VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / March 23, 2015 / Pacific Therapeutics Ltd. (CSE: PT) (OTC Markets: PCFTF) (1P3.F) (the "Company") is a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the repurposing and reformulation of existing FDA approved drugs for large markets. The Company's lead programs focus on diseases of excessive scarring (fibrosis) and erectile dysfunction (ED) which are $1 billion plus market opportunities.
Mr. Doug Unwin, President and CEO of Pacific Therapeutics Ltd. (the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of the previously announced private placement. The company has issued 2,000,000 shares and warrants for gross proceeds of $100,000. One warrant may be exercised to purchase a common share for $0.15 for up to one year. Officers of the company have participated in the private placement.
Funds from the private placement will be used for general and administrative expenses. None of the funds will be used to pay finders fees.
ABOUT PACIFIC THERAPEUTICS LTD.
The Company's strategy includes reformulating approved drugs to increase efficacy and patient compliance, while reducing side effects, as well as completing the further clinical testing, manufacturing and other regulatory requirements sufficient to seek marketing authorizations. This strategy may reduce the risk, time and cost of developing therapies by avoiding the risks associated with basic research and using compounds with unknown safety and toxicity profiles.
Sales of ED therapies by the market leader alone exceeded $1.9 billion in 2011. The sublingual formulation of PTL-2015 may improve on existing drugs for erectile dysfunction potentially acting faster and with fewer side effects. As large pharmaceutical companies lose their patents on these drugs the opportunity has developed for innovative formulations of drugs for ED.
The Company plans to build on the already significant development of the sublingual treatment with the initiation of a pivotal Bioequivalence trial. With successful results from this trial the Company will begin the application for marketing approval in Europe.
Pacific Therapeutics Ltd. lead drug candidate for fibrosis (progressive scarring of the organ), PTL-202 is a combination of Pentoxifylline an FDA approved drug and N-Acetyl-Cysteine (NAC) an amino acid and an extremely potent and important antioxidant. The Company has completed an initial clinical trial of the combination with positive results.
"It's estimated that 45 % of all deaths are related to fibrotic changes" World Health Organization Feb, 2008.
Worldwide, there are over 5,000,000 people living with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), (IPF Coalition). IPF therapy sales across the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK are forecast to rise to over $1.1 billion by 2017, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 86.6% (RnR Market Research, 2013). IPF kills more patients per year than either prostate or breast cancer. InterMune Inc. who's lead product treats pulmonary fibrosis was recently sold to Roche Holdings for $8.3 billion proving the value of a therapy for fibrosis.
For further information visit our website at www.pacifictherapeutics.com or email us at doug.unwin@pacifictherapeutics.com
Douglas H. Unwin, CEO & President
(604) 738-1049
doug.unwin@pacifictherapeutics.com
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SOURCE: Pacific Therapeutics Ltd.
