TO OUR VALUED SHAREHOLDERS:

We have received hundreds of calls and emails over the last few weeks in response to the news release about our DermSafe® Hand Sanitizing Lotion that is proven to kill/inactivate the H1N1 virus. If you were one of them we thank you for your positive response and now wish to update you on our progress.

"The only thing certain about influenza viruses is that nothing is certain." (World Health Organization: WHO)

Swine Flu (H1N1) Update:

• The Center For Disease Control (CDC) reported today there are over 13,300 cases of swine flu around the world with 95 deaths. The United States is reporting over 7,900 cases with Mexico reporting over 367 new cases and 3 deaths just in the last 24 hours.
• Because the new swine flu virus -- technically called H1N1 -- is a highly unusual genetic mix of bird, flu and human viruses, health officials worry that it could continue to mutate and return in a more virulent form for next winter's flu season. (Center For Disease Control: CDC)
• H1N1 appears to be more contagious than seasonal influenza. The secondary attack rate of seasonal influenza ranges from 5% to 15%. Current estimates of the secondary attack rate of H1N1 range from 22% to 33%. (The World Health Organisation: WHO)
• The new H1N1 flu virus could still mutate into a more virulent form and spark an influenza pandemic that could be expected to circle the globe up to three times. (WHO)
• A distinctive feature of influenza viruses is that mutations occur frequently and unpredictably in the eight gene segments, and especially in the haemagglutinin gene. The emergence of an inherently more virulent virus during the course of a pandemic can never be ruled out. (WHO)
• The 1918 influenza pandemic - which killed tens of millions of people - began mild and returned within six months in a much more lethal form. The 1968 pandemic began relatively mild, with sporadic cases prior to the first wave, and remained mild in its second wave in most, but not all countries. (WHO)

• Type A Influenza viruses that include H1N1 (swine flu), H3N2 and H5N1 (bird flu);
• Influenza B virus;
• Hepatitis C virus;
• Bacteria tested include: enterrococus faecalis, serratia marcescens, staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), e-coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa and clostridium difficile, (c. difficile).