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MONTREAL, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Haemacure Corporation (TSX:HAE), a specialty bio-therapeutics company developing high-value human proteins, announces that Mr. Joseph Galli, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at BioContact Quebec 2008. Mr. Galli will present a corporate progress report, including an update on the Company's lead product candidate, Hemaseel(R)HMN (fibrin sealant). The Haemacure presentation is scheduled to begin at 16:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, October 1st in the Bellevue Room at the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City.
Information about BioContact Quebec 2008 is available at http://www.biocontact.qc.ca.
About Haemacure
Haemacure Corporation is a specialty biotherapeutics company developing
high-value human plasma-derived protein products for commercialization.
Haemacure's research and development effort is driven by its proprietary
plasma protein extraction technology to develop next-generation products,
including surgical hemostats. Haemacure's lead product candidate,
Hemaseel(R)HMN, is a fibrin sealant planned to enter pivotal Phase II/Phase
III clinical trials during the first half of 2009. Haemacure's second
product candidate is thrombin, a component of its fibrin sealant, now in
preclinical stage. Follow-on development will focus on the use of its
fibrin sealant in adhesion prevention, aesthetics, combination with
biomaterials, drug delivery, regenerative medicine, skin graft fixation for
burn injuries and wound management. Haemacure has discovered eleven
additional specialty proteins and enzymes in one if its two plasma
fractions and seeks to advance these proteins and enzymes through
partnerships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Haemacure is
headquartered in Montreal, Quebec and operates offices in Sarasota, Florida
through a wholly-owned subsidiary. The Corporation is traded under stock
symbol
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