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Access Pharmaceuticals Signs Agreement to Manufacture Its FDA-Approved MuGard in the United States
Date:9/11/2009

org/wiki/Oral_mucositis" target="_new">oral mucositis. MuGard forms a protective coating over the oral mucosa when swirled gently around the mouth. Up to 80% of all patients receiving radiotherapy and approximately 40% of all chemotherapy patients develop oral mucositis, and almost all patients receiving radiotherapy for head and neck cancer and those undergoing stem cell transplantation develop symptoms. MuGard is currently being marketed in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Norway and Greece by Access' partner, SpePharm.

Updated clinical practice guidelines for the prevention and treatment of mucositis recommend the use of a preventive oral care regimen as part of routine supportive care along with a therapeutic oral care regimen if mucositis develops. The market for the treatment of oral mucositis, expanding to include all patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy, is estimated to be in excess of $5 billion worldwide.

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Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an emerging biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes propriety products for the treatment and supportive care of cancer patients. Access' products include MuGard(TM) for the management of patients with oral mucositis and ProLindac(TM), currently in Phase 2 clinical testing of patients with ovarian cancer. ProLindac(TM) is also under study for its potential role in combination with other pharmaceuticals in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (a form of liver cancer), and pancreatic cancer. The Company's pipeline also includes: Cobalamin(TM)-mediated targeted delivery and oral drug delivery, its proprietary nanop
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