SCOTTSDALE, AZ --(Marketwired - February 22, 2016) -
Lattice Biologics Ltd.
(TSX VENTURE: LBL)
("Lattice Biologics" or the "Company") announces that it has granted an aggregate of 2,700,000 incentive stock options (the "Options") in accordance with the Company's stock option plan to 14 new surgeon consultants who will be joining the Company's Scientific Advisory Board.
The Company is ahead of plan in its effort to retain 25 new surgeons in 2016 to help guide the Company in its research and commercialization efforts for its revolutionary stem cell derived extra-cellular matrix (ECM) and matrix assisted regeneration (MAR) technologies.
The surgeons are key opinion and thought leaders in their respective fields of: spinal fusion surgery, plastic reconstruction surgery post-mastectomy, cancer diagnostics, wound care, sports medicine, and burn treatment.
The Options are exercisable at a price of CDN$0.30 per Common Share and vest over three years and expire three years after vesting. The Options and any shares issued upon exercise will be subject to a four-month resale restriction from the date of grant. The grant of options is subject to TSX Venture Exchange and shareholder approval.
Lattice Biologics Ltd.
Guy Cook,
Chief Executive Officer
Telephone No: 480-563-0800
About Lattice Biologics Ltd.:
Lattice Biologics recently completed its RTO, becoming a publicly traded company on January 4, 2016 and is traded on the TSX-V under the symbol: LBL. The Company is an emerging personalized/precision medicine leader in the field of cellular therapies and tissue engineering, with a focus on bone, skin, and cartilage regeneration.
Lattice Biologics develops and manufactures biologic products to domestic and international markets. Lattice's products are used in a variety of applications, including:
- Enhancing fusion in spine surgery
- Enhancing breast reconstruction post mastectomy for breast cancer patients
- Sports medicine indications, including ACL repair
- Promotion of bone regeneration in foot and ankle surgery
- Promotion of skull healing following neurosurgery
- Enhancing wound repair in burn victims
- Subchondral bone defect repair in knee and other joint surgeries
Lattice Biologics maintains headquarters, laboratory and manufacturing facilities in Scottsdale, Arizona as well as offices in Toronto Ontario. The facility includes ISO Class 1000 and ISO Class 100 clean rooms, and specialized equipment capable of crafting traditional allografts and precision specialty allografts for various clinical applications. The Lattice Biologics team includes highly trained tissue bank specialists, surgical technicians, certified sterile processing and distribution technicians, and CNC operators who maintain the highest standards of aseptic technique throughout each step of the manufacturing process. From donor acceptance to the final packaging and distribution of finished allografts, Lattice is committed to maintaining the highest standards of allograft quality, innovation, and customer satisfaction.
Lattice Biologics maintains all necessary licensures to process and sell its tissue engineered products within the U.S. and internationally. This includes Certificates to Foreign Governments from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and registrations for 29 countries, which allow the export of bone, tendon, meniscus, ligament, soft tissue, and cartilage products outside of the U.S.
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