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100 Abbott Park Rd.
Abbott Park, IL 60064-3500
Phone: 847-937-6100
Fax: 847-937-1511
Website: www.abbott.com
Ticker Symbol:
ABT
Key Facts
- Abbott developed the first AIDS test in
1985.
- The company's hospital products include
drug delivery systems and anesthesia used
in surgery.
- Beginning in 2002, Abbott is dedicating
about 125 scientists and engineers towards
increasing its presence in the genetic testing
market.
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Allergan, Inc.
2525 Dupont Dr.
Irvine, CA 92612-1599
Phone: 714-246-4500
Fax: 714-246-4971
Website: www.allergan.com
Ticker Symbol:
AGN
Key Facts
- Botox, Allergan's first-ever blockbuster
drug, is expected to earn more than $600 million
by 2005.
- In a recent survey, ophthalmologists rated
Allergan's sales force as the best in the
industry.
- About 52 percent of the company's sales
are foreign.
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1900 Charleston Road
P.O. Box 7210
Mountain View, CA 94039-7210
Phone: 650-564-5000
Fax: 650-564-7070
Website: www.alza.com
Ticker Symbol:
AZA
Key Facts
- Drug delivery technologies have been incorporated
in 30 commercialized products, including the
number-one smoking cessation treatment, Nicoderm.
- Sales and marketing system covers the U.S.
and Canada.
- Offers a summer intern program, with most
positions in Mountain View and Palo Alto,
CA.
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One Amgen Center Dr.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1789
Phone: 805-447-1000
Fax: 805-447-1985
Website: www.amgen.com
Ticker Symbol:
AMGN
Key Facts
- Ranked number 57 on Fortune's 2001 list
of the "100 Best Companies to Work For."
- Anti-anemia drug Epogen and immune system
booster Neupogen create about 90 percent of
Amgen's revenue.
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One Bausch & Lomb Place
Rochester, NY 14604-2701
Phone: 585-338-6000
Fax: 585-338-6007
Website: www.bausch.com
Ticker Symbol:
B&L
Key Facts
- Invented the first contact lenses in 1971.
- Created the lenses used on the cameras that
took the first satellite pictures of the moon.
- Twenty years ago, sponsored the first major
tennis tournament for women, helping the sport
gain mainstream popularity.
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100 Bayer Rd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9741
Phone: 412-777-2000
Fax: 412-777-2034
Website: www.bayer.com
Ticker Symbol:
BAYG (traded on European and Tokyo exchanges)
Key Facts
- In addition to health care products, Bayer
is a leading provider of pharmaceuticals,
industrial chemicals, and polymers. Bayer
is also a major supplier of rubber, plastics,
coating raw materials, polyurethanes, and
other high-tech materials.
- Since 1994, NASA has used food-packaging
products from Wolff Walsrode, a unit of Bayer
Corporation's Polymers Division, as packaging
material for the freeze-dried meal components
served to astronauts on Space Shuttle missions.
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Website:
http://www.bmenet.org/BMEnet/
345 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10154-0037
Phone: 212-546-4000
Fax: 212-546-4020
Website: www.bms.com
Ticker Symbol:
BMY
Key Facts
- Forty percent of Bristol-Myer Squibb's revenue
comes from outside the U.S.
- The company has 64 products with global
sales of over $50 million.
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145 Brandywine Pkwy.
West Chester, PA 19380
Phone: 610-344-0200
Fax: 610-738-6590
Website: www.cephalon.com
Ticker Symbol:
CEPH
Key Facts
- A leader in combating neurodegenerative
disorders through the development of transgenic
and gene-targeted animal models.
- Currently markets three proprietary products
in the U.S. (Provigil, Gabritril, and Actiq)
plus another 20 drugs internationally.
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1715 West 38th St.
Chattanooga, TN 37409-1248
Phone: 423-821-4571
Fax: 423-821-0395
Website: www.chattem.com
Ticker Symbol:
CHTT
Key Facts
- Portfolio consists primarily of consumer
retail over-the-counter products.
- Created the diuretic Pamabrom, which led
to the development of Pamprin, the first over-the-counter
menstrual relief product.
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4560 Horton St.
Emeryville, CA 94608-2916
Phone: 510-655-8730
Fax: 510-655-9910
Website: www.chiron.com
Ticker Symbol:
CHIR
Key Facts
- Has more drugs in clinical trials than any
other biotech company.
- Responsible for mapping the HIV genome.
- Works with a collaborative network of 300
universities and research institutions.
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Lilly Corporate Center
Indianapolis, IN 46285
Phone: 317-276-2000
Fax: 317-277-6579
Website: www.lilly.com
Ticker Symbol:
LLY
Key Facts
- Lilly was among the first companies to develop
a way to mass-produce penicillin.
- Humulin was the world's first human health
care product created by using recombinant
DNA technology.
- The Lilly Foundation is the largest charity
in the U.S.
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One DNA Wy.
So. San Francisco, CA 94080-4990
Phone: 650-225-1000
Fax: 650-225-6000
Website: www.gene.com
Ticker Symbol: DNA
Key Facts
- Has a total of 4,000 patents worldwide,
with another 3,600 pending.
- Number 80 on Fortune's "100 Best Companies
to Work for" in 2002 list.
- The first biotech company to successfully
scale up protein manufacturing to the amounts
needed for clinical trials and marketing.
- Genentech scientists publish at the rate
of 250 papers per year; the company has the
highest number of citations per scientific
paper among pharmaceutical companies.
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1 Kendall Sq.
Cambridge, MA 02139-1562
Phone: 617-252-7500
Fax: 617-252-7600
Website: www.genzyme.com
Ticker Symbol:
GENZ
Key Facts
- About 2000 patients worldwide are treated
with the company's Ceredase and Cerezyme.
- In collaboration with the University of
Iowa, Genzyme rolled out breakthrough treatments
for cystic fribrosis and produced the most
comprehensive cystic fibrosis test on the
market.
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333 Lakeside Dr.
Foster City, CA 94404
Phone: 650-574-3000
Fax: 650-578-9264
Website: www.gilead.com
Ticker Symbol:
GILD
Key Facts
- Has co-developed drugs with LaRoche and
Pharmacia.
- Main products include the flu treatment
Tamiflu.
- Developed a once-a-day pill treatment for
AIDS.
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5 Moore Drive
P.O. Box 13398
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 1-888-825-5249
Fax: Not available
Website: www.gsk.com
Ticker Symbol: GSK
Key Facts
- GSK distributes 30 vaccine doses every second.
- Manages about 200 new product launches globally
each year.
- The sale of pharmaceuticals accounts for
84 percent of GSK's revenue.
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3030 Callan Rd
San Diego, CA 92121
Phone: 858-431-8500
Fax: 858-431-8750
Website: www.idecpharm.com
Key Facts
- Rituxan received EMEA approval from the
European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal
Products in June 1998, and IDEC is awaiting
approval in Japan
- 2000 was the third consecutive profitable
year for the company
- In 2000 the company received the Peter McCuen
Cancer Research Excellence Award from Informed
Investors Inc.
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20 Manchester Square
London WIU 3AN
United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20-7009-5000
Fax: 44-20-7009-5001
Website: www.ici.com
Ticker Symbol:
ICI
Key Facts
- Has sold more than 50 divisions since 1997
to alleviate debt after purchasing Unilever
Chemicals.
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3160 Porter Dr.
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: 650-855-0555
Fax: 650-855-0572
Website: www.incyte.com
Ticker Symbol:
INCY
Key Facts
- Recently expanded into drug development
in addition to its discovery research products.
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4400 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33137
Phone: 305-575-6000
Fax: 305-575-6055
Website: www.ivax.com
Ticker Symbol:
IVX
Key Facts
- On average, IVAX submits approximately
30 to 50 products for regulatory approval
annually.
- Generic pharmaceuticals account for more
than 50 percent of revenues.
- The company's current business plan is focused
on product diversification and geographic
expansion in key markets.
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1 Johnson & Johnson Plaza
New Brunswick, NJ 08933
Phone: 732-524-0400
Fax: 732-524-3300
Website: www.jnj.com
Ticker Symbol:
JNJ
Key Facts
- Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder was introduced
to consumers in 1893.
- Ranks 47th in the Fortune 500 and seventh
on Fortune's list of globally most admired
companies for 2002.
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One Post St.
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415-983-8300
Fax: 415-983-7160
Website: www.mckesson.com
Ticker Symbol:
MCK
- Key Facts
- Ranks as U.S.'s number-two pharmaceutical
distributor.
- Named "Supplier of the Year" by
Wal-Mart in 2002.
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8125 N. Hayden Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85258-2463
Phone: 602-808-8800
Fax: 602-808-0822
Website: www.medicis.com
Ticker Symbol:
MRX
Key Facts
- Company claims nearly 40 percent compounded
annual growth over the past five years.
- Approximately 75 percent of the company's
workforce is focused on sales, marketing,
and research and development.
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35 W. Watkins Mill Rd.
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Phone: 301-417-0770
Fax: 301-527-4200
Website: www.medimmune.com
Ticker Symbol:
MEDI
Key Facts
- The company has teamed up with pharmaceutical
titans such as GlaxoSmithKline and biotech
companies like Human Genome Sciences and Bio
Transplant to develop new drugs and broaden
its product portfolio.
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One Merck Drive
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889-0100
Phone: 908-423-1000
Fax: 908-735-1253
Website: www.merck.com
Ticker Symbol:
MRK
Key Facts
- Fortune ranked Merck number 24 in its Global
500 and number 31 in its "Best Companies
to Work for" lists.
- Publishes the Merck Manual, one of the most
widely used medical texts in the world
- Together with Aventis, Merck owns the world's
leading animal health company, Merial.
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800 North Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63167
Phone: 314-694-1000
Fax: 314-694-8394
Website: www.monsanto.com
Ticker Symbol:
MON
Key Facts
- Continues to break new ground in the field
of biocollecting, which involves creating
new solutions for health and agriculture problems
by finding them in nature.
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608 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10020
Phone: 202-307-1122
Fax: 212-246-0185
Website: www.novartis.com
Ticker Symbol:
NVS
Key Facts
- Pharmaceuticals make up about 65 percent
of total sales.
- The company also develops eye-care and animal
health products.
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515 Eastern Ave.
Allegan, MI 49010
Phone: 616-673-8451
Fax: 616-673-9128
Website: www.perrigo.com
Ticker Symbol:
PRGO
Key Facts
- The nation's largest producer of over-the-counter
pharmaceuticals and nutritional supplements.
- Makes more than 30 billion medicinal tablets
every year.
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235 E. 42nd St.
New York, NY 10017-5755
Phone: 212-573-2323
Fax: 212-573-7851
Website: www.pfizer.com
Ticker Symbol:
PFE
Key Facts
- Currently in negotiations to acquire Pharmacia,
which will form the world's largest pharmaceutical
company to date.
- Responsible for Bob Dole's favorite pharmaceutical,
Viagra.
- Boasts the industry's largest pharmaceutical
R&D organization: Pfizer Global Research
and Development.
- Number 14 in Fortune's "Global Most
Admired Companies" list for 2002.
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39 Old Ridgebury Rd.
Danbury, CT 06810-5113
Phone: 203-837-2000
Phone2: 800-772-9247
Fax: 800-772-9985
Website: www.praxair.com
Ticker Symbol:
PX
Key Facts
- The company has about 3,000 patents still
in use.
- First company to commercialize cryogenically
separated oxygen as early as 1907.
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340 Kingsland St.
Nutley, NJ 07110
Phone: 973-235-5000
Fax: 973-235-7605
Website: www.roche.com
Ticker Symbol:
RHHVF (ADR)
Key Facts
- Number-one diagnostics company in the world.
- Leading producer of vitamins and carotenoids.
- The pharmaceutical group accounts for 50
percent of Roche's total sales and employs
more than half of the company's employees.
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5 Giralda Farms
Madison, NJ 07940-0874
Phone: 973-660-5000
Fax: 973-660-7026
Website: www.wyeth.com
Ticker Symbol:
WYE
Key Facts
- Wyeth began in the 1860s as a retail drugstore.
- Ford Dodge's Duramune products are the number
one-selling canine vaccines in the United
States.
- Previously known as American Home Products
until March 2002.
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