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Price February 14, 2006
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'The worldwide market
for regenerative medicine is conservatively estimated to be
$500 billion by 2010'
Overview
HEALTHeUNIVERSE Inc. is a biotechnology
development firm specializing in the development and
commercialization of patented Biopharmaceutical and Biomedical
products. The Company is engaged in research and development
of regenerative medicine therapies using non-embryonic adult
stem cells for use in plastic, reconstructive, orthopedic,
vascular, and cardiac surgery. Healtheuniverse strives to be
the first to commercialize the use of regenerative medicine in
plastic and reconstructive surgery and to develop therapeutic
uses in the most profitable commercial applications.
Investment Highlights
- Company positioned to be the first to commercialize
use of adult stem cell's using non-embryonic cell
technology
- Exclusive financial strength as profitable, debt free
and self funded biotech company.
- Growing patented and proprietary intellectual property
portfolio.
- The worldwide market for regenerative medicine is
estimated to be $500 billion by 2010.
- Frontrunner for adult stem cell commercialization in
the plastic, reconstructive, and cosmetic surgery market
which today exceeds $15 billion per year. It's estimated
that cosmetic surgery procedures represent approximately
$10 billion of industry revenues.
- R&D being located in Biopolis, Singapore, a seven
building complex housing top-notch research institutes,
private research organizations and renowned biomedical
facilities.
Profile
Regenerative medicine is the vanguard of 21st
century healthcare. The company is on the cusp of a worldwide
explosion of activity in this rapidly growing field of
biomedicine that will revolutionize health care treatment.
Regenerative medicine will lead to the creation of fully
biological or bio-hybrid tissues and organs that can replace
or regenerate tissues and organs damaged by disease, injury,
or congenital anomaly. Because of the economic potential of
this industry (the worldwide market for regenerative medicine
is conservatively estimated to be $500 billion by 2010),
initiatives to capture significant market share are
multiplying around the world.
Healtheuniverse specializes and is currently
striving to be the first to commercialize the use of
non-embryonic stem cell therapy applications in the field of
Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgery. The market for
plastic, reconstructive, and cosmetic surgery procedures today
exceeds $15 billion per year. It's estimated that cosmetic
surgery procedures represent approximately $10 billion of
industry revenues. Plastic Surgery encompasses both
reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, commonly referred to as
cosmetic surgery. While not essential to physical health,
aesthetic surgery can improve the appearance of normal body
features and enhance self image and is the most promising
sector for profit driven use of regenerative medicine and stem
cell applications.
Healtheuniverse is locating substantially all
research and development operations in Biopolis Singapore to
take advantage of its world-class R&D environment,
state-of-the art facilities, and the availability of shared
facilities and services. The Company intends to cut R&D costs
significantly while accelerating their development and
commercialization timeline. By co-locating with the public
research institutes onsite the company feels that it will
provide economies of scale to optimize the use of high end
resources such as X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic
resonance, electron microscopy, DNA sequencing and other
necessary equipment without incurring the expense and time
needed to purchase this equipment.
Healtheuniverse believes that regenerative
medicine has the potential to revolutionize medicine by being
able to produce human cells of any kind for use in a
wide-array of surgical and therapeutic applications. The
company owns 2 patents and patent applications related to the
field of stem cell therapy, which allows the production of
stem cells genetically matched to the patient. The Company is
focused on being the first to commercialize the use of
regenerative medicine in plastic and reconstructive surgery
and to develop therapeutic uses in the most profitable
commercial applications.
Commercial Applications
The company believes that, if successfully
developed, stem cell-based therapy has the potential to
provide treatment for plastic and reconstructive surgery and a
broad range of acute and chronic degenerative diseases. The
company also believes the potential applications of cell-based
therapeutics include: fat tissue for plastic, reconstructive
and cosmetic surgery, myocardial and endothelial vascular
tissue for cardiovascular disease, skin cells for
dermatological conditions, neural cells for spinal cord injury
and other neuro-degenerative diseases, pancreatic cells for
diabetes, cartilage cells for arthritis and orthopedic
applications.
Specific U.S. Target
Markets for Commercialization
Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic
Surgery: The market for plastic, reconstructive, and
cosmetic surgery procedures today exceeds $15 billion per
year. It's estimated that cosmetic surgery procedures
represent approximately $10 billion of industry revenues.
