American Stock Exchange Lists Common Stock of Adherex Technologies Inc.

American Stock Exchange Lists Common Stock of Adherex
Technologies Inc. 


NEW YORK, Nov. 12  /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R))
today listed the common stock of Adherex Technologies Inc. under the ticker
symbol ADH.

Adherex is a biopharmaceutical company with a focus on cancer therapeutics and
a cadherin-based tumor vascular targeting platform. The Company has four
product candidates in the clinical stage of development and several preclinical
product candidates targeted to enter clinical development over the next several
years.  For more information, please visit Adherex's website at
http://www.adherex.com/.

"We are pleased to welcome Adherex to the Amex," John McGonegal, senior vice
president of the Amex Equities Group, said.  Adherex joins a large and growing
group of entrepreneurial biopharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device
companies that choose to list their shares here.  Additionally, we look forward
to working closely with Adherex in support of its effort to focus greater
investor attention on their company."

"Our listing on the Amex is yet another milestone in Adherex's strategic growth
and delivers on our commitments to investors," William P. Peters, MD, PhD,
Adherex Chairman and CEO, said. "We look forward to continuing to share our
progress with our current and future shareholders."

The specialist for Adherex Technologies Inc. will be Cohen Specialists LLC. 
For further information on ADH and other Amex-listed companies, please visit
http://www.amex.com/.

The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) is the only primary exchange that
offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded
funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRS(SM).  In addition to its
role as a national equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF,
responsible for bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading
the industry in ETF listings, the Amex lists 143 ETFs.  The Amex is also one of
the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on broad-based and
sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks.  For more information,
please visit http://www.amex.com/. 

DATASOURCE: The American Stock Exchange



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