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Tests Confirm HandClens(R) Hand Sanitizer Kills H1N1 Flu Virus
Published in Medical Patent Law Weekly, September 16th, 2009
Woodward Labs, a leading antimicrobial skin care company, announced that an independent testing laboratory has confirmed the efficacy of HandClens, an alcohol-free hand sanitizer, against H1N1 flu virus. The test results show HandClens is 99.99% effective against H1N1 virus in 15 seconds. The company will submit these results to the FDA as an addendum to its citizen's petition from 2003 that details how the company's patented formula effectively kills 99.99 percent of disease-causing germs.
This is timely as The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently recognized that "hand sanitizers that do not contain alcohol may be useful for killing flu germs on hands." With over...
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