CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals Announces First Quarter 2001 Conference Call; Tuesday, April 24, 2001, at 11:00 a.m. ET.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers NEWTOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001 CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGPI CGPI Corporate Goods Price Index (Japan) CGPI Capital Goods Price Index (New Zealand) ), today announced that it will hold a conference call on Tuesday, April 24, 2001, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss first quarter results. The call can be accessed via the Internet through www.collagenex.com or www.streetevents.com. The conference call will be available for replay on both websites for a period of 90 days. The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network such as America Online's Personal Finance Channel, Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments is a group of privately held companies in the financial services industry. It is made up by two independent but closely cooperating companies, Fidelity Management and Research Corporation (FMR Co. (R) (Fidelity.com) and others About the Company CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on providing innovative medical therapies to the dental market. The company's lead product, Periostat(R), was approved by the FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. in September 1998 and is the first and only pharmaceutical to treat periodontal disease Periodontal Disease Definition Periodontal diseases are a group of diseases that affect the tissues that support and anchor the teeth. Left untreated, periodontal disease results in the destruction of the gums, alveolar bone (the part of the jaws where by inhibiting in·hib·it tr.v. in·hib·it·ed, in·hib·it·ing, in·hib·its 1. To hold back; restrain. See Synonyms at restrain. 2. To prohibit; forbid. 3. the enzymes that destroy periodontal periodontal /peri·odon·tal/ (per?e-o-don´t'l) 1. pertaining to the periodontal ligament or periodontium. 2. near or around a tooth. per·i·o·don·tal adj. 1. support tissues. Periostat is marketed to the dental community by CollaGenex through a professional pharmaceutical sales force composed of approximately 135 sales representatives and managers. Currently, the company's dental sales force is also marketing Vioxx(R), a Merck & Co. drug that the company co-promotes for the treatment of acute dental pain. |
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