Health & Fitness
Health and Fitness
Health and Fitness
Tue, February 24, 2009 Salix Pharmaceuticals Announces 4Q2008 and FY2008 Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast
RALEIGH, N.C.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SLXP) today announced that the Company will report fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008 financial results following the close of the U.S. financial markets on Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
The Company will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET, on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Interested parties can access the conference call by way of web cast or telephone. The live web cast will be available at [ www.salix.com ]. A replay of the web cast will be available at the same location. The telephone numbers to access the live conference call are (877) 723-9521 (U.S. and Canada) or (719) 325-4797 (international.) The telephone numbers to access the replay of the call are (888) 203-1112 (U.S. and Canada) or (719) 457-0820 (international). The access code for the replay is 8947269.
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 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, APRISO™ (mesalamine) extended-release capsules 0.375 g., COLAZAL® (balsalazide disodium) Capsules 750 mg, 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. METOZOLV™ ODT (metoclopramide), vapreotide acetate, crofelemer and rifaximin for additional indications are under development.
For full prescribing information on Salix products, please visit [ www.salix.com ] or contact the Company at 919 862-1000.
Salix trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "SLXP."
For more information please visit our web site at [ www.salix.com ] . Information on our web site is not incorporated in our SEC filings.
