Alliqua, Inc. (Formerly known as HepaLife Technologies Inc.) to Present at Biotech Showcase 2013 on January 7, 2013

NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alliqua, Inc. (OTCQB:ALQA) ("Alliqua" or the "Company") today announced that James Sapirstein, President and CEO, of Alliqua will present an overview of the Company's business and recent developments at Biotech Showcase 2013, held January 7-9, 2013, at the Parc 55 Wyndham Union Square Hotel in San Francisco, California.

Mr. Sapirstein's presentation of Alliqua will take place at 4:45 PM (PST) on January 7, 2013 in the Powell Room (Track D). Mr. Sapirstein will also be available to participate in one-on-one meetings with registered attendees for the duration of the conference.

About Biotech Showcase 2103
Co-produced by Demy-Colton Life Science Advisors and EBD Group, Biotech Showcase is an investor and partnering conference devoted to providing private and public biotechnology and life sciences companies an opportunity to present to, and meet with, investors and pharmaceutical executives during the course of one of the industry's largest annual healthcare investor conferences. Now in its fifth year, Biotech Showcase is expected to attract upwards of 1,500 attendees.

About Alliqua, Inc.
Alliqua, Inc. (ALQA) ("Alliqua") is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development, manufacturing, and distribution of proprietary transdermal wound care and drug delivery technologies. Alliqua's leading technology platform produces hydrogels, a 3-dimensional cross-linked network of water soluble polymers capable of numerous chemical configurations.

Alliqua currently markets its new line of 510K FDA-approved hydrogel products for wound care under the SilverSeal® brand. Alliqua's electron beam production process, located at its 16,000 square foot GMP manufacturing facility in Langhorne PA, allows Alliqua to aggressively develop and custom manufacture a wide variety of hydrogels. Alliqua's hydrogels can be customized for various transdermal applications to address market opportunities in the treatment of wounds as well as the delivery of numerous drugs or other agents for pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Additionally, Alliqua's drug delivery platform, in combination with certain active pharmaceutical ingredients, can provide pharmaceutical companies with a transdermal technology to enhance patient compliance and potentially extend the patent life of valuable drug franchises. Additionally, our subsidiary, HepaLife Biosystems, Inc., focuses on the development of a cell-based bioartificial liver system, known as HepaMate.

For additional information, please visit www.alliqua.com. To receive future press releases via email, please visit: http://alliqua.com/contacts.

Any statements contained in this press release regarding our ongoing research and development and the results attained by us to-date have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Contacts for Alliqua, Inc.
Steven Berger
Chief Financial Officer
646-218-1450
info@alliqua.com

SOURCE Alliqua, Inc.

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