VRDE NEWS!!
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Friday April 23, 4:02 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Veridien Corporation Announces Veridien.com, Inc., a New Subsidiary to Add E-Commerce for Veridien's Products
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 1999--Veridien Corporation (OTC BB:VRDE), announced today that it filed incorporation papers to form VERIDIEN.COM, INC. a wholly owned Delaware subsidiary. VERIDIEN.COM, INC. will coordinate and manage all E-Commerce activity for Veridien's VIRAGUARD(r) product line on the Internet. Veridien's patented antiviral and antibacterial products are ideal for consumers as well as medical practitioners alike. Given that the majority of Americans are buying antibacterial products, making our safe, nontoxic, environmentally friendly and efficacious GERM KILLING PRODUCTS available to the consuming public through the Internet is a natural. Veridien is currently being pursued by a number of Internet Commerce corporations to bring VIRAGUARD(r) products to the public through this evolving medium.
Sheldon C. Fenton, C.E.O. of Veridien Corporation stated, ''We are excited about the fact that major forces in the Internet marketplace are pursuing participation with us - we intend to take advantage of this method of sales''.
Veridien.com - Veridien's proposed commercial web site will have E-Commerce product data as well as corporate and general information on the company. Veridien's Business Wire(r) web site (www.businesswire.com/cnn/vrde.shtml) has recently been initiated to provide Internet user's with corporate information including Press Releases, Stock Quotes, and SEC filings. In combination these portals will provide Veridien with the ability to make its patented technology available to service the needs of consumers and businesses desiring to minimize the impact of the ever growing germ problem we must face every day in our environment, well into the next millennium.
Veridien Corporation's flagship product VIRAHOL(r) is a patented, EPA registered, surface disinfectant, environmentally friendly and nontoxic by OSHA Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200, and is available in a variety of sizes for consumer and commercial applications. Additional Veridien products include VIRAGEL(r), a FDA regulated antiseptic hand gel in both consumer and commercial sizes and a FDA regulated first aid antiseptic spray also containing the patented VIRAHOL(r) composition. These products are available in spray, gel and towelette applications.
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Special Note: Statements in this release are forward looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward looking statements including market acceptance of, and demand for, the Company's products, manufacturing, development and distributor issues, product pricing, competition and other risks not identified herein.
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