Sydney, Aug 15, 2006 (ABN Newswire) - The August 2006 edition of our Health & Life Science Quarterly Blue Book profiles niche life sciences companies, with a focus on company strategies, key projects and significant milestones. Some financial data is also presented. In our feature article in this issue we look at how the nature of the shareholders on a company's register, and the way a company handles communications with its shareholders, can provide investors useful information about biotechnology stocks.

The following company profiles have been covered by the report;

Agenix Limited (ASX: AGX)
Analytica (ASX: ALT)
EQiTX (ASX: EQX)
Genetic Technologies (ASX: GTG)
Metabolic Pharmaceuticals (ASX: MBP)
Narhex Life Sciences (ASX: NLS)
Phylogica (ASX: PYC)
Psiron (ASX: PSX)
pSivida (ASX: PSD)
Rockeby biomed Limited (ASX: RBY)
Solagran (ASX: SLA)
Virax (ASX: VHL)

To download the report, please visit;
www.aer.com.au

NB: This report has been commissioned and as such Aegis has received a fee for its publication. However, under no circumstances has Aegis been influenced, either directly or indirectly, in making statements and/or recommendations contained in this report.

>>> AGENIX LIMITED
>>> ANALYTICA LIMITED
>>> EQITX LIMITED
>>> GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
>>> METABOLIC PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED
>>> NARHEX LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED
>>> PHYLOGICA LIMITED
>>> PSIRON LTD
>>> PSIVIDA LIMITED
>>> ROCKEBY BIOMED LIMITED
>>> SOLAGRAN LIMITED
>>> VIRAX HOLDINGS LIMITED
>>> Aegis Equities Research