News and Press

Tricord Rolls Out New Brand - TriCord Pharmaceuticals’ new LAVI allergy and sinus care product brand is making its first appearance in 570 pharmacies around the Oklahoma region and the East Coast. That’s almost 100 more locations than the small Tulsa company initially targeted in starting last year’s business expansion program....read more

OTC Product News - LAVI Allergy & Sinus Care Products. TriCord Pharmaceuticals has introduced the LAVI line of Dead Sea salt allergy and sinus-care products. LAVI Ready to Use Sinus Wash and LAVI Nasal Spray, the line’s initial items, offer the only natural allergy and sinus-care products made from purified Dead Sea salts, unique in mineral composition and concentration. The Dead Sea formula...read more

The Journal Record - Tulsa-based TriCord Pharmaceuticals is changing the name of its line of Dead Sea salt formulated allergy and sinus care products from Oasis to LAVI, company officials announced today. Developed after extensive research into the sinus and allergy treatment market, product and packaging design, and consumer needs, the new LAVI brand will be introduced June 25, 2011 at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Marketplace conference in Boston as retailers plan product line-ups....read more

TulsaPeople Magazine - Gesundheit! Sometimes a chance remark can lead to a solution to a problem. And in the case of one local doctor, the solution is literal. Dr. Scott Cordray took a grain of information and converted it into what he says is an improved treatment for his patients and others like them. Cordray, an ear, nose and throat specialist, often traveled to Russia to treat patients as part of medical missions. During one of those missions, a local physician asked why American doctors use regular saline as the base for a long-used allergy treatment. Russian physicians prefer Dead Sea salt. ...read more

The Journal Record - TriCord boosts retail store count by fifty percent. Emerging Tulsa sinus rinse manufacturer TriCord Pharmaceuticals has increased its retail store count by 50 percent in five months. The Tulsa-based developer of Oasis Nasal Spray and Oasis Nasal Wash started a two-year breakout program in October for its two initial products touting the anti-inflammatory properties of natural Dead Sea salts. TriCord’s Oasis brand now...read more

Tulsa World - Allergy season starting earlier, lasting longer. A particularly harsh winter and a trend of warming temperatures will make for a longer, more severe allergy season this year, according to local health professionals and national data. Dr. Scott Cordry, an otolaryngologist in Tulsa, said allergy problems began showing up at the beginning of March and it is shaping up to be a rough several months. ...read more

Tulsa World - Dead Sea Salt offers nasal oasis for allergy sufferers. Dr. Scott Cordray of Tulsa was on a 2003 medical mission trip in Russia when an idea came to him. As an otolaryngologist - ear, nose and throat doctor - he has long recommended nasal washing as a way to remove allergens, pollens and toxic proteins in mucus from nasal passages. As he treated Russian patients with saline solutions, some Russian doctors began to ask him the same question....read more

The Journal Record - TriCord launches line of Dead Sea salt products. TriCord Pharmaceuticals has launched a national breakout program for its Oasis Nasal Spray and Oasis Nasal Wash, targeting $10 million-plus sales within two years. With its fundraising drive completed, the private Tulsa company created by otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon Scott Cordray intends to more than double the number of regional stores carrying...read more

KRMG Talk Radio with Paul Crockett - Home Grown Allergy Relief...read more

KJRH – Channel 2 - September is worst month for asthma and allergies. The first days of fall are here and with that comes allergies for many. But there are some things people can do to lessen the blow. Nine-year-old Cara York has had problems with her asthma and allergies since school started a few weeks ago....read more

GTR Newspapers - Oasis Nasal Wash (Now LAVI) Offers Tips For Fall Allergy Season. If you suffer from allergies, Oklahoma City and Tulsa may not be among your favorite places to watch the leaves turn color this fall. Last year, Oklahoma City ranked #4 and Tulsa #8 for being among the “Most Challenging Places to Live with Fall Allergies,” according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.* Both cities are widely expected to make the list of Top 100 cities again this year, though final numbers are not yet available. ...read more