Salix Pharmaceuticals to Present At Robinson-Humphrey 30th Annual Institutional Conference.Business Editors/Health & Medical WritersBIOWIRE2K RALEIGH, N.C.--(BW HealthWire)--April 9, 2001 Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (Nasdaq:SLXP) today announced that the Company will present at the Robinson-Humphrey Institutional Conference in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, April 10, 2001 at 1:30 p.m. EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT . A live webcast of the presentation may be accessed via the internet. The URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. for the webcast will be www.robinsonhumphrey.com. Access to Salix's presentation on the day of the webcast may be obtained by means of the link listed above. A recording of the webcast may be accessed for 7 days following the presentation at the same URL. Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. Raleigh (IPA: /ˈrɑli/, ral-ee) is the capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County. , develops and markets prescription pharmaceutical products for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Salix's strategy is to in-license proprietary therapeutic drugs which have an existing database of positive, late-stage clinical data; complete the development and regulatory submission of these products; and market them through the Company's gastroenterology specialty sales force. Salix's lead product is COLAZAL(TM), an anti-inflammatory drug approved for the treatment of mildly to moderately active ulcerative colitis ulcerative colitis Inflammation of the colon, especially of its mucous membranes. The inflamed membranes develop patches of tiny ulcers, and the diarrhea contains blood and mucus. . The Company launched the product in the U.S. through its specialty sales force in January 2001. Salix's follow-on product candidate is rifaximin, currently in development for the potential treatment of infections of the lower gastrointestinal tract gastrointestinal tract n. The part of the digestive system consisting of the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Gastrointestinal tract . The Company currently intends to submit an NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) An agreement signed between two parties that have to disclose confidential information to each other in order to do business. In general, the NDA states why the information is being divulged and stipulates that it cannot be used for any for rifaximin for the treatment of infectious diarrhea to the U.S. 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 late 2001. Salix trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "SLXP." For more information please contact the Company at 919-862-1000 or visit our web site at www.salixpharm.com. Please Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events. These statements are just predictions and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual events or results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include the uncertainty of market acceptance of COLAZAL and rifaximin, our limited sales and marketing experience, risks of clinical trials and regulatory review, and the need to acquire new products. The reader is referred to the documents that the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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