- Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) and the Dawn of New Therapeutics -
EXTON, Pa., March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ViroPharma Incorporated (Nasdaq: VPHM) announced today that the company will provide a live audio webcast of its 'Teach-in' educational event for investors on Hereditary Angioedema (HAE), on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Lectures will be provided by Anthony J. Castaldo and Janet Long, president and vice president, respectively, of the U.S. Hereditary Angioedema Association (HAEA), and Aleena Banerji, M.D., an HAE specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital.
The 'Teach-in', entitled 'Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) and The Dawn of New Therapeutics' will be held from 5:00 P.M. until 6:30 P.M. Eastern Time on Tuesday March 10, 2009.
"We are thrilled to enlist the participation of these key opinion leaders in the field of hereditary angioedema, who each day deal with the severe ramifications of HAE in their patients, families, and constituents," commented Will Roberts, ViroPharma's vice president of corporate communications. "As the proud stewards of the only approved C1 inhibitor therapy on the market, ViroPharma is committed to fostering our role as leaders in the space through the execution of essential disease awareness and investor programs."
A live audio webcast of the meeting may be accessed via the investor section of the ViroPharma corporate website, http://www.viropharma.com. The archive of the meeting will be available through March 24, 2009.
About Cinryze C1 Inhibitor (human)
Cinryze is a highly purified, pasteurized and nanofiltered plasma-derived C1 inhibitor product that has been approved by FDA for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult patients wit
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