disease.
CVS Health
CVS Health is reinventing pharmacy to have a more active, supportive role in health care.
Abbott
We are a global, broad-based health care company devoted to discovering new medicines, new technologies and new ways to manage health.
Akorn
Akorn is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of branded and multi-source pharmaceutical products. Akorn has been a leader in specialty pharmaceutical markets since 1971.
Alembic
Everything we do at Alembic revolves around extending and improving the quality of life with products that span the entire lifecycle. As an integrated pharmaceutical company we share collaborative & symbiotic relationships with preferred business partners, all of whom reflect our business ethics, trust & transparency and quality standards.
Alexza Pharmaceuticals
Alexza Pharmaceuticals is a rapidly emerging pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel products for the treatment of acute and intermittent conditions. Our proprietary Staccato system vaporizes excipient-free drugs to form condensation aerosols that deliver pure drug to deep lung tissues through one simple breath.
ALK
ALK is the world leader in allergy vaccination (immunotherapy) '' a unique treatment that induces a protective immune response which reduces and potentially halts the allergic reaction.
Allergan
Allergan, Inc. is a multi-specialty health care company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing innovative pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical devices that enable people to live life to its greatest potential '' to see more clearly, move more freely, express themselves more fully.
Amgen
Amgen pioneered the development of novel products based on advances in recombinant DNA and molecular biology and launched the biotechnology industry's first blockbuster medicines.
AMRI
AMRI provides scientific services, products and technologies that improve quality of life while delivering excellence, value and maximum return.
Arbor Pharmaceuticals
Arbor Pharmaceuticals is led by a team of skilled pharmaceutical veterans, many of whom have experience as healthcare practitioners. Our people fully understand the pharmaceutical development process and value our products can bring to the lives of patients.
Astex
Astex Pharmaceuticals™ is a leader in innovative drug discovery, development and commercialization, committed to the fight against cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
AstraZeneca
We discover new medicines that are designed to improve the health and quality of life of patients around the world - medicines which are innovative, effective and which offer added benefits such as reduced side effects or better ways of taking the treatment.
Bausch Health
Bausch Health is focused on improving people’s lives with our health care products. We are delivering on our commitments to patients, health care providers, other stakeholders and society, as we build an innovative company dedicated to advancing global health.
Bayer
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. Our products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. At the same time we want to create value through innovation, growth and high earning power.
Beximco Pharma
We produce and market 'branded generics' for almost all diseases from AIDS to cancer, from infection to asthma, from hypertension to diabetes, for both national and international markets.
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Around the world, our innovative medicines help millions of people in their fight against serious diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis B and psychiatric disorders.
Cassava Sciences
We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on neuroscience. We translate novel scientific insights into new medicines. That’s a drastic challenge. Our work is complex, risky, labor-intensive, persistent and expensive. And it’s what we love to do.
Century Pharmaceuticals
Century Pharmaceuticals Ltd has made foray into biotechnology by entering into research and development of next generation of targeted human therapeutics.
Durect
DURECT Corporation is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of pharmaceutical systems based on its proprietary drug delivery platform technologies to treat chronic debilitating diseases and enable biotechnology products.
Eisai
We look for and produce innovative solutions - specialty products - that can satisfy unmet medical needs and contribute to the health and well being of people worldwide.
Emisphere
Emisphere, a biopharmaceutical company, has developed a broad-based proprietary drug delivery platform called the Eligen'' Technology. Emisphere's Eligen'' Technology improves the body's ability to absorb select molecules.
Endo
We are a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the research, development, sale and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals used primarily to treat and manage pain.
Johnson & Johnson
We embrace research and science - bringing innovative ideas, products and services to advance the health and well-being of people.
Lilly
Across the globe, Lilly has developed productive alliances and partnerships that advance our capacity to develop innovative medicines at lower costs.
Mallinckrodt
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals is a multibillion dollar specialty pharmaceutical company focused on our mission: Managing Complexity. Improving Lives. We provide medicines to address unmet patient needs, stemming from 150 years of using our unique strengths, experience and expertise to help improve people’s lives. Discover how our rich history of innovation and patient-centered solutions has helped influence our vision for the future.
Matrixx
Matrixx is a high growth over-the-counter healthcare company engaged in the development and marketing of products that utilize unique and proprietary delivery systems that provide consumers with ''better ways to get better.''
Merck
Merck is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs.
Mylan
Mylan is the third-largest generic pharmaceutical company in the world. We hold top-five positions in 13 different established markets worldwide and are building a strong presence in many emerging generics markets.
Novavax
Novavax, Inc. is a clinical stage vaccine company committed to leading the global fight against infectious diseases by creating novel, highly potent vaccines that are safer and more effective than current preventive options.
Noven
Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc., headquartered in Miami, Florida, is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the research, development, manufacture, marketing and sale of prescription pharmaceutical products.
Obagi
Obagi is one of the most recognized names globally in skin health care and the preferred choice of Physicians around the world for prescription-strength product lines that Transform skin.
PerkinElmer
Backed by an outstanding team of 7,500 employees and located in over 150 countries across the world, PerkinElmer is a global leader focused on improving human and environmental health, for the better. We provide our customers with critical knowledge, expertise and innovative detection, imaging, software, and services solutions so that they can make better decisions for better outcomes.
Perrigo
Perrigo Company is a leading global healthcare supplier that develops, manufactures and distributes over-the-counter and prescription pharmaceuticals, nutritional products, active pharmaceutical ingredients and consumer products.
Pfizer
We at Pfizer are committed to being a global leader in health care and to helping change millions of lives for the better through providing access to safe, effective and affordable medicines and related health care services to the people who need them.
Royalty Pharma
Royalty Pharma has created a rapidly growing company within the biopharmaceutical industry through the acquisition of revenue producing intellectual property — principally, royalty interests in marketed and late stage development biopharmaceutical products.
Salix
Salix is committed to being the leading U.S. specialty pharmaceutical company licensing, developing and marketing innovative products to healthcare professionals to prevent or treat gastrointestinal disorders in patients.
Sanofi
At Sanofi, our ambition is to be a diversified global healthcare company, focused on patients’ needs. Much more than just a leading pharmaceutical company, Sanofi is committed to transforming scientific innovations into solutions and services that protect health, enhance life, and respond to the needs of the 7 billion people in the world.
Sunovion
Sunovion isn't a household name. But we're confident that it will be. We believe our approach sets us apart. An approach characterized by two things. First, we look beyond science for science's sake. We look at our patients' needs, and the needs of the healthcare professionals who care for them and find practical ways of developing better treatments.
Takeda
Aspiring to bring better health and a brighter future for people worldwide.
Teva
Our mission is to be a global leader in generics and biopharmaceuticals, improving the lives of patients across the globe. For more than a century healthcare providers, patients, and caregivers have trusted the quality of Teva’s accessible and innovative products.
The Medicines Company
The Medicines Company is focused on advancing the treatment of critical care patients through the delivery of innovative, cost-effective medicines to the worldwide hospital marketplace.
Vivus
VIVUS, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of next-generation therapeutic products addressing obesity and sexual health.
Zoetis
Zoetis discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes a diverse portfolio of animal health medicines and vaccines designed to meet the real-world needs of veterinarians and the livestock farmers and companion animal owners they support.
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