VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 18, 2013) - Med BioGene Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MBI) today announced that its board of directors (the "Board") has adopted an Advance Notice Policy (the "Policy"). The purpose of the Policy is to provide shareholders, directors and management of MBI with a clear framework for nominating directors of MBI at a shareholders' meeting. MBI is committed to: (i) facilitating an orderly and efficient annual general or, where the need arises, special meeting, process; (ii) ensuring that all shareholders receive adequate notice of the director nominations and sufficient information regarding all director nominees; and (iii) allowing shareholders to register an informed vote after having been afforded reasonable time for appropriate deliberation. The Policy is intended to further these objectives and is in effect as of the date of this press release.
The Policy, among other things, includes a provision that requires advance notice to MBI in certain circumstances where nominations of persons for election to the Board are made by shareholders of MBI. The Policy fixes a deadline by which director nominations must be submitted to MBI prior to any annual or special meeting of shareholders and sets forth the information that must be included in the notice to MBI. No person will be eligible for election as a director of MBI unless nominated in accordance with the Policy.
In the case of an annual meeting of shareholders, notice to MBI must be made not less than 30 days and not more than 65 days prior to the date of the annual meeting; provided, however, that, in the event that the annual meeting is to be held on a date that is less than 50 days after the date on which the first public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was made, notice may be made not later than the close of business on the 10th day following such public announcement.
In the case of a special meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors (whether or not called for other purposes), notice to MBI must be made not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting was made.
Notwithstanding the above timelines for advance notice, in the case of the annual and special meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held on May 17, 2013, notice to MBI must be made no later than the close of business on April 30, 2013.
The full text of the Policy is available under MBI's profile at www.sedar.com or upon request by contacting MBI's Chief Financial Officer, Scott Davis, at 1 (800) 641-3593.
About Med BioGene Inc.
Med BioGene is a life science company based in Vancouver, British Columbia that is currently focused on managing the license and rights to GeneFx® Lung. Med BioGene's common shares are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange. For more information, please visit www.medbiogene.com .
About GeneFx Lung
GeneFx Lung is a proprietary gene expression-based test to improve upon staging for identifying those patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who, following surgical removal of their tumor, are at higher and lower risks of mortality. In an initial study of patient specimens from the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group JBR.10 trial, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, patients classified by GeneFx Lung as higher risk benefited from adjuvant chemotherapy, and those classified as lower risk did not benefit and may have experienced a detrimental effect from adjuvant chemotherapy. GeneFx Lung was subsequently validated in predicting patient mortality in four independent studies involving data from tumor specimens totaling 676 untreated early-stage NSCLC patients. GeneFx Lung is expected to provide better-informed and personalized treatment decisions to assist in the selection of patients for adjuvant chemotherapy.
On April 15, 2011, Precision Therapeutics, Inc. and Med BioGene closed their commercialization agreement. The agreement provides to Precision exclusive global rights to develop and commercialize GeneFx Lung.
Precision expects to commence commercialization of GeneFx Lung through its CLIA-certified laboratory by mid-2013.
About Precision Therapeutics, Inc.
Precision, a leading life science company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is dedicated to improving the outcomes of cancer patients by providing personalized medicine solutions that aim to increase quality of life and cancer survival rates. Precision offers a portfolio of products developed to help guide physicians and patients with difficult clinical decisions throughout the cancer care continuum. For more information, please visit www.precisiontherapeutics.com .
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