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XTL Biopharmaceuticals Signs $108 Million Deal for the Licensing of its Pre- Clinical Program in Hepatitis C to Presidio Pharmaceuticals

Published in AIDS Weekly, March 31st, 2008

XTL Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ:XTLB)(NASDAQ:TASE:)(NASDAQ:XTL) announced the licensing of its pre-clinical program in Hepatitis C focused on the NS5A target (the "Program") to San-Francisco based Presidio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Presidio is a private biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of anti-viral therapeutics and is backed by some of the most prominent investors in the biotechnology sector, including Panorama Capital, Bay City Capital, Baker Brothers Investments, and Ventures West. Presidio's scientific team is headed by Dr. Richard Colonno, who until recently was Vice President of Infectious Disease Drug Discovery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he...

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