ProMetic presents preclinical data for prostate and pancreatic cancer at the AA... (r research said Pierre Laurin president...)

ProMetic presents preclinical data for prostate and pancreatic cancer at the AACR Meeting

Date:4/17/2008

r research," said Pierre Laurin, president and CEO of ProMetic Life Sciences, Inc. "We are assembling a broad pipeline of promising candidates for various cancers, which augments PBI-1402, our lead compound which has shown compelling human data for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced anemia."

About ProMetic Life Sciences Inc.

ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (http://www.prometic.com) is a biopharmaceutical company specialized in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of a variety of commercial applications derived from its proprietary Mimetic Ligand(TM) technology. This technology is used in large-scale purification of biologics and the elimination of pathogens. ProMetic is also active in therapeutic drug development with the mission to bring to market effective, innovative, lower cost, less toxic products for the treatment of hematology and cancer. Its drug discovery platform is focused on replacing complex, expensive proteins with synthetic "drug-like" protein mimetics. Headquartered in Montreal (Canada), ProMetic has R&D facilities in the U.K., the U.S. and Canada, manufacturing facilities in the U.K. and business development activities in the U.S., Europe, Asia and in the Middle-East.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements about ProMetic's objectives, strategies and businesses that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are "forward-looking" because they are based on our current expectations about the markets we operate in and on various estimates and assumptions. Actual events or results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements if known or unknown risks affect our business, or if our estimates or assumptions turn out to be inaccurate. Such risks and assumptions include, but are not limited to, ProMetic's ability to develop, manufacture, and successfully commercialize value-added
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