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Unilife Corporation's (UNIS) Alan Shortall to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

Date : 02/22/2010 @ 5:42AM
Source : GlobeNewswire Inc.
Stock : (UNIS)

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Unilife Corporation's (UNIS) Alan Shortall to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, Feb. 22, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Unilife Corporation (UNIS) will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Alan Shortall, Chief Executive Officer of Unilife Corporation (UNIS), will ring the NASDAQ Closing Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

Contacts: Todd Fromer [e-mail]

Garth Russell [e-mail]

NASDAQ MarketSite: Robert Madden [phone] [e-mail]

Feed Information:

The Closing Bell is available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on AMC-3/C-3 (ul 5985V; dl 3760H). The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Robert Madden at [phone].

Radio Feed:

An audio transmission of the Closing Bell is also available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.

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Webcast:

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Photos:

To obtain a high-resolution photograph of the Market Close, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market close of your choice.

About Unilife Corporation (UNIS):

Unilife Corporation is a U.S.-based medical device company focused on the design, development, manufacture and supply of a proprietary range of retractable syringes. Primary target customers for Unilife products include pharmaceutical manufacturers, suppliers of medical equipment to healthcare facilities and patients who self-administer prescription medication. These patent-protected syringes incorporate automatic and fully-integrated safety features which are designed to protect those at risk of needlestick injuries and unsafe injection practices. Unilife is ISO 13485 certified and has FDA-registered medical device manufacturing facilities in Pennsylvania.

Unilife's main product is the Unifill™ ready-to-fill syringe, which is designed to be supplied to pharmaceutical manufacturers in a form that is ready for filling with injectable drugs and vaccines. Unilife has a strategic partnership with sanofi-aventis, a large global pharmaceutical company, pursuant to which it has paid Unilife a EUR 10 million exclusivity fee and has committed to pay up to an additional EUR 17 million to fund an industrialization program for the Unifill™ syringe. Upon the scheduled completion of the industrialization program in late 2010, Unilife expects to commence the supply and sale of the Unifill™ syringe to sanofi-aventis. Unilife is also in discussions with other pharmaceutical companies that are seeking to obtain access to the Unifill™ syringe.

About NASDAQ OMX:

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