ProMetic Receives $11.4 Million Purchase Order from Multinational Client

LAVAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Feb. 12, 2015) - ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (PLI.TO)(PFSCF), ("ProMetic" or the "Corporation") announced today that it has received an $11.4 million purchase order for the supply of affinity resin from an existing client, a global leader in the biotherapeutics industry.

This is the second purchase order resulting from the license and long-term supply agreement previously announced on July 8, 2013. The affinity resin will be manufactured by ProMetic at its Isle of Man facility and supplied to the client throughout the second half of 2015 and the first half of 2016. ProMetic's client will use the resin for large-scale purification of a therapeutic protein product manufactured in large quantities.

"We are pleased to see the value and market advantages provided by our state of the art affinity purification products being recognized by some of the most reputable multinationals in the industry. The magnitude of this second purchase order clearly confirms the anticipated growth in demand for these products that we expect to see going forward", stated Dr. Steve Burton, PBL's Chief Executive Officer

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, anemia, neutropenia, cancer and autoimmune diseases/inflammation as well as certain nephropathies. 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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