| HOME >> BIOLOGY >> TECHNOLOGY |
Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol: MS
EDMONTON, March 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - BioMS Medical Corp (TSX: MS), a leading developer in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), announced that effective on March 16, 2009 the exercise term of 11,500,000 share purchase warrants, each of which entitles the holder to purchase one Class A common share at a price of $5.00 per share, will be extended from March 23, 2009 to December 31, 2009.
On March 18, 2008, BioMS Medical's Board of Directors passed a resolution to extend 10,514,000 of the warrants, the portion held by warrant holders who are at arm's length to the Company. At the Company's annual general meeting held on May 9, 2008, the shareholders holding a majority of the Class A common shares, excluding the votes attached to Class A common shares held by insiders whose warrants were being amended, approved the extension for the remaining 986,000 warrants held by insiders.
About BioMS Medical Corp.
BioMS Medical is a biotechnology company engaged in the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic technologies. BioMS Medical's lead technology, dirucotide, is for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and is being evaluated in two pivotal phase III clinical trials for secondary progressive MS patients, MAESTRO-01 in Canada and Europe and MAESTRO-03 in the United States. In December 2007, BioMS entered into a licensing and development agreement granting Eli Lilly and Company exclusive worldwide rights to dirucotide in exchange for an $87 million upfront payment, milestone payments and escalating royalties on sales. For further information please visit our website at www.biomsmedical.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which reflect the Company's current expectation regarding future events. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
'/>"/>
| SOURCE BioMS Medical Corp. Copyright©2009 PR Newswire. All rights reserved |