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Biotech / Medical : Paracelsian Inc (PRLN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Harvey Allen who wrote (4268)	10/7/1999 5:31:00 PM
From: Jonathan Schonsheck	Respond to of 4342

We're in e-business!!! Paracelsian Announces Opening of TCMPharmacy.com ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/- - Paracelsian, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PRLN - news) announced the opening today of TCMPharmacy.com (http://www.tcmpharmacy.com) offering nearly 700 traditional Chinese herbal medicines and traditional formulas for sale. Also included in the product mix will be several products under the New Century Nutrition label, including Andrographis Paniculata, a unique Chinese herb with a long tradition of use for support of the immune system and Leigongteng, an herb widely used in China to maintain normal joint function, but little known in the United States. The pharmacy is the newest extension of the China-med.net (http://www.china-med.net/) section of Paracelsian's NewCenturyNutrition.com (http://www.newcenturynutrition.com) portal that offers unique content, products and services focusing on the melding of traditional eastern medicine with the latest information and thought on plant based nutrition. Visitors to TCMPharmacy.com can search through the entire Chinese Materia Medica by herb name or use and then quickly and easily order the product of their choice. Or they can scroll through the entire extensive product list and then simply click to read the entry in the Materia Medica for that herb. In addition to shopping at the TCM Pharmacy, visitors can choose from a wide range of services, including everything from simple research reports on specific Traditional Chinese Medicines to complete development of new products from concept to clinical validation. Visitors can even take advantage of TCMPharamcy.com's unique ``Herb Locator' to find and purchase virtually any Traditional Chinese Medicine directly from the best sources in China. ``We are excited to take the lead in bringing Traditional Chinese Medicines to the Internet community,' said Bernie Landes, Paracelsian's President and CEO. ``The website has already begun to generate meaningful revenues even in the first few days of operation and we fully expect this segment of our business to play an increasingly large role in our long-term growth,' he added. ``Clearly, this opens an entire new set of opportunities to partner with other Internet players in the health and well-being arena and we fully intend to pursue any and all appropriate partnerships,' he concluded.