MONTGOMERY, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2006--ProEthic Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately funded specialty pharmaceutical company that acquires, develops and markets niche prescription products, announced today that Mark Elrod, senior vice president of marketing and sales training at ProEthic, has been named as Best Sales Trainer at the fourth annual American Business Awards. Nicknamed the Stevie® Awards, the American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in the workplace and have been recognized by the New York Post as "the business world's Oscars."