Generex Awarded a New Patent in Canada for its Proprietary Buccal Drug Delivery System

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WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Generex Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: GNBT, www.generex.com), the leader in drug delivery for metabolic diseases through the inner lining of the mouth, today announced that it has been awarded a new patent in Canada.

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office granted Canadian Patent No. 2,401,942, a patent titled "Pharmaceutical Compositions for Buccal and Pulmonary Application".

This new patent increases the number of issued patents related to the Company's buccal drug delivery platform technologies to 161. A total of 102 patent applications remain pending.

"We are pleased that we continue to establish the inventiveness of the Company's buccal delivery system as there has been relatively little progress over the years in reaching the target of safe and effective oral formulations for macromolecules, including peptides and proteins", stated Rose C. Perri, the Company's Chief Operating Officer. "We are pleased that we continue to receive patents from key markets within which our delivery system can be commercialized with a pipeline of viable applications that will open up other marketplaces for the Company".

About Generex Biotechnology Corporation

Generex is engaged in the research, development and commercialization of drug delivery systems and technologies. Generex has developed a proprietary platform technology for the delivery of drugs into the human body through the oral cavity (with no deposit in the lungs). The Company's proprietary liquid formulations allow drugs typically administered by injection to be absorbed into the body by the lining of the inner mouth using the Company's proprietary RapidMist™ device. The Company's flagship product, oral insulin (Generex Oral-lyn™), which has been launched in India, Lebanon, Algeria, and Ecuador for the treatment of subjects with Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes, is in Phase III clinical trials at several sites around the world. Antigen Express, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Generex. The core platform technologies of Antigen Express comprise immunotherapeutics for the treatment of malignant, infectious, allergic, and autoimmune diseases. For more information, visit the Generex website at www.generex.com or the Antigen Express website at www.antigenexpress.com.

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