MetaStat Announces Completion of Second Milestone of its Pilot Research Project with Celgene
Corporation
MetaStat, Inc. (OTCQB:MTST), a personalized medicine company developing therapeutic and diagnostic treatment
solutions for cancer patients, announced today it has completed the second milestone under its pilot research project with Celgene
Corporation. To date, MetaStat has received aggregate milestone payments of approximately $730,000 from Celgene pursuant to the
terms of the pilot materials transfer agreement.
“We are very pleased to have successfully completed the second milestone and are now working on the next phase of the Celgene
pilot research project,” stated Douglas A. Hamilton, MetaStat’s President, CEO and Director.
About MetaStat, Inc.
MetaStat is a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing personalized therapeutic and diagnostic treatment
solutions for cancer patients. Our Mena isoform “driver-based” diagnostic biomarkers also serve as novel therapeutic targets for
anti-metastatic drugs. MetaStat is developing therapeutic product candidates and paired companion diagnostics based on a novel
approach that makes the Mena isoform protein a drugable target. Our core expertise includes an understanding of the mechanisms and
pathways that drive tumor cell invasion and metastasis, as well as drug resistance to certain targeted therapies and cytotoxic
chemotherapies. MetaStat is based in Boston, MA.
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MetaStat, Inc.
Rick Pierce, 617-531-0874
VP Investor Relations
rpierce@metastat.com
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