Salix Pharmaceuticals to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners Conference
August 28, 2008
RALEIGH, NC, August 28, 2008 – Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced that the Company will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Healthcare Conference 2008 in Boston, MA on Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 8:35 a.m. ET.
Interested parties can access a live audio web cast of the presentation at www.salix.com. A replay of the presentation will be available at the same location.
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, develops and markets prescription pharmaceutical products for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Salix's strategy is to in–license late–stage or marketed proprietary therapeutic drugs, complete any required development and regulatory submission of these products, and market them through the Company's gastroenterology specialty sales and marketing team.
Salix markets COLAZAL® (balsalazide disodium) Capsules 750 mg, XIFAXAN® (rifaximin) tablets 200 mg , OSMOPREP® (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, USP and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, USP) Tablets, MOVIPREP® (PEG 3350, Sodium Sulfate, Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Ascorbate and Ascorbic Acid for Oral Solution), VISICOL® (sodium phosphate monobasic monohydrate, USP, and sodium phosphate dibasic anhydrous, USP) Tablets, PEPCID® (famotidine) for Oral Suspension, Oral Suspension DIURIL® (Chlorothiazide), AZASAN® Azathioprine Tablets, USP, 75/100 mg , ANUSOL–HC® 2.5% (Hydrocortisone Cream, USP), ANUSOL–HC® 25 mg Suppository (Hydrocortisone Acetate), PROCTOCORT® Cream (Hydrocortisone Cream, USP) 1% and PROCTOCORT® Suppository (Hydrocortisone Acetate Rectal Suppositories) 30 mg. Vapreotide acetate, metoclopramide–ZYDIS®, balsalazide tablet, granulated mesalamine and rifaximin for additional indications are under development.