29th Jul 2008 13:47
For Immediate Release
29 July 2008
ReGen Therapeutics Plc (AIM: RGT)
Update on US International OTCQX trading platform
ReGen Therapeutics Plc ("ReGen" or the "Company") announced on the 14th July that its American Depository Receipts (ADRs) were trading on the US International OTCQX under the symbol REGUY. ReGen now confirms that it can issue ADRs in respect of up to 25% of its issued share capital. Each ADR represents 20 of ReGen ordinary shares. ReGen retains its primary listing on AIM.
Further details of ReGen's ADR programme can be found at www.regentherapeutics.com/reganplc/investors/adr/
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For further information:
Percy Lomax
ReGen Therapeutics Plc
Tel No 020 7153 4920
Roland Cornish/Felicity Geidt
Beaumont Cornish
Tel No 020 7628 3396
David Scott/Nick Bealer
Alexander David
Tel No 020 7448 9800
Adrian Duffield/Jon Davies
College Hill Associates
Tel No 020 7457 2020
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About ReGen Therapeutics
ReGen Therapeutics PLC is a UK-based biopharmaceutical company engaged in the acquisition and development of therapies related to age related disorders including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other degenerative neurological disorders.
The Company is focused particularly on technologies that address large unmet medical need to maintain healthy brain ageing, as well as rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury. ReGen's product pipeline comprises ColostrininTM a nutraceutical that is in full commercial production and had been launched to the professional channel in the USA and Australia under the brand name CogniSureTM; a drug development programme based on ColostrininTM-derived peptides; and Phase II clinical trials on a novel formulation of Zolpidem for the treatment of brain trauma and reversal of dormancy.
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