International Foam Solutions (IFOS)

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Hard to Treat Diseases Incorporated - HTDS - Announces Negotiations with Marketing Firms Regarding Recycling Alliances and Opportunities in China

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Dec 15, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hard to Treat Diseases Incorporated (Pink Sheets:HTDS) - International Foam Solutions, a division of HTDS, announced today that it is currently negotiating with numerous groups regarding marketing the expertise of its waste treatment technology to the Chinese markets. China is the second largest consumer and the largest importer of polystyrene products in the world. The estimated demand for polystyrene in China will reach 3.3 million tons by the year 2005, almost 24% of the estimated global demand of 14 million tons.
Consultants for HTDS traveled to China in order to explore the market potential of our Company's technology and present IFS's system to various governmental agencies, public institutions and private industries in China, including the Shanghai Technology Stock Exchange. The consultants had a tour of the largest polystyrene recycler in China; Hui Long Industrial Development, Ltd. Based on the current systems used in China, the potential for IFS is enormous due to China's urgent needs.

HTDS is seeking to be the largest environmental exporter to China within the next 24 months. We will announce the signing of the agreement with a marketing group, once formalized, and when our Chinese marketing plan has been initiated by the Chinese firm.

International Foam Solutions, is a non-hazardous and environmentally friendly company with a proven chemical process acceptable to the United States EPA for the disposal and recycling of polystyrene foam waste. For more information visit the company's website at http://www.internationalfoamsolutions.com.

Operating out of Delray Beach, Florida, Hard to Treat Diseases Incorporated ("HTTD") holds the international marketing rights, except South Korea, to Tubercin, a patented immunostimulant developed for combating Cancer under medical patent (US Patent 6,274,356). The unique properties unlike other cancer products are clearly stated in the abstract summary of the patent... "A carbohydrate complex, which is a mixture of low molecular-weight polysaccaharides of an arabinomannan structure extracted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is highly effective in treating various cancer patients without incurring any adverse side effects."

Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company and its management. Such statements reflect management's current views, are based on certain assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events, or performance may differ materially from the above forward-looking statements due to a number of important factors, and will be dependent upon a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, our ability to obtain additional financing and access funds from our existing financing arrangements that will allow us to continue our current and future operations and whether demand for our product and testing service in domestic and international markets will continue to expand. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof or to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard to these forward-looking statements or the occurrence of unanticipated events.

SOURCE: Hard to Treat Diseases Incorporated



CONTACT: Hard to Treat Diseases Incorporated, Delray Beach
Colm King, 561/272-6900