Financing Increases Runway to the Clinic for COTI-2, Critical Outcome's Lead Cancer Drug Candidate

Financing Increases Runway to the Clinic for COTI-2, Critical Outcome's Lead Cancer Drug Candidate
  
 

LONDON, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 1, 2014) - Critical Outcome Technologies Inc. (TSX-VENTURE:COT) ("COTI" or the "Corporation") the bioinformatics and accelerated drug discovery company, is pleased to announce the completion of a non-brokered private placement of 3,356,250 units (the "Units") at a price of $0.16 per Unit for gross proceeds of $537,000.

"This financing provides additional funding needed to advance COTI-2 into the clinic later this year," said John Drake, Chairman of the Board. "Our near term milestones in this regard include the completion of the final pre-clinical toxicity studies expected in the second quarter of calendar 2014, and the preparation of the investigational new drug submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which we expect to file in the third quarter. Both of these are important risk reduction milestones that will further enhance the attractiveness of COTI-2 for licensing."

Each Unit consists of one common share and one warrant of the Corporation. Each warrant is exercisable for one common share of the Corporation at an exercise price of $0.28 per share for a period of 24 months from the date of issue.

The common shares and warrants comprising the Units, as well as the common shares issuable upon the exercise of the warrants, are subject to restrictions on resale which expire on September 1, 2014 in accordance with applicable securities laws and the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange. The offering is subject to final acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.

About Critical Outcome Technologies Inc. (COTI)

COTI is a leading-edge technology company specializing in accelerating the discovery and development of small molecules - dramatically reducing the time and cost to bring new drugs to market. COTI's proprietary artificial intelligence system, CHEMSAS®, utilizes a series of predictive computer models to identify compounds with a high probability of being successfully developed from disease specific drug discovery through chemical optimization and preclinical testing. These compounds are targeted for a variety of diseases, particularly those for which current treatments are either lacking or ineffective.

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Critical Outcome Technologies Inc.Dr. Wayne DanterPresident & [e-mail] CommunicationsTrevor HeislerInvestor [e-mail]