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Published Date: June 3, 1997
Company Name: Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp.
Address: 3040 Science Park Road
San Diego, Calif. 92121
Main Telephone
Number: 619/558-4300
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) http://www.allp.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Duane J. Roth
Chief Financial
Officer: Theodore D. Roth
Investor Relations/
Public Relations
Contact: Gwen Rosenberg
Business number: 619/558-4375
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: ALLP/Nasdaq
Industry: Pharmaceutical
Market Makers: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, Smith Barney Inc.,
Cowen & Co., Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Herzog, Heine, Geduld Inc.,
Prudential Securities Inc.
Company description: Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. is a research and development company focused on transforming innovative discoveries into novel drug and diagnostic products. -- Oxygent is an intravascular intravascular /in·tra·vas·cu·lar/ (in?trah-vas´ku-lar) within a vessel. in·tra·vas·cu·lar adj. Within one or more blood vessels. oxygen carrier in clinical development as a temporary "blood substitute" to reduce the need for donor blood during surgery. Oxygent does not transmit infectious diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. , is compatible with all blood types, and has a shelf life of approximately 18 months. The product is being co-developed with Johnson & Johnson. -- LiquiVent is an oxygen carrying "liquid ventilation" drug administered directly into the lungs to open air sacs air sacs sacs that communicate with the respiratory, air-filled membranous system in birds and primates. avian air sacs there are eight air sacs in the chicken: an unpaired cervical, an unpaired clavicular, a pair of cranial and facilitate gas exchange. LiquiVent has 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. Subpart E ("fast track") status due to its potential to treat acute respiratory failure Respiratory Failure Definition Respiratory failure is nearly any condition that affects breathing function or the lungs themselves and can result in failure of the lungs to function properly. . LiquiVent is being co-developed with Hoechst Marion Roussel. -- Imagent US is a diagnostic imaging agent for enhancement of ultrasound images to improve assessment of heart function and detection of organ tumors and blood flow abnormalities. Imagent US is intended to enhance images from perfused tissues and vessels using gray-scale, color Doppler and harmonic harmonic. 1 Physical term describing the vibration in segments of a sound-producing body (see sound). A string vibrates simultaneously in its whole length and in segments of halves, thirds, fourths, etc. ultrasound techniques. -- FloGel is a thermoreversible gel thermoreversible gel AIDS A temperature-sensitive gel which, alone or in concert with anti-HIV agents may block entry of HIV in vaginal, cervical, or anal mucosa. Cf Contraceptive gel. for the prevention of surgical adhesions. FloGel is applied as a liquid that molds to body tissues before gelling in place. It may also be useful for drug delivery and wound healing wound healing Physiology The repair of a wound Steps Inflammation, repair and closure, remodeling, final healing; repair of incisions may be either simple–'clean' wounds with little loss of tissue heal by 'primary intention', or 'dirty' wounds heal by . CONTACT: Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp. |
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