Business Wire - Wednesday May 26, 1999

Immunity Care and Research, LLC, an international site management organization (SMO) is conducting this Phase I trial which will evaluate the safety, tolerance, pharmacokinetics and antiviral activity in 30 HIV patients.

Dr. Jose Hernadez, Agouron's principle investigator for the study, commented, "This type of research study is critical for the development of new compounds for the treatment of HIV/AIDS due to the ever increasing numbers of patients in need of new therapies."

Immunity Care and Research, Inc. (ICR) is a international site management organization (SMO) which specializes in the conduct of Phase I-IV clinical trials in the areas of infectious diseases, principally HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. ICR manages clinical trials research in public health departments, community based medical clinics in the U.S. and has dedicated clinical research facilities located in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is an integrated pharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development, manufacturing, and marketing of innovative therapeutic products engineered to inactivate proteins that play key roles in cancer, AIDS, and other serious diseases.

Contact: Immunity Care and Research, LLC, Plantation Andrew Deme, 954/472-6778 or visit our Web site at: http://www.icrx.com or you may visit the Agouron Web Site at: http://www.agouron.com
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