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Alpha-1 Foundation and Alpha-1 Association Welcome NPS BioTherapeutics, Inc.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 14-DEC-04
Format: Online - approximately 694 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
MIAMI -- The Alpha-1 Foundation and the Alpha-1 Association have followed Bayer AG's proposed divestiture of its plasma products business with great interest. The announcement today that an agreement has been signed with NPS BioTherapeutics, Inc. presents an opportunity to continue the remarkable partnership, initially forged with Bayer AG, between the community of individuals with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1) and the primary supplier of specific therapy for this genetic condition.

Bayer HealthCare LLC has been marketing Prolastin(R) in the US for the past 17 years. Prolastin is purified alpha-1 antitrypsin from pooled human plasma. Until 2003 this was the only product available for...

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