ProMetic Closes the Acquisition of Emergent BioSolutions' Plasma Collection Center in Winnipeg, Canada

LAVAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Aug. 13, 2015) - ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (PLI.TO)(PFSCF) ("ProMetic" or the "Corporation") announced today that it has closed the acquisition of Emergent BioSolutions' ("Emergent") plasma collection center located in Winnipeg, Canada following completion of closing conditions.

The plasma collection center has now started to operate under ProMetic's ownership following the grant and receipt of the regulatory licenses by and from the requisite regulatory authorities. ProMetic's plasma collection center is an FDA and Health Canada licensed plasma collection facility conveniently located in close proximity to the existing Emergent Winnipeg based cGMP manufacturing facility, which provides ProMetic with up to 250,000 liters of annual plasma processing capacity.

"The closing of the acquisition of our first plasma collection center is yet another milestone achievement in our corporate strategy towards becoming a vertically integrated biopharmaceutical company. This center provides us with readily accessible specialty plasma necessary to bring to market innovative plasma derived therapeutic solutions," declared Mr. Pierre Laurin, President and Chief Executive Officer of ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. "The opening of our first ProMetic owned plasma collection center will play a key role in complementing our growing network of US based plasma suppliers while allowing us to better manage our plasma supply chain," added Mr. Laurin.

About ProMetic Life Sciences Inc.

ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (www.prometic.com) is a long established biopharmaceutical company with globally recognized expertise in bioseparations, plasma-derived therapeutics and small-molecule drug development. ProMetic offers its state of the art technologies for large-scale purification of biologics, drug development, proteomics and the elimination of pathogens to a growing base of industry leaders and uses its own affinity technology that provides for highly efficient extraction and purification of therapeutic proteins from human plasma in order to develop best-in-class therapeutics and orphan drugs. ProMetic is also active in developing its own novel small-molecule therapeutic products targeting unmet medical needs in the field of fibrosis, cancer and autoimmune diseases/inflammation. A number of both the plasma-derived and small molecule products are under development for orphan drug indications. Headquartered in Laval (Canada), ProMetic has R&D facilities in the UK, the U.S. and Canada, manufacturing facilities in the UK and business development activities in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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