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Clearant Sterile Bone Implants Used for First Time in Successful Spinal Surgery at UCLA; Company Achieves Significant Milestone in Direct Distribution Program.


LOS ANGELES -- Clearant, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

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:CLRI CLRI Central Leather Research Institute (India) ) today announced that two Clearant Sterile Implants were used in a successful two-level cervical fusion surgery done last week at the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. . This represents the first use of sterile bone allograft allograft: see transplantation, medical.  implants supplied through Clearant's new direct distribution program. The procedure was performed by Jeffrey C. Wang, M.D., Chief, Orthopedic Spine Service, and Associate Professor of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery neurosurgery /neu·ro·sur·gery/ (noor´o-sur?jer-e) surgery of the nervous system.

neu·ro·sur·ger·y
n.
Surgery on any part of the nervous system.
 at the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles
UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University)
UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX
 School of Medicine.

"This successful procedure in one of the country's leading medical institutions demonstrates the progress of our new growth initiative to distribute directly to hospitals and surgeons," said Clearant Chief Executive Officer Alain Delongchamp. "We are very pleased that highly respected surgeons such as Dr. Wang are choosing Clearant Sterile Implants based on safety and quality. The support of these opinion-leading surgeons is key to educating the larger orthopedic surgeon community about the benefits of Clearant Process Sterile Implants."

In June, Clearant announced that in order to meet the rising demand for sterile tissue implants, it would become a direct distributor of Clearant Process(R) treated bone tissue. The Company now has six territory representatives focused strictly on this effort. Currently, the top fifteen markets in the U.S. represent in excess of $200 million in bone implant sales. The top 30-50 surgeons in these markets perform approximately 80% of the procedures, allowing the Company to employ a highly targeted marketing effort.

About Clearant, Inc.

Clearant, Inc. is a leader in pathogen inactivation inactivation /in·ac·ti·va·tion/ (in-ak?ti-va´shun) the destruction of biological activity, as of a virus, by the action of heat or other agent.  for biological products. Clearant has developed the patent-protected Clearant Process, which substantially reduces all types of pathogens in biological products while maintaining the functionality of the underlying protein. The Company began to distribute directly to surgeons, hospitals and clinics Clearant Process sterile implants in June 2006; in addition, Clearant continues to license the Clearant Process and provides its patented sterilization sterilization

Any surgical procedure intended to end fertility permanently (see contraception). Such operations remove or interrupt the anatomical pathways through which the cells involved in fertilization travel (see reproductive system).
 services to tissue banks and other biological products manufacturers. As of the end of 1Q 2006, Clearant had 10 license and service agreements with tissue banks. To date more than 8,000 patients have been successfully implanted with Clearant Process sterile implants supplied by one of the Company's licensed partners. Whereas various competing sterilization methods only kill specific types of pathogens (such as bacteria or lipid-enveloped viruses) for specific products, the Clearant Process reduces all types of pathogens for products across many market segments including tissue implants, plasma proteins, recombinant products, medical devices and blood products. Also, the Clearant Process can be applied at various stages of product processing and/or manufacturing, including in the final packaging. For more information, please visit www.clearant.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for statements of historical fact, the matters discussed in this press release are forward looking and made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995, in particular statements regarding surgeons strongly recommending the use of implants with tissue treated by the CLEARANT PROCESS, and the conclusions from a study by surgeons to build demand for sterilized ster·il·ize  
tr.v. ster·il·ized, ster·il·iz·ing, ster·il·iz·es
1. To make free from live bacteria or other microorganisms.

2.
 tissue. These forward-looking statements reflect numerous assumptions and involve a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's control, which may cause actual results to differ materially from stated expectations. These risk factors include, among others, limited operating history, difficulty in developing, exploiting and protecting proprietary technologies, results of additional clinical studies, efficacy of the technology, intense competition and substantial regulation in the biotechnology industry, and additional risks discussed in the company's filings with the SEC, available on the SEC web site http://www.sec.gov.
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