Plastic Surgery encompasses both reconstructive and aesthetic
surgery, commonly referred to as cosmetic surgery. While not
essential to physical health, aesthetic surgery can improve
the appearance of normal body features and enhance self image.
Dermatology: The worldwide market for
prescription dermatological drugs is expected to expand at a
healthy pace to surpass $10 billion by 2006. The most dynamic
segment going forward appears to be the anti-aging segment,
where botulinum agents, namely Botox, will change the
competitive landscape, according to the study. An aging
population, a growing consumerism in prescription markets, and
a general trend toward so-called 'lifestyle' drugs point to
great success for new products in the anti-aging segment.
Orthopedic Surgery: Orthopedic
applications and the financial statistics in the US and abroad
are huge in terms of both procedures and dollars, and the
aging population throughout the developed world will only push
those numbers higher. Care for arthritis alone costs well over
$100 billion per year worldwide. Musculoskeletal drug sales
are estimated at over $15 billion worldwide and have been the
fastest growing drug segment in recent years. Orthopedic care
represents 10% of all healthcare expenditures, including
hospital admissions, and 40% of all emergency room visits.
Arthritis and orthopedic impairments, when added together, are
the most prevalent chronic conditions in the United States,
exceeding sinusitis and allergies, high blood pressure and
heart disease, and asthma and chronic bronchitis.
Vascular Surgery: Vascular surgery
involves diseases and disorders of the peripheral arteries,
veins and lymphatic system which commonly include aortic
aneurysms and peripheral arterial disease. The cardiovascular
and peripheral vascular medicine is a $1.3 billion market in
the US.
Cardiac Surgery: An aging baby boomer
population at increased risk for coronary artery disease (CAD)
is driving US demand for less invasive techniques to treat
adverse cardiovascular conditions. Rising procedure volumes in
the US have made interventional cardiology (IC), the minimally
invasive medical specialty concerned with the treatment of
CAD, a burgeoning and lucrative market. According to a new
report published by Millennium Research Group (MRG), over 1
million Americans underwent a percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) procedure in 2004, contributing partly to
IC market revenue in excess of $4 billion.
Wound Care: Wound care is currently
estimated to be a $100 Billion market in the US and growing
almost exponentially as the Baby Boomer generation age. Recent
evidence suggests that coetaneous repair also involves
recruitment of non-resident, undifferentiated cells from
distant sources, such as fat cells. Populations of progenitor
cells have been identified as valuable sources of uncommitted
cells that are capable of reconstituting multiple cell types
in various tissues, including skin.
Combating Rising Medical
Costs and the Baby Boomer Demographic
Beyond the obvious health benefits of
regenerative medicine and adult stem cell therapy, this
technology is desperately needed to combat rising healthcare
costs. Current national healthcare costs are in excess of $1.5
trillion annually, or 13 percent of Gross Domestic Product
(GDP). By 2040, as the last baby boomer becomes a senior
citizen, the population of senior citizens over the age of 65
in the U.S. will be double today's number, for a total of 70
million. Accordingly, as much as 25 percent of the U.S. GDP
would be devoted to healthcare by 2040. The majority of these
projected costs stem from recurring treatments for diseases
that arise from tissue failure commonly seen in the elderly.
The baby boomer demographic is one that has
seen continual medical advancement in their lifetime. This
group expects the best from healthcare and will have the
greatest need for regenerative medicine. These therapies will
help combat common diseases in the elderly such as diabetes,
osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease. Baby boomers will
almost certainly rally behind the efforts to advance
regenerative medicine as it offers them the greatest hope for
the most effective medical treatment and quality of life in
their senior years.
