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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