Kane Biotech Signs Worldwide License Agreement with Montreal-Based I-MED Pharma Inc.
25 June 2024 - 10:30PM
Kane Biotech Inc. (TSX- V:KNE; OTCQB:KNBIF) (“Kane Biotech” or
“Kane”) announces that it has entered into a worldwide license
agreement with I-MED Pharma Inc. (“I-MED Pharma” or “I-MED”) for
the DispersinB® technology.
Biofilm is a known contributor to Meibomian gland dysfunction
(MGD) and dry eye blepharitis syndrome (DEBS). The DispersinB®
enzyme will be used to enhance I-MED’s line of eye care products.
The license agreement covers a period of five years and includes
minimum annual royalties, which will start in 2025.
“This agreement is significant for Kane as it represents the
first commercial agreement for DispersinB®,” said Marc Edwards,
President & CEO. “We are delighted to partner with I-MED in
providing DispersinB® biofilm dispersion technology to their proven
dry eye diagnosis and management solutions.”
“With DispersinB® acknowledged as the standard biofilm
dispersion technology against which all other biofilm technologies
are measured, we are very excited to be able to incorporate it into
one of our products,” said Daniel Hofmann, CEO, I-MED Pharma.
“Going forward we intend to work with Kane to incorporate
DispersinB® into a wide variety of products as we continue to
provide the global eye care community with the most innovative and
effective Ocular Surface Disease (OSD) solutions on the
market.”
About Kane Biotech
Kane Biotech Inc. is a biotechnology company
engaged in the research, development and commercialization of
technologies and products that prevent and remove microbial
biofilms. Kane has a portfolio of biotechnologies, intellectual
property (67 patents and patents pending, trade secrets and
trademarks) and products developed by Kane's own biofilm research
expertise and acquired from leading research institutions.
DispersinB®, coactiv+™, coactiv+®, DermaKB™, DermaKB Biofilm™, and
revyve™ are trademarks of Kane Biotech Inc. Kane is listed on the
TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "KNE" and on the OTCQB
Venture Market under the symbol “KNBIF”.
About I-MED Pharma
I-MED Pharma Inc. is a privately held Canadian
company, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. Specializing in dry eye
diagnosis and management, I-MED Pharma provides Canadian
ophthalmologists, optometrists, their patients, and the global eye
care community with the most innovative and effective Ocular
Surface Disease (OSD) solutions on the market.
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Marc Edwards |
Ray Dupuis |
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Kane Biotech Inc |
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medwards@kanebiotech.com |
rdupuis@kanebiotech.com |
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Kane Biotech Inc. that constitute forward-looking information under
applicable securities law. These statements reflect
management’s current beliefs and are based on information currently
available to management. Certain material factors or assumptions
are applied in making forward-looking statements, and actual
results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in
such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, risks relating to Kane’s: (a) financial condition,
including lack of significant revenues to date and reliance on
equity and other financing; (b) business, including its early stage
of development, government regulation, market acceptance for its
products, rapid technological change and dependence on key
personnel; (c) intellectual property including the ability of Kane
to protect its intellectual property and dependence on its
strategic partners; and (d) capital structure, including its lack
of dividends on its common shares, volatility of the market price
of its common shares and public company costs. Further information
about these and other risks and uncertainties can be found in the
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cautions that the foregoing list of factors that may affect future
results is not exhaustive.
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