United Research Laboratories

Don't confuse this URL with some dot-com selling this, that, or the other doodad. What it does sell (and manufacture) is branded and generic medicines. Its core products include Qualaquin (for malaria), Colcrys (a treatment for gout), Fibricor (to manage cholesterol and triglyceride), and Bactrim (a broad-spectrum antibiotic). Each of those drugs is marketed through URL's branded pharmaceutical business, AR Scientific. URL's pipeline also has several candidates in various stages of development. URL invests between $50 million and $70 million annually to conduct research on both novel drug treatments and existing drug formulas with other pharmaceutical companies. URL traces its roots back to 1946.