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Precision Therapeutics and Med BioGene Partner to Commercialize LungExpress Dx
News Archives 2011
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Med BioGene Reports Financial Results for Q1 2011
June 29, 2011
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Med BioGene Inc. (TSX Venture: MBI) today reported its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2011 (all amounts are in United States dollars). Erinn Broshko, MBI’s Chief Executive Officer stated “Med BioGene started 2011 with the announcement and subsequent closing in April of our global commercialization partnership with Precision Therapeutics for LungExpress Dx™. In addition to the partnership providing to Med BioGene upfront, milestone and royalty payments, it allows us to reach our stated goal of commercializing LungExpress Dx in the near term as the first multi-gene prognostic test available commercially for non-small-cell lung cancer. We have been working diligently with Precision on the transition and are very pleased with the progress and prospects for success." Business and Scientific Highlights
First Quarter 2011 Financial Results MBI incurred a loss of $159,164 ($0.00 per share) for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to a loss of $453,874 ($0.01 per share) for the three months ended March 31, 2010. MBI did not generate any revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2011 or 2010. Research and Development Research and development expenses were $42,421 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $131,568 for the three months ended March 31, 2010, representing a decrease of 68%. General and Administrative General and administrative expenses were $106,998 for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $303,828 for the three months ended March 31, 2010, representing a decrease of 65%. Liquidity and Capital Resources At March 31, 2011, MBI had cash and equivalents totalling $89,493 and a working capital deficiency of $1,690,288, compared to cash and equivalents of $126,797 and a working capital deficiency of $1,570,261 at December 31, 2010. Cash provided by operating activities was $83 in the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to cash used in operating activities of $391,571 in the three months ended March 31, 2010. Cash provided by financing activities was $Nil in the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to cash used in financing activities of $257,554 in the three months ended March 31, 2010. Grant of Options Since 2010, 4,607,500 incentive stock options under the 2006 Med BioGene Inc. Incentive Stock Option Plan expired or were terminated. Effective June 29, 2011, MBI granted under the Plan to certain officers, directors and consultants an aggregate of 6,875,000 five year incentive stock options to purchase common shares at an exercise price of $0.10 per share. The options vest in 18 equal monthly amounts. About Med BioGene MBI is a life science company focused on the development and commercialization of genomic-based personalized clinical laboratory diagnostic tests. MBI is committed to advancing personalized medicine by commercializing tests that provide clinically relevant information to improve patient treatment and reduce health care costs. MBI and Precision Therapeutics have partnered to commercialize MBI’s flagship test, LungExpress Dx. For more information on MBI, please visit www.medbiogene.com. For more information on Precision Therapeutics, please visit www.precisiontherapeutics.com. For corporate information, please contact: Erinn B. Broshko The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Certain statements in this press release contain forward-looking statements and information (“forward-looking statements") under applicable United States and Canadian securities legislation. Words such as “anticipates," “believes," “estimates," “expects," “intends," “may," “plans," “projects," “will," “would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, that with respect to the timing, completion and/or results of clinical trials or studies, future profits, future product revenues, future shareholder value, future operations and plans, the completion and use of proceeds from transactions or financings and the prospects for negotiating partnerships or collaborations and their timing. These forward-looking statements are only a prediction based upon the party’s current expectations, and actual events or results may differ materially. A party may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in its forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on uncertain assumptions that could cause a party’s actual results and the timing of events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. A party’s forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future partnerships, collaborations, acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments that that party may make. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement and a party undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this press release, other than as required by applicable law. LungExpress Dx is MBI’s trademark. ChemoFx is Precision’s registered trademark. Each trademark, trade name or service mark of any other entity appearing in this news release belongs to its holder. |
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