This category encompasses traditional pharmaceutical companies and emerging bio-pharmaceutical companies. Historically, pharmaceutical companies solely dealt with chemicals for therapeutic action. However, advances in biomedical science have enabled the identification and development of therapies that structurally or biochemically mimic active agents found with in the body. These biology based therapies are called biologics or bio-pharmaceuticals.

Therapeutics companies discover and clinically develop remedies for disease or alleviation of symptoms through chemical or biology-based actions within or on the body.