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MolecularMD Announces Issuance of Patent Covering Methods for Therapeutic Resistance Monitoring in Lung Cancer Patients

Portland, OR, December 9, 2011 — MolecularMD Corp. today announces the issuance of a patent entitled “Methods and Compositions for Detecting a Drug Resistant EGFR Mutant.” The newly issued U.S. Patent is based on the pioneering work of researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to identify causes of resistance in patients treated with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) targeted therapies erlotinib (Tarceva™) or gefitinib (Iressa™)1. MolecularMD has exclusively licensed the commercial rights to this intellectual property which covers methods for detecting the EGFR T790M mutation.

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Medco Partners with MolecularMD on Personalized Medicine Program for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ and PORTLAND, OR, June 2, 2011 — Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS) and MolecularMD Corp. today announce the launch of a personalized medicine program for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients. Through this program, Medco will offer patients diagnosed with CML a molecular test known as qRT-PCR (quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction) BCR-ABL to monitor the disease.

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ARIAD AND MOLECULARMD ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION FOR A COMPANION DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR THE T315I BCR-ABL MUTATION IN PATIENTS WITH CML

Cambridge, MA, and Portland, OR, March 28, 2011 — ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) and MolecularMD Corporation today announced an exclusive collaboration agreement in which MolecularMD will develop and commercialize a companion diagnostic test to identify the T315I mutation of the BCR-ABL gene in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia positive (Ph+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

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MolecularMD Corp. Obtains Exclusive License from NYU and MSKCC for BRAF Melanoma Assay

Portland, OR, October 17, 2010 — MolecularMD Corp. announced today that it has entered into a licensing agreement with New York University (NYU) and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). The agreement grants MolecularMD exclusive US commercial rights to patented intellectual property pertaining to the detection of the BRAF V600E mutation (US patent No. 7,442,507 B2).

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MolecularMD Establishes New Operations Facility to Support Growth in Personalized Cancer Medicine Business

Portland, OR, October 28, 2009—MolecularMD Corp announced today that it has moved their core operations to a expanded dedicated facility with capacity and functionality to support the expansion of its cancer molecular diagnostics business...

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MolecularMD Establishes New Operations Facility to Support Growth in Personalized Cancer Medicine Business

Portland, OR, October 28, 2009—MolecularMD Corp announced today that it has moved their core operations to a expanded dedicated facility with capacity and functionality to support the expansion of its cancer molecular diagnostics business...

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MolecularMD and Mayo Clinic Enter into Sub-License Agreement for the Detection of Drug Resistant Mutations in Leukemia Patients.

Portland, OR, April 15, 2009—MolecularMD Corp, a developer and provider of cancer-based pharmacogenomic diagnostic tests, announced today that it has granted a sub-license agreement for the detection of ABL kinase mutations in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) patients...

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Ballast Point Ventures Invests In MolecularMD Corporation

St. Petersburg, Fla, January 15, 2009—Ballast Point Ventures (BPV), a venture capital firm affiliated with Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE-RJF) today announced it has closed a growth equity investment in MolecularMD Corporation....

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Exclusive Rights to Patented IP Related to Detection of Resistant BCR-ABL Mutations

PORTLAND, Ore., May 27, 2008—MolecularMD Corp, a developer and provider of cancer-based molecular diagnostics, announced today that it has entered into a license agreement with the Oregon Health & Science University to obtain exclusive commercial...

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MolecularMD Joins CML Alliance to Provide Standardized RT-PCR BCR-ABL Patient Monitoring Diagnostics

PORTLAND, Ore., August 6, 2007—MolecularMD, a developer and provider of cancer-based molecular diagnostics, today announced its participation as a preferred provider of Quantitative Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) patient...

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OHSU To Offer Personalized Cancer Diagnostics In New Biotechnology Company

PORTLAND, Ore., May 16, 2007—Oregon Health & Science University has signed an agreement with MolecularMD, a private, molecular diagnostics company founded by scientific investigators including Brian Druker, M.D. The agreement gives OHSU an ownership...

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MolecularMD Enters into Agreement with Breakthrough Therapeutics to Support Phase II Clinical Trial

PORTLAND, Ore., August 15, 2006—MolecularMD, a molecular oncodiagnostics company, has recently entered into an agreement with Breakthrough Therapeutics, a private oncology company based in Greenwich, CT, to monitor residual disease levels in patients...

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ChemGenex Teams with MolecularMD

MELBOURNE, Australia, and MENLO PARK, California U.S.A., June 26, 2006—ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX:CXS and NASDAQ:CXSP) today announced an alliance with MolecularMD, Inc., a leading provider of molecular diagnostic services, including drug...

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