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Cardiome Pharma Corp. (Nasdaq: CRME)

A product-focused drug development company dedicated to the advancement and commercialization of novel treatments for disorders of the heart and circulatory system.

The Company's product pipeline primarily includes Vernakalant, which just successfully completed Phase III (ACT 5) clinical trials for the treatment of atrial fibrillation; Vernakalant (oral) that completed Phase IIa clinical trials and Phase IIb clinical trials for the treatment of atrial fibrillation; and GED-aPC, which completed Phase I clinical trials for the treatment of multiple disease states. 

It has collaboration and license agreements with Merck & Co., for the development and commercialization of vernakalant; and Astellas Pharma US, Inc. to develop, make, and sell injectable formulations of vernakalant in North America. 

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Salix Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SLXP)

Develops and markets prescription pharmaceutical products for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Salix’s strategy is to in-license late-stage or marketed proprietary therapeutic drugs, complete with any required development and regulatory submission of these products, and market them through the Company’s gastroenterology specialty sales and marketing team.

Its products include Xifaxan tablet, a gastrointestinal-specific oral antibiotic for the treatment of patients with travelers diarrhea; MoviPrep, a liquid polyethylene glycol-salt bowel cleansing product; Visicol and OsmoPrep tablets for cleansing of the colon as a preparation for colonoscopy in adults; and Azasan, a drug that suppresses immune system responses and is indicated for preventing rejection of kidney transplants and treatment of severe arthritis. 

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Power-One (Nasdaq: PWER)

One of the world’s ten largest providers of power conversion and power management solutions, Power-One is one of only a few companies with the product breadth to support every step in the refinement of utility-grade AC into the various DC voltages required to power high-availability infrastructure systems at the site, system, and semiconductor levels.

Power-One's energy-efficient solutions power a wide range of applications: alternative/renewable energy, routers, data storage and servers, wireless communications, medical diagnostics, optical networking, automated/semiconductor test equipment, railway controls, military, and custom solutions.

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