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BIOBALANCE AWARDED PATENT FOR PROBACTRIX

May 3, 2006

BioBalance has received a U.S. patent for its inflammatory bowel disease treatment Probactrix, the company said.

BioBalance received the patent March 28 for Probactrix, a strain of E.coli. Inflammatory bowel disease includes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, which together affect 1 million Americans, BioBalance said.