YM BIOSCIENCES REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2009 OPERATIONAL AND FINANCI...( MISSISSAUGA ON May 14 / YM BioScience...)

MISSISSAUGA, ON, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - YM BioSciences Inc. (NYSE Amex: YMI, TSX:YM, AIM:YMBA), a life sciences product development company that identifies and advances a diverse portfolio of promising cancer-related products at various stages of development, today reported operational and financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2009, ended March 31, 2009.

"Just a few days ago we reported critically important data at the 100th AACR conference in Denver highlighting the mechanistic differences between nimotuzumab and the EGFR targeting antibody, Erbitux(R)," said David Allan, Chairman and CEO of YM BioSciences. "These data demonstrate that nimotuzumab is predisposed to bind to cancerous cells with high levels of EGFR on their surface while ignoring normal cells with low EGFR levels. For the competing drugs, binding is indiscriminate since they bind to low levels of EGFR and, as a result, these products cause severe toxicities as they interact with healthy tissues. With Erbitux(R) as the leading EGFR-targeting drug on the market and generating more than $1.5 billion in annual sales, these findings are profound and further define the significant opportunity for our lead product."

Nimotuzumab is being advanced globally on multiple fronts supported by a network of cooperative relationships. In total, more than 15 Phase II and Phase III trials are currently ongoing, ten of which are being conducted by YM or its licensees. During the third quarter of fiscal 2009:

    -   The National Cancer Centre of Singapore (NCCS) selected nimotuzumab
        for evaluation in the adjuvant setting in a multinational Phase III
        trial of more than 700 patients with cancers of the head and neck,
        citing the drug's benign safety profile. The trial is being supported
        by YM licensee, Innogene Kalbiotech Ltd., a s
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