MacroChem Corp. said Wednesday it completed the first stageof a private placement of common stock and warrants, raising$5.7 million in new funds. The company intends to completethe offering shortly. D.H. Blair Investment Banking Corp. actedas the company's placement agent for the private placement ofthese securities.

MacroChem develops and licenses transdermal drug-deliverycompounds and systems.

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