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Novogen Raises A$5.5m for Investment in Marshall Edwards
| Source: Novogen, Limited
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - July 30, 2008) - Novogen Limited (ASX : NRT ) (NASDAQ : NVGN )
has raised A$5.5million in an equity issue to substantial shareholder El
Coronado Holdings LLC at A