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Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp. ("Raptor" or the "Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: RPTP), announced the initiation of patient dosing in a Phase 2a clinical trial, in collaboration with the University of California, San Diego ("UCSD"), to evaluate cysteamine bitartrate ("cysteamine") in adolescents diagnosed with Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis ("NASH").

At the United European Gastroenterology Federation Annual Scientific Meeting in Vienna, Austria (UEGW Vienna 2008), world-renowned gastroenterologist Jerome D. Waye, MD, principal investigator, presented clinical results from a multi-institutional study which evaluated the efficacy of the Third Eye(R) Retroscope(R).