Derma Sciences' MEDIHONEY(TM) Profiled By ABC News' Philadelphia Affiliate

Derma Sciences' MEDIHONEY(TM) Profiled By ABC News' Philadelphia Affiliate

PRINCETON, N.J., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Derma Sciences (BULLETIN BOARD: DSCI) , a provider of advanced wound care products, today announced that MEDIHONEY(TM) Wound & Burn Dressing, its flagship wound care product, was profiled by ABC News' Philadelphia affiliate, WPVI - Action News.

Reporter Lisa Thomas-Laury examines the use of MEDIHONEY with Dr. James McGuire, DPM, Director of the Leonard Abrams Center for Advanced Wound Healing of the Foot and Ankle Institute, and the Chairperson of the Department of Podiatric Medicine and Orthopedics, Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia. The report can be viewed via the following link.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/health&id=6140087

The opinions expressed in the segments are those of the television stations and of the persons interviewed. The information in the segments contains uses that have not been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration.

About Derma Sciences

Derma Sciences is a manufacturer and marketer of advanced wound care products, with operations based in the US and Canada, and sales worldwide. The company recently launched its MEDIHONEY(TM) Wound & Burn dressings with Active Leptospermum Honey. The Company also has several other novel wound care products slated for market launch within the next 18 months, and has two products in development including DSC127, a novel drug for accelerated wound healing and scar reduction. For more information about Derma Sciences, Inc., visit its home page on the Internet at http://www.dermasciences.com/.

Contact: Derma Sciences Inc Allen & Caron Inc
Edward J. Quilty Rudy Barrio (US Investors)
Chairman and CEO r.barrio@allencaron.comequilty@dermasciences.com
(609) 514-4744 Brian Kennedy (media)
brian@allencaron.com
(212) 691-8087

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Source: Derma Sciences

CONTACT: Edward J. Quilty, Chairman and CEO of Derma Sciences Inc,
+1-609-514-4744, equilty@dermasciences.com; or US Investors, Rudy Barrio,
r.barrio@allencaron.com, or Media, Brian Kennedy, brian@allencaron.com, both
of Allen & Caron Inc, +1-212-691-8087, for Derma Sciences

Web site: http://www.dermasciences.com/

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