VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 7, 2014) - BIOASIS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (OTCQX:BIOAF) (TSX VENTURE:BTI), the pioneering biopharmaceutical company focused on the delivery of therapeutic drugs across the blood-brain barrier ("BBB"), engages Willow Tree Capital Group of Toronto, Canada. Willow Tree's full service team of healthcare, scientific and business specialists provides a comprehensive suite of business development services to life science companies worldwide. With its broad transactional experience, Willow Tree specializes in Licensing, strategic consultation and Mergers & Acquisitions services, employing industry-recognized valuation models for life science market value assessments.
"We are extremely excited to be working with biOasis," said Cathy Miner, CEO of Willow Tree. "When presented with the opportunity to work with biOasis to find partners for their exciting new technology in the neuroscience field, we soon realized this was a perfect fit for our team. biOasis is currently being presented with a number of opportunities where our team can assist the company and we are looking forward to helping biOasis capitalize on those opportunities that have the potential to address serious unmet medical needs ."
"Engaging Willow Tree is a very strategic decision," said Rob Hutchison, CEO of biOasis. "Because of the recent advancements that we've made with our Transcend Program, interest in biOasis has broadened over the past several months. As we advance key internal and collaborative programs, we recognize that the expertise that Ms. Miner and her team bring to the table can help the biOasis team to maximize the opportunity quotient with respect to our current and future programs."
About Willow Tree
Willow Tree Capital Group provides strategic advice and assistance with Mergers & Acquisitions, Licensing and Strategic Consulting to life science companies worldwide www.willowtreecapital.com
About biOasis
biOasis Technologies Inc. is a ground-breaking biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada and is focused on the delivery of therapeutic drugs across the blood-brain barrier. The company is developing and commercializing proprietary brain delivery technology platforms to address unmet medical needs in the treatment of central nervous system disorders. biOasis trades on the OTCQX under the symbol "BIOAF" and on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "BTI". For more information about the company please visit www.bioasis.ca.
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On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Rob Hutchison, Chairman & CEO
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