YM BIOSCIENCES NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AND NOMINATION OF...(ertified medical oncologist is a membero...)

Date:10/11/2007

ertified medical oncologist, is a member of the Board of Directors of Unibioscreen, Eurogentec and DNA therapeutics, and formerly was a Director of Newron, Entomed, Neurotech, Novexel and CropDesign. Dr. Thomas is currently a Senior Advisor at Bryan Garnier, a Paris-based investment bank, and is responsible for corporate finance activities for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Dr. Thomas has been a Venture Partner at Atlas Venture (London, UK), and a General Manager at Bioserve Ltd (Cambridge, UK), a consultancy for the life science arena. He was previously Vice President Licensing, Medical Affairs and Pharmacogenomics at Genset (Paris, France), Vice President, Clinical Development at Ipsen (Paris, France) and Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology at Institut Gustave Roussy (Paris, France).

Four of the current directors, Dr. James Barrett, Mr. John Friedman, Ms. Gail Schulze and Dr. Julius Vida, will not be standing for re-election. The Board of Directors will be reduced from ten to eight members.

About YM BioSciences

YM BioSciences Inc. is an oncology company that identifies, develops and commercializes differentiated products for patients worldwide. The Company has two late-stage products: nimotuzumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and is approved in several countries for treatment of various types of head and neck cancer; and AeroLEF(TM), a proprietary, inhaled-delivery composition of free and liposome-encapsulated fentanyl in development for the treatment of moderate to severe pain, including cancer pain.

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 that may cause actual results, events or developments to be materially different from any future results, events or developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking
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