Precision Biologics

Fisher BioServices offers clinical supply and biological specimen management. The company provides solutions that use a focused process for clinical supply outsourcing covering preclinical through Phase IV studies. Fisher BioServices is affiliated with Thermo Electron Corporation. Headquartered in Rockville, Md., Fisher BioServices was founded in 1985.

EntreMed is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that develops therapeutic candidates primarily for the treatment of cancer and inflammation. Its flagship drug candidate, Panzem, is in clinical trials for cancer, as well as in preclinical development for non-oncology indications. Another product, MKC-1, is a novel cell cycle inhibitor acquired through the 2006 acquisition of Miikana Therapeutics. EntreMed has expertise in angiogenesis, cell cycle regulation and inflammation-processes vital to the treatment of cancer and other diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis. EntreMed has headquarters in Rockville, Md., and its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the symbol ENMD.

Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories (KPL) provides protein detection technologies, reagents and systems with support services to life science researchers and commercial partners throughout the world. The company develops, manufactures and markets immunochemicals for life science and in vitro diagnostics. KPL was one of the first companies to commercialize affinity-purified, secondary antibodies for biological research and in vitro diagnostic testing. The company has introduced more than 600 reagents and complete assay kits for protein visualization and nucleic acid detection that address the needs of cell biology, immunology, protein chemistry and molecular biology scientists. Many leading diagnostic kit manufacturers utilize KPL reagents in a variety of diagnostic kits for AIDS, tropical diseases, food testing and cancer. The company was founded in 1979 and is located in Gaithersburg, Md.