Cardium Announces Appointment of Paul A. Foster, M.D. to Lead Generx and Excellarate Late-Stage Development ...(Regulatory Affairs at Reata Pharmaceutic...),Health

Date:7/28/2008

Regulatory Affairs at Reata Pharmaceuticals. He has held leadership clinical development and medical affairs positions at IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Biogen Idec and Alpha Therapeutic and also has experience in the medical device arena, previously holding director positions at Abbot Laboratories and Dade Behring. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Hematology. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Michigan, and his M.D. degree and medical training at Duke University.

About Cardium

Cardium Therapeutics, Inc. and its subsidiaries, InnerCool Therapies, Inc. and the Tissue Repair Company, are medical technology companies primarily focused on the development, manufacture and sale of innovative therapeutic products and devices for cardiovascular, ischemic and related indications. Cardium's lead product candidate, Generx(TM) (alferminogene tadenovec, Ad5FGF4), is a DNA-based growth factor therapeutic being developed for potential use by interventional cardiologists as a one-time treatment to promote and stimulate the growth of collateral circulation in the hearts of patients with ischemic conditions such as recurrent angina. For more information about Cardium and its businesses, products and therapeutic candidates, please visit http://www.cardiumthx.com or view its 2007 Annual Report at http://www.cardiumthx.com/flash/pdf/CardiumAR07_Book_FINAL.pdf.

Cardium's InnerCool Therapies subsidiary is a San Diego-based medical technology company in the emerging field of patient temperature modulation therapy to rapidly and controllably cool the body in order to reduce cell death and damage following acute ischemic events such as cardiac arrest or stroke, and to potentially lessen or prevent associated injuries such as adverse neurological outcomes. For more information about
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