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Quest PharmaTech Announces Strategic Alliance with IntelligentNano to Develop Nanotechnology-Based Next Generation SL052
Date:3/18/2009

TSX Venture: QPT

EDMONTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Quest PharmaTech Inc. (TSX-V: QPT) ("Quest" or the "Company"), a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the treatment of cancer and dermatological conditions, today announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with IntelligentNano Inc. and, as a result of the alliance, the two groups have created a water soluble nano-formulation of Quest's SL052 technology, which has the potential to address a wider range of clinical needs than Quest's current formulation of SL052.

"We have successfully used nanoparticles to make SL052 water soluble while maintaining the biological activity of the drug, whether activated by light or ultrasound," said Dr. Jie Chen, Chief Technology Officer for IntelligentNano, a spin-off company from the Canadian National Research Council's National Institute for Nanotechnology.

"The fulfillment of a second tier of targetable, water-soluble nano-formulations of the SonoLight compounds represents major progress in the adaptation of Hypocrellin-based photodynamic and sonodynamic therapy to a wide spectrum of clinical needs including cancer treatment," stated Dr. Madi R. Madiyalakan, Chief Executive Officer at Quest.

The alliance between Quest and IntelligentNano was forged to explore the potential of nanotechnology to provide a multiplicity of biocompatible drug delivery systems for clinical applications of Quest's proprietary SonoLight technology platform. Current SonoLight photosensitizer and sonosensitizer formulations are based upon liposomal drug delivery systems which target the drug to the desired sites of photodynamic or sonodynamic therapies. Quest intends to initiate a series of preclinical studies with these new formulations and arrive at a clinical plan for Quest's second cancer indication.

The results from the product development initiative will be presented at the prestigious Institute of El
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