Pulmo BioTech Inc. Announces Cash Details of its Previously Announced Letter of Intent Intended to Bring its Pulmonary Vascular
October 23 2009 - 4:10PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pulmo BioTech Inc. (OTC
Bulletin Board: PLMO; Frankfort Borse: PBO) has announced that it
will ultimately receive at least $3.3 million pursuant to the
license agreement contemplated by the previously announced
non-binding letter of intent with Biotechnology Consulting Poland
Sp. z.o.o. with respect to its Pulmonary Vascular Diagnostic
Product Candidate PulmoBind(TM) development work, clinical trials
and ultimately, commercialization in the European market. "We are
pleased that the relationship with Biotechnology Consulting Poland
to be finalized in a license agreement expected before the end of
2009 will allow Pulmo BioTech to bring PulmoBind(TM) to the whole
of the European Union and European Economic Area. Under the
contemplated license agreement, Pulmo BioTech will be providing all
of the technical resources to enable this to happen, and in return
Biotechnology Consulting Poland will be providing a substantial
cash element to Pulmo BioTech. Biotechnology Consulting Poland will
license the technology to enable them to carry out all of the
trials necessary to gain European Approval for PulmoBind(TM) with
the intention that they will then commercialize PulmoBind across
Europe. By following this parallel approach with Pulmo BioTech
concentrating on the North American market and Biotechnology
Consulting Poland having responsibility for Europe, we expect to
minimize the time required to complete trials and, provided that
regulatory approval is ultimately obtained, to gain maximum sales
for PulmoBind(TM) across both these major markets to the benefit of
our shareholders and the medical community." - Garry McCann, CEO
Pulmo BioTech Inc. About Pulmo BioTech Inc. Pulmo BioTech Inc.
specializes in the development and marketing of medical technology
and research. Our proven strengths combine extensive commercial
experience and academic credentials. The principal staff members
are acknowledged experts in their specialized fields, and work with
a broad range of investment institutions. Our mission is to utilize
scientific imagination and drive, together with managerial and
financial acumen, to bring innovative and profitable products to
the marketplace to the benefit of all stockholders. ISIN:
US7458451074 CUSIP: 745845107 WKN: A0RDTZ About PulmoScience Inc.
PulmoScience Inc. was established in 2006, and is currently
developing a non-invasive Molecular Imaging technique for the
diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism, Pulmonary Hypertension and Lung
Inflammatory diseases under the trade name PulmoBind(TM).
PulmoScience was conceived within the Montreal Heart Institute
"MHI" (a world renowned hospital and educational facility). Jointly
owned by MHI subsidiary Innovacor as the technical and operational
partner, Dr. Jocelyn Dupuis (the scientific director and originator
of the PulmoBind(TM) Molecular Imaging technology), and by Pulmo
BioTech Inc. as the funding partner, PulmoScience Inc. aims to
develop this unique and exciting technology, to fund necessary
trials, and to bring the products to market. PulmoScience believes
that the market for its product candidates is worth in excess of
$500 million per annum and that, provided Regulatory Approval is
achieved, the safety and efficacy of its products could allow it to
dominate that market. About PulmoBind(TM) PulmoBind(TM) uses an
intravenously delivered radionuclide tagged molecule which
specifically bonds to the inner walls of the circulatory system in
the lungs, and by the use of an external Gamma Camera allows an
image of the integrity of the blood vessels throughout the lungs to
be seen by a diagnostic clinician. PulmoScience is currently
undertaking Regulatory Approval for Phase I Human Trials, and while
subsequent results from additional tests might not corroborate the
current results, PulmoScience believes that PulmoBind(TM) has the
potential to dominate the market for the diagnosis of Pulmonary
Embolism. In particular, this belief is driven by PulmoScience's
expectations of the improved safety and efficacy that PulmoBind(TM)
will offer when compared to the current incumbent nuclear medicine
based technology for the diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism. In
addition, early indications are that PulmoBind(TM) could be highly
effective in the early stage diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension, a
condition for which there is no current front line diagnostic test.
The addressable market for the product candidates being developed
by PulmoScience is believed by the company to be worth in excess of
$500 million per annum. About BioTechnology Consulting Poland Sp.
z.o.o. BioTechnology Consulting Poland Sp. z.o.o. is a Polish based
company which has been set up to enable the rapid approval of
products developed outside the Euro Zone in the European market.
Pursuant to the License Agreement contemplated by the LOI,
BioTechnology Consulting Poland will license IP from Pulmo BioTech
to enable it to rapidly carry out Phase Trials and ultimately
commercialize PulmoBind(TM) across the whole of the European Union
and European Economic Area. BioTechnology Consulting Poland counts
amongst its key staff, professionals in the areas of medical
project management, new business start-up and growth, and medical
Phase Trials. BioTechnolgy Consulting Poland has links with key
Polish medical facilities, CROs and Pharmaceutical companies.
Further Information For further information regarding Pulmo BioTech
Inc. or PulmoScience, please visit http://www.pulmobiotech.com/
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events and circumstances at the time of release, and as such, are
subject in the future to unforeseen uncertainties and risks. All
statements regarding future performance, earnings projections,
regulatory approval, events or developments are forward-looking
statements. It is possible that the future performance of the
company may differ materially from current expectations, depending
on economic conditions and the uncertainty of regulatory approval.
A change in economic conditions may have a particularly volatile
effect on results. Among the other factors which may affect future
performance are: competitive market conditions and resulting
effects on sales and pricing; increases in raw-material costs that
cannot be recovered in product pricing; and global economic
factors, including difficulties entering new markets and general
economic conditions such as inflation, interest rates and credit
availability. The company makes these statements as of the date of
this disclosure, and undertakes no obligation to update them.
DATASOURCE: Pulmo BioTech Inc. CONTACT: Peter B. Hirshfield,
+1-646-827-9362, , for Pulmo BioTech Inc. Web Site:
http://www.pulmobiotech.com/
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