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BioCentury's Newsmakers in the Biotech Industry Investment Conference to Webcast Alkermes' Corporate Presentation.


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS ALKS Alkermes, Inc. (stock symbol) ) announced today that its corporate presentation will be webcast live by BioCentury and Thomson Financial Thomson Financial

A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings
 on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. EDT EDT
abbr.
Eastern Daylight Time


EDT Eastern Daylight Time

EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York

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. The presentation will be webcast from the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 and may be accessed under the investor relation's tab at www.alkermes.com. The presentation will be archived for 14 days.

Alkermes, Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops products based on sophisticated drug delivery technologies to enhance therapeutic outcomes in major diseases. The Company has two commercial products. RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) ((risperidone) long-acting injection), the first and only long-acting atypical antipsychotic medication approved for use in schizophrenia, is marketed worldwide by Janssen-Cilag (Janssen), a wholly owned division of Johnson & Johnson. VIVITROL(R) (naltrexone naltrexone /nal·trex·one/ (nal-trek´son) an opioid antagonist used as the hydrochloride salt in treatment of opioid or alcohol abuse.

nal·trex·one
n.
An endorphin and narcotic antagonist.
 for extended-release injectable suspension) is the first and only once-monthly injectable medication approved for the treatment of alcohol dependence and is marketed in the United States primarily by Cephalon Ceph´a`lon

n. 1. (Zool.) The head.
, Inc. The Company has a pipeline of extended-release injectable products and pulmonary products based on its proprietary technology and expertise. Alkermes' product development strategy is twofold: the Company partners its proprietary technology systems and drug delivery expertise with several of the world's finest pharmaceutical companies; and it also develops novel, proprietary drug candidates for its own account. The Company's headquarters are in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it operates research and manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts and Ohio.

VIVITROL(R) is a registered trademark of Cephalon, Inc. and RISPERDAL(R) CONSTA(R) is a registered trademark of Johnson & Johnson Corporation.
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