New Nymox Second-Hand Smoke Study Begins for NicAlert.Business Editors/Health & Medical WritersMAYWOOD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2002 Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NYMX NYMX New York Mercantile Exchange ) is pleased to announce that a large new prospective study of its NicAlert(TM) test for tobacco exposure has begun at West Virginia University West Virginia University, mainly at Morgantown; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est. and opened 1867 as an agricultural college, renamed 1868. . The investigation is being led by Dr. Norman Montalto. Dr. Montalto is Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at West Virginia University. He has been actively involved for over a decade in pharmaceutical and tobacco product addiction research, smoking cessation, and clinical trials. Dr. Montalto has numerous peer-reviewed publications in the field, and has served as expert speaker, reviewer and consultant for major pharmaceutical companies that specialize in cessation products. Dr. Montalto is Director of the Freedom From Tobacco Program at the Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) is the name of a complex of hospitals in Charleston, West Virginia, formed via a merger of previously independent facilities. It is the state's largest hospital. and Physician Advisor for Tobacco Cessation Benefit Programs for Medicaid, the Public Employees Insurance Agency (PEIA PEIA Public Employees Insurance Agency PEIA Professional Elvis Impersonators Association PEIA Pacific Energy Innovation Association PEIA Programmatic Environmental Impact Analysis PEIA Project-Specific Environmental Impact Assessment PEIA Philippine Environmental Industry Association ), and the Medical Director of the State Tobacco Quit-Line. Second-hand smoke or environmental tobacco smoke environmental tobacco smoke (ETS/passive smoke), n the gaseous by-product of burning tobacco products, including but not limited to commercially manufactured cigarettes and cigars; contains toxic elements harmful to the health of adults and children (ETS) is increasingly being recognized around the world as a serious but preventable public health risk. Second-hand smoke has been linked to cancer and to increased risk of heart disease and stroke. NicAlert(TM) is Nymox's simple-to-use test for the determination of tobacco use or exposure. It uses either urine or saliva samples to detect levels tobacco exposure for smokers and non-smokers. NicAlert(TM) is currently being used in research programs into tobacco used and exposure and is being marketed in the United States and Japan as a test to determine whether a person, such as a teenager, student, athlete or insurance applicant is using a tobacco product. More information about Nymox is available at www.nymox.com, email: info@nymox.com, or 800-936-9669. This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" as defined in the United States 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 that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and the actual results and future events could differ materially from management's current expectations. Such factors are detailed from time to time in Nymox's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities. |
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