Inc. 500 Ranks Charlesson as One of America's Fastest Growing Private...( OKLAHOMA CITY Aug. 19 /- ...),Health

OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Charlesson LLC, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, has been ranked by Inc. magazine as No. 264 on the 28th annual Inc. 500, an exclusive ranking of the fastest-growing private companies nationwide. Charlesson was also identified as the 23rd fastest-growing private company in the health category.

Charlesson was recognized as a result of its high growth rate, which totaled 858 percent over the past three years. Founded in 2003, Charlesson's primary focus is the development of treatments for eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma. The company's expertise in ophthalmic drug development and delivery has also enabled it to establish a profitable contract research organization, which provides specialty preclinical ophthalmic services to major pharmaceutical companies.

"We are honored to be included in the prestigious group of companies in the Inc. 500 listing," said Mike Moradi, Chief Executive Officer of Charlesson. "Our ranking is a testament to the uniqueness of our ideas and the quality of our employees at Charlesson."

Despite the ongoing recession, the 2009 Inc. 500 offers a glimpse of the future of the U.S. economy. In the health sector, which saw aggregate revenue of $1.1 billion and a 917 percent median growth rate, businesses are moving forward on cancer and stem-cell research, clinical trials, and medication management.

Methodology

The 2009 Inc. 500 measures revenue growth from 2005 through 2008. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by the first week of 2005, and therefore able to show four full calendar years of sales. Additionally, they had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent -- not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies -- as of December 31, 2008. (Since then, a numb
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