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Wellness & Cosmetic

We are developing a program that includes products and therapies, including stem cell-based therapies and health supplements, that we intend to offer for wellness, cosmetic and anti-aging applications. One of the key initial therapies is anticipated to be the autologous adult stem cell-based skin rejuvenation therapy that we in-licensed from Vincent Giampapa, M.D., in February 2009.

The license agreement with Dr. Giampapa is intended to advance our regenerative medicine business in the U.S. and China by our acquisition of a world-wide, exclusive license to certain innovative stem cell technology and applications for cosmetic facial and body procedures and skin rejuvenation. This supplements a three-year agreement that Dr. Giampapa entered into with us in January 2009 where he agreed to provide us with consulting services in the anti-aging area. In collaboration with Dr. Giampapa, we intend to develop and launch a range of cosmetic and anti-aging applications in China.

These therapeutic applications were anticipated to be provided, initially, by Qingdao Niao at the facilities at the Qingdao Second Sanatorium of Jinan Military Command, or the Second Sanatorium, pursuant to a three-year cooperation agreement entered into in June 2009. Second Sanitorium is a leading comprehensive hospital within the military's healthcare network and one of the principal healthcare centers in charge of ensuring the well-being of senior and retired military officials in China. A section of the hospital is undergoing renovations to allow for stem cell based thereapies in anti-aging and such renovations are behind schedule. To avoid delay to our program we are considering alternative locations for initially commencing these activities.

Wellness & Cosmetic