BioAlliance Pharma Employees to Participate in the Odyssea Breast Cancer Charity Fun Run

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A team from BioAlliance Pharma SA (Paris:BIO) will participate in the Odyssea charity fun run on Sunday October 5^th, at Bois de Vincennes, Paris. The funds raised will be donated to a number of breast cancer charities.

In France, almost 42 000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed every year. Although the annual death rate caused by this pathology has decreased thanks to earlier diagnosis and new drugs, much remains to be done. The funds raised during the Odyssea events will be donated to breast cancer support groups and cancer research charities. Information on the disease, its diagnosis and the different kinds of support available to patient and their families will be presented on charity booths at the event.

BioAlliance Pharma is a "specialty pharma" dedicated to cancer, AIDS, and opportunistic infections related to these pathologies. The company’s employees share this commitment and have decided to rally to the cause. A forty-strong team representing BioAlliance Pharma will participate in the fun run to take place next Sunday morning, October 5^th, at Bois de Vincennes, Paris.

About BioAlliance Pharma

BioAlliance Pharma SA is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of opportunistic infections in cancer and HIV. The company develops and commercializes innovative products which address drug resistance issues. BioAlliance Pharma has launched its first portfolio product (Loramyc®) in France and, more recently, in the UK, Germany and Denmark, and has already received European Marketing Authorizations in Belgium and Luxemburg. The product has also completed a pivotal Phase III clinical trial in the United States in oropharyngeal candidiasis. The company is also performing a Phase III trial in labial herpes with acyclovir Lauriad^® (which is based on the same Lauriad® muco-adhesive technology as Loramyc®, enabling targeted release at the disease site). BioAlliance Pharma also has a second technology (the Transdrug® nanoparticle technology, designed specifically for intracellular targeting) and, furthermore, is developing a new therapeutic entities program in oncology and infectious disease. BioAlliance Pharma has established several strategic alliances for commercializing Loramyc^®, with agreements in 2007 for Europe (with the SpeBio joint venture) and the United States (with Par Pharmaceutical) and in 2008 for Asia (Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan with Handok Pharmaceuticals and then China with Novamed). In May and August 2008, the company expanded its product portfolio by acquiring the Europe commercial rights to, respectively, ondansetron Oral Spray (OS) from NovaDel Pharma Inc. (Amex: NVD) and ondansetron RapidFilm^TM from APR/Labtec. For more information, visit BioAlliance Pharma's website at www.bioalliancepharma.com.

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