Generex Collaborates with University Health Network for Buccal Insulin Project

WORCESTER, Mass. and TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Generex Biotechnology Corporation (www.generex.com) (OTCBB:GNBT) today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with University Health Network (UHN) pursuant to which UHN's Centre for Molecular Design and Preformulations (CMDP) will spearhead the Company's buccal insulin refinement project.  The goal of the project is to increase the insulin bioavailability of Generex Oral-lyn™, the Company's proprietary buccal insulin spray product, thereby reducing the number of puffs required to achieve effective prandial metabolic control for patients with diabetes.  This research will ensure the product is more attractive to patients and prospective commercialization partners.

UHN (www.uhn.ca), one of Canada's largest teaching hospitals, is comprised of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, and Toronto Western Hospital.  The UHN's CMDP (http://cmdp.uhnres.utoronto.ca), located in the Toronto Medical Discoveries Tower of the MaRS center at UHN Research in Toronto, will devote to the project its world-class chemists and molecular design scientists and its fully-equipped state-of-the-art medicinal synthetic chemistry and preformulation laboratories.

"We are most enthusiastic about the participation of University Health Network in our buccal insulin refinement project," commented Dr. James H. Anderson, Jr., the Company's Senior Scientific Advisor.  "Numerous clinical studies have established the non-inferiority of Generex Oral-lyn™ as a prandial insulin therapy for patients with diabetes as compared to subcutaneous injection.  Access to UHN's experienced and talented research professionals and facilities in Toronto, birthplace of the discovery of insulin, will drive our efforts to refine the product and set the stage for commercialization."

Generex Oral-lyn™ is designed to be a safe, simple, fast, flexible, and effective alternative to prandial insulin injections.

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. Antigen Express, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Generex. The core platform technologies of Antigen Express comprise immunotherapeutic vaccines for the treatment of malignant, infectious, allergic, and autoimmune diseases. Antigen Express has pioneered the use of specific CD4+ T-helper stimulation technologies in immunotherapy. One focuses on modification of peptides with Ii-Key to increase potency, while a second relies on inhibition of expression of the Ii protein. Antigen Express scientists, and others, have shown clearly that suppression of expression of the Ii protein in cancer cells allows for potent stimulation of T-helper cells and prevents the further growth of cancer cells. For more information, visit the Generex website at www.generex.com or the Antigen Express website at www.antigenexpress.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This release and oral statements made from time to time by Generex representatives in respect of the same subject matter may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by introductory words such as "expects," "plan," "believes," "will," "achieve," "anticipate," "would," "should," "subject to" or words of similar meaning, and by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements frequently are used in discussing potential product applications, potential collaborations, product development activities, clinical studies, regulatory submissions and approvals, and similar operating matters. Many factors may cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements, including inaccurate assumptions and a broad variety of risks and uncertainties, some of which are known and others of which are not. Known risks and uncertainties include those identified from time to time in the reports filed by Generex with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which should be considered together with any forward-looking statement. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future results or events, and one should avoid placing undue reliance on such statements. Generex undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Generex cannot be sure when or if it will be permitted by regulatory agencies to undertake additional clinical trials or to commence any particular phase of clinical trials. Because of this, statements regarding the expected timing of clinical trials or ultimate regulatory approval cannot be regarded as actual predictions of when Generex will obtain regulatory approval for any "phase" of clinical trials or when it will obtain ultimate regulatory approval by a particular regulatory agency. Generex claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements that is contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.

SOURCE Generex Biotechnology Corporation

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