Corporate Profile for GeneMedicine Inc., dated June 28, 1996.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine See AOL. , CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company, Prodigy, Comtex, and many others. -0- Published Date: June 28, 1996 Company Name: GeneMedicine Inc.
Address: 8301 New Trails Drive
The Woodlands, Texas 77381
Main Telephone Number: 713/364-1150 Chief Executive Officer: Eric Tomlinson, D.Sc., Ph.D. Investor Relations & Public Relations Contact: Angela S. Goodwin Business number: 713/362-2650 Home number: 713/807-9015 e-mail address: goodwa@gmiatt.attmail.com URL Address: www.gmed.com Trading Symbol: Nasdaq:GMED Industry: Gene Therapy, Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals -0- Company description: As rapid advances in genomic science are increasing the prospects of using beneficial genes for therapeutic purposes, scientists at GeneMedicine are focused on the discovery and development of a broad-based non-viral technology that enables genes to be used in conventional medicine. The company's "gene medicines" are designed for direct administration to patients to cause the production and distribution of therapeutic proteins within the body. Gene medicines are for acute or chronic use and may be administered through convenient and conventional routes, including intramuscular injection Noun 1. intramuscular injection - an injection into a muscle injection, shot - the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot" , inhalation or intravenous injection Noun 1. intravenous injection - an injection into a vein fix - something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate" . The company's initial business focus is the development of gene medicines for the fields of cancer, pulmonary disease, musculoskeletal disorders and gene vaccines for infectious disease Infectious disease A pathological condition spread among biological species. Infectious diseases, although varied in their effects, are always associated with viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, multicellular parasites and aberrant proteins known as prions. . GeneMedicine is developing its products through corporate alliances with major biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. The company has corporate partnerships with Roche Bioscience in the areas of asthma, arthritis and transplant rejection transplant rejection Graft rejection, organ rejection, tissue rejection Immunology The constellation of host immune responses evoked when an allograft tissue is transplanted into a recipient; rejection phenomena may be minimized by optimal matching of MHC antigens and with Boehringer Mannheim for the development of gene medicines to treat head and neck cancers and melanoma. The company's current cash position and contractual commitments of capital ensure adequate funding for its planned operations through mid-1999. CONTACT: GeneMedicine Inc. |
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