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January 2009 Drug Delivery Partnerships, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA January 21-23, 2009 Come Visit Henkel's Booth #1102 Michael Trisch, global business manager for Henkel's transdermal and transmucosal adhesives businesses and Dr. Paul Foreman, senior research associate, will be available to discuss opportunities with Henkel's PROLOC^TM bioadhesive technology at the upcoming Drug Delivery Partnerships conference. PROLOC bioadhesives adhere to the mucosa (buccal, vaginal, ocular, intra-nasal) within seconds and remain adhered until fully eroded. PROLOC enables high active loading in a flexible format (tablet, film, powder). Come visit us to learn more.

November 2008 AAPS Atlanta, Georgia, USA Come Visit Henkel's Booth #1242 National Adhesives, now Henkel, would like to invite you to visit our booth at the AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition from November 16-20, 2008 at the Georgia World Conference Center in Atlanta, GA. Henkel will highlight its DURO-TAK^® pressure sensitive adhesives for transdermal drug delivery, PROLOC^TM bioadhesives for transmucosal drug delivery and VELOX^® MCS multicrystalline starch excipient for multiparticulate drug delivery.

October 2008 Young Taek "YT" Choi Joins Transdermal Technical Support Please join us in welcoming Young Taek “YT” Choi to Henkel's Transdermal technical support. Since joining the company in 1989, YT has held a number of technical positions which have enabled him to develop an in-depth knowledge of our pressure sensitive adhesive technology. While working in our process development group in 1990s, YT gained extensive knowledge in the formulation and polymerization of acrylic solutions and emulsions. Following this, YT managed our technical service group in Korea which included servicing our transdermal customers there. Finally over the past two years, YT led the technology transfer effort from various businesses to a new polymerization plant in China leading to the successful commission of the plant. YT has a Ph.D. in polymer science from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.

September 2008 CPhI Frankfurt, Germany Come Visit Henkel-National's Booth, Hall 6, USP 85 National Adhesives, now Henkel, would like to invite you to visit their booth at the CPhI show in Frankfurt, Germany from 30-September to 2-October. Find out more about our DURO-TAK^® pressure sensitive adhesives for transdermal drug delivery, PROLOC^TM bioadhesives for transmucosal drug delivery and VELOX^®MCS microcrystalline starch excipient for multi-particulate drug delivery.

August 2008 Stevan Thompson Joins Transdermal Technical Support Please join us in welcoming Stevan Thompson to Henkel's Transdermal technical support. Stevan joined National Adhesives in 1995 as a technical service engineer and has held various positions in technical service since that time. Most recently, Stevan managed the Hygienics Technical Solutions Team. Stevan brings strong customer focus, technical expertise and leadership to the Transdermal group. Stevan has a BSE degree in Chemical engineering from the University of Michigan. He has also completed Six Sigma Black Belt training.

July 2008 CRS 35th Annual Meeting and Exposition Come Visit National's Booth and Poster Session National Adhesives would like to invite you to visit our booth at the Controlled Release Symposium in New York City, July 12-16. National will be showcasing DURO-TAK^® pressure sensitive adhesives for transdermal drug delivery and PROLOC^TM bioadhesives for transmucosal drug delivery. Please also visit John Ouyang's poster "Acrylic-Rubber Hybrid Polymer for Transdermal Drug Delivery" which demonstrates the benefits of National's acrylic-rubber hybrid technology.

June 2008 PROLOC^TM Bioadhesive Features and Benefits Flyers National has just published four flyers on its PROLOC^TM bioadhesive drug delivery system for buccal, ocular, intra-nasal and vaginal applications. PROLOC bioadhesives adhere to the oral mucosa within seconds and remain adhered until fully eroded (which can be varied from 30 minutes to several hours). PROLOC bioadhesives enable high active loading in a flexible format (tablet, film, powder) using USP ingredients. Click here to download the flyers: PROLOC buccal, PROLOC ocular, PROLOC intra-nasal and PROLOC vaginal.

April 2008 Henkel aquires the Adhesives, Acheson and Electronic Materials businesses of National Starch and Chemical Company We are pleased to announce that on April 2^nd Henkel aquired the Adhesives, Acheson and Electronic Materials businesses of National Starch and Chemical Company. About Henkel: For more than 130 years, Henkel has been a leader with brands and technologies that make people's lives easier, better and more beautiful. Henkel operates in three business areas – Home Care, Personal Care, and Adhesives Technologies – and ranks among the Fortune Global 500 companies. In fiscal 2007, Henkel generated sales of 13,074 billion euros and operating profit of 1,344 million euros. Our 53,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to fulfilling our corporate claim, "A Brand like a Friend," and ensuring that people in more than 125 countries can trust in brands and technologies from Henkel. Learn more at http://www.henkel.com/

July 2007 CRS Annual Meeting and Exposition Come to Dr. Foreman's "Soapbox" Presentation Long Beach, CA - Dr. Paul Foreman of National Starch and Chemical Company gave a "soapbox presentation" on National's acrylic-rubber hybrid technology at the Controlled Release Society's Annual Meeting and Exposition in Long Beach, California on July 10th.