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Date:5/14/2008

nance of myocardial oxygenation. According to the findings, the absence of coronary vasoconstriction, despite exposure to undiluted HBOC-201, further supports the potential utility of HBOC-201 in complicated patient subsets such as those with coronary artery disease. In addition, changes in electrocardiograms, indicating severe ischaemia during control coronary artery occlusions, were not present during or following HBOC-201 infusion. The report states that HBOC-201 did not cause any serious adverse event or significantly alter blood chemistry parameters through the 4-day follow-up period.

Based on the results, the authors hypothesized that, in an acute setting, HBOC-201 could serve as an oxygen bridge to reperfusion by percutaneous coronary intervention, extending the "golden" time period during which permanent myocardial damage is unlikely. The report noted that further studies will be required to determine whether HBOC-201 can enhance treatment efficacy in more complicated patient populations. The report concluded that this trial represents an important next step in the clinical development program for this product as a treatment for acute myocardial ischaemia.

Biopure Corporation

Biopure Corporation develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, called oxygen therapeutics, that are intravenously administered to deliver oxygen to the body's tissues. Hemopure(R) [hemoglobin glutamer - 250 (bovine)], or HBOC-201, is approved for sale in South Africa for the treatment of surgical patients who are acutely anemic. The company is developing Hemopure for other indications and is supporting the U.S. Navy's government- funded efforts to develop a potential out-of-hospital trauma indication. Biopure's veterinary product Oxyglobin(R) [hemoglobin glutamer - 200 (bovine)], or HBOC-301, the only oxygen therapeutic approved for marketing by both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Commission, is indicated for the treatment of anemia
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