Article: Pentose Reports New Preclinical Data on INACTINE(TM) for Ex Vivo Viral Inactivation of Red Blood Cells for Transfusion.

Red Blood Cell and Plasma Derivative Data Presented at 51st Annual Meeting of

American Association of Blood Banks

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Pentose Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today reported new data on the viral inactivation abilities of its proprietary INACTINE(TM) technology that destroys both enveloped and non-enveloped viruses in red blood cell concentrates and plasma-derived therapeutic proteins without affecting their integrity. The data were presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) held October 31 - November 4, 1998.

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