A preview of the emerging health care companies profiled in the current issue of Start-Up. This month's profile group, Stroke Devices, features profiles of Medivance Inc., MB Medical Devices, Neuron Therapeutics Inc. and Radiant Medical Inc. Plus these selected Start-Ups across Health Care: Chemnavigator.com, Genecure Inc. Esurg.Com, and Microvention Inc.

{In Vivo} summarizes the technologies of several medical companies founded within the last year. [Camitro Corp.] is developing computational models to predict ADME/PK properties of drug candidates. Researchers will be able to search for and purchase chemical compounds through [ChemNavigator.com]. Launched in September 1999, [Imetrx Inc.] is a cardiovascular interventional device company focused on locating and characterizing unstable coronary plaques that are responsible for atherosclerosis and acute cardiovascular events. Denmark's [NsGene A/S] is a joint venture of NeuroSearch A/S and the University of Lund. [Protein Pathways Inc.] aims to improve the speed and focus of drug development by determining functions for all genome-encoded proteins. [Trek Diagnostics Systems Inc.], a microbiology diagnostics testing company, was founded in January 1999 with the acquisition of the AccuMed International Inc.'s microbiology division.