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UGNE News Unigene to Present at the 8th Annual Rodman and Renshaw Healthcare Conference on November 8th 2006
FAIRFIELD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unigene Laboratories, Inc.’s (OTCBB: UGNE)
President and CEO, Dr. Warren Levy, will speak at the 8th
Annual Rodman and Renshaw Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 8
at 11:00 AM EST. Dr. Levy will present information on Unigene’s
products and collaborations. The conference will be held at The New York
Palace Hotel in New York City on November 6-8.
About Unigene
Unigene Laboratories, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company
focusing on the oral and nasal delivery of large-market peptide drugs.
Due to the size of the worldwide osteoporosis market, Unigene is
targeting its initial efforts on developing calcitonin and PTH-based
therapies. Fortical®,
Unigene’s nasal calcitonin product for the
treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, received FDA approval and was
launched in August 2005. Unigene has licensed the U.S. rights for
Fortical to Upsher-Smith Laboratories, worldwide rights for its oral PTH
technology to GlaxoSmithKline and worldwide rights for its calcitonin
manufacturing technology to Novartis. Unigene’s
patented oral delivery technology has successfully delivered, in
preclinical and/or clinical trials, various peptides including
calcitonin, PTH and insulin. Unigene’s
patented manufacturing technology is designed to cost-effectively
produce peptides in quantities sufficient to support their worldwide
commercialization as oral or nasal therapeutics. For more information
about Unigene, call (973) 882-0860 or visit www.unigene.com.
For information about Fortical, visit www.fortical.com.
The presentation time is subject to change. Safe Harbor statements
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the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
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economic conditions, trends in the products markets, variations in
Unigene's cash flow, market acceptance risks, technical development
risks and other risk factors detailed in Unigene's Securities and
Exchange Commission filings.