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INFECTION, INFLAMMATION AND MALIGNANCY
ADVANCED LIFE SCIENCES HOLDINGS, INC.,
 

    Advanced Life Sciences is a development stage biopharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery and development of drugs for infectious disease, inflammation, and oncology. It has an exclusive worldwide license from Abbott Laboratories to develop and commercialize cethromycin, a ketolide antibiotic in Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment of respiratory tract infections.

    The company also develops ALS-886, a therapeutic in preclinical development for the treatment of inflammation-related tissue damage, including tissue damage associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome; ALS-357, a compound that has shown evidence of anti-tumor activity against malignant melanoma in preclinical studies.         Advanced Life Sciences Holdings’ also develops additional product candidates that include compounds derived from natural products to treat infectious diseases; a class of synthetic chemotherapeutics to treat various cancers and small molecule inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

    The firm has a 50% joint venture interest in Sarawak MediChem Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Advanced Life Sciences was founded by Michael T. Flavin in 1999 and is based in Woodridge, Illinois.