Corporate Profile for Procept, dated Aug. 9, 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: Aug. 9, 1996 Company Name: Procept Inc.
Address: 840 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Mass. 02139
Main Telephone Number: 617/491-1100 Chief Executive Officer: Stanley C. Erck Investor Relations Contact: Michael J. Higgins Business number: 617/491-1100 x3255 Public Relations Contact: Michael J. Higgins Business number: 617/491-1100 x3255 URL Address: www.procept.com Trading Symbol: PRCT Industry: pharmaceutical, biotechnology Company description: Procept Inc. is engaged in the research and development of small molecule therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of chronic and life-threatening immune system immune system Cells, cell products, organs, and structures of the body involved in the detection and destruction of foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. Immunity is based on the system's ability to launch a defense against such invaders. disorders. The company's research is based upon its understanding of critical cell receptors responsible for modulating immune responses, combined with the drug discovery technologies of rational drug design and combinatorial chemistry Combinatorial chemistry involves the rapid synthesis or the computer simulation of a large number of different but structurally related molecules. Introduction Synthesis of molecules in a combinatorial fashion can quickly lead to large numbers of molecules. . Procept is developing therapeutics for the treatment of arthritis, diabetes, organ transplant rejection and infectious diseases, including AIDS and tuberculosis. Founded in 1985 and traded on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol PRCT PRCT Practice PRCT Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial (medicine) PRCT Partial Rotator Cuff Tear , Procept is located in Cambridge, Mass. CONTACT: Procept Inc. |
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