Medical Companies

Industry: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology
Amgen discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen was one of the first companies to realize the new science’s promise by bringing safe, effective medicines from lab, to manufacturing plant, to patient. Amgen therapeutics have changed the practice of medicine, helping millions of people around the world in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other serious illnesses. With a deep and broad pipeline of potential new medicines, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people’s lives. ( www.amgen.com )

Amgen Inc.
1 Amgen Center Dr.
Thousand Oaks, California 91320
USA

Tel: (805) 447-1000
Fax: (805) 447-1010

Industry: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology
Applied Biosystems has demonstrated its position as a technology leader and driving force in the changing dynamics of the life science marketplace. The Applied Biosystems business is focused on the following markets: basic research, commercial research (pharmaceutical and biotechnology) and standardized testing, including forensic human identification, paternity testing and food testing. The company has an installed base of approximately 180,000 instrument systems in nearly 100 countries. Basic research includes work at university, government and other non-profit institutions that focus on uncovering the basic laws of nature and understanding human disease. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies use Applied Biosystems’ products to discover and develop new drugs more effectively. ( www.appliedbiosystems.com )

Applied Biosystems Ltd
850 Lincoln Centre Drive
Foster City, California 94404
USA

Tel: (650) 638-5800
Fax: (650) 638-5884

Industry: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology
Stratagene is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialized life science research and diagnostic products. The Company’s life science research unit supports advances in science by inventing, manufacturing and distributing products that simplify, accelerate and improve research. These products are used throughout the academic, industrial and government research sectors in fields spanning molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, drug discovery and toxicology. The Company’s diagnostic unit develops and manufactures products for urinalysis as well as high quality automated instrument and reagent systems that use blood samples to test for more than 1,000 different allergies and autoimmune ( www.stratagene.com )

Stratagene Corporation
11011 N. Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, California 92037
USA

Tel: (858) 373-6300
Fax: (512) 321-3128

Industry: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology
Medarex is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, ( www.medarex.com )

Medarex , Inc.
707 State Road
Princeton, New Jersey 08540-1437
USA

Tel: (908) 479-2400
Fax: (609) 430-2850

Industry: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology
Invitrogen Corporation (Nasdaq:IVGN) provides products and services that support academic and government research institutions and pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide in their efforts to improve the human condition. The company provides essential life science technologies for disease research, drug discovery, and commercial bioproduction. Invitrogen’s own research and development efforts are focused on breakthrough innovation in all major areas of biological discovery including functional genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics and cell biology — placing Invitrogen’s products in nearly every major laboratory in the world. Founded in 1987, Invitrogen is headquartered in Carlsbad, California, and conducts business in more than 70 countries around the ( www.invitrogen.com )

Invitrogen Corporation
1600 Faraday Ave
Carlsbad, California 92008
USA

Tel: (760) 603-7200
Fax: (760) 602-6500

Industry: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology
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Item 1. Business Overview We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutic and diagnostic products for cancer based on our telomerase technology, and cell-based therapeutics using our human embryonic stem cell technology. Telomerase is an enzyme that is expressed in nearly all cancer cells, but not in most normal cells. We hope to kill cancer cells by inhibiting or targeting telomerase, and to diagnose cancer by measuring telomerase activ… ( www.geron.com )

Geron Corporation
230 Constitution Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
USA

Tel: (415) 473-7700
Fax: (650) 473-7750