News Releases
• Healtheuniverse Develops Technology to Create Non-Embryonic
Adult Stem Cells From Fat (Tue, Feb 14)
• Healtheuniverse Announces Appointment of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgeon Richard A. Levine, MD to Its Medical
and Scientific Advisory Board (Wed, Feb 1)
• HEALTHeUNIVERSE Announces Establishment of Euphora Brand
(Mon, Dec 19)
• HEALTHeUNIVERSE Announces CEO to Present New Class of
Antibiotics for Use With Complicated Skin Structure Infections
for Wyeth (Fri, Dec 16)
• Healtheuniverse Announces Organizational Structure to
Optimize Division Strength and Operational Efficiencies (Mon,
Dec 12)
• Healtheuniverse Announces Consulting Division Revenues
Expected to Fund Research and Development of Adult Stem Cell
and Regenerative Medicine Technologies (Thu, Dec 8)
• Healtheuniverse to Establish Research and Development Base
for Its Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Applications in
Biopolis, Singapore (Tue, Dec 6)
Management Team
Dr. Vipul Dev
CEO, Chairman of the Board
Dr. Vipul Dev is a Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgeon. He is a fully trained general surgeon and is fully
fellowship trained from the distinguished, University of Texas
(South Texas Medical Center). He has a clinical practice in
Newport Beach. Dr. Dev has numerous publications in the field
of surgery and the application of computers in medicine. He is
currently pursuing research applications and the utilization
of artificial intelligence in the realm of plastic,
reconstructive and cosmetic surgery. He has consulted for
numerous technologies and Internet based health care websites.
He also has extensive experience with start-up companies where
he has guided them from initial formation to eventual public
offering. He maintains many high level medical contacts and
has developed a tremendous network in both the medical and
business field. He is on the speaker's bureau of several
pharmaceutical and device companies and serves as the medical
director of a medical management company and a regional wound
care center.
Thomas Raack
COO, Board Member
Thomas Raack has over 10 years of financial,
executive and strategic management experience with a diverse
group of private and publicly-held companies specializing in
the development of technology, medical product distribution,
biotechnology, and e-commerce. Mr. Raack has a broad base of
business consulting experience and has assisted in structuring
and completing reverse mergers, acquisitions, debt and equity
financing, reorganizations, as well as designing and
implementing financial communications and investor relations
campaigns. Mr. Raack has an extensive network of nationwide
contacts in the financial community including national and
regional NASD broker dealers, fund managers, research
analysts, institutional money managers, and retail brokers.
Prior to joining Healtheuniverse, Mr. Raack was managing
partner at Alliance Capital Resources, Newport Beach, CA.
While at Alliance, Mr. Raack consulted for a NASDAQ listed
company handling domestic mergers and acquisitions, venture
capital transactions, public offerings and other financings,
joint ventures, strategic alliances and distribution
agreements. Previous experience included Director of Investor
Relations for a NASDAQ listed technology company while at
Strategic Capital Consultants, Inc. a Los Angeles based
corporate finance and financial consulting firm. Mr. Raack
received a B.A. in Communications from California State
University, Long Beach.
Sandip Shah
CIO, Board Member
Mr. Sandip Shah, President of Shah &
Associates, has over 10 years of financial, corporate and
investment banking experience and has been involved with
various public and private companies including technology,
communications, and medical companies such as Webbed,
Healtheon, Clear Channel Communications and Surgerynet. Mr.
Shah has assisted companies to grow from private companies to
well-financed public traded household names through corporate
finance, bridge loans, private placements, initial and
secondary public offerings, market support and investor
relations. Prior to establishing Shah & Associates, Mr. Shah
was Vice President at Morgan Stanley Beverly Hills, as an
integral member of the Investment Banking team. Mr. Shah
received a B.S. in Artificial Intelligence/Computer Science
from the University of California, San Diego.
Contacts
HEALTHeUNIVERSE
1171 W. San Bernardino Road, Suite F
Covina, California 91722
Tel:(800) 719-7424
FAX:(626) 967-4610
Investor relations:
ir@healtheuniverse.com
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
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statements that reflect Healtheuniverse, Inc. current
expectations about its future results, performance, prospects
and opportunities. Healtheuniverse, Inc. has tried to identify
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such as "may," "will," "expects," "anticipates," "believes,"
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"preliminary," "we are confident" or similar expressions.
These forward-looking statements are based on information
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Healtheuniverse, Inc.'s actual results, performance, prospects
or opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in,
or implied by, these forward-looking statements. These risks,
uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation,
the Company's growth expectations and ongoing funding
requirements, and specifically, the Company's growth prospects
with scalable customers, and those outlined above. Other risks
include the Company's limited operating history, the Company's
history of operating losses, consumers' acceptance, the
Company's use of licensed technologies, risk of increased
competition, the potential need for additional financing, the
terms and conditions of any financing that is consummated, the
limited trading market for the Company's securities, the
possible volatility of the Company's stock price, the
concentration of ownership, and the potential fluctuation in
the Company's operating results.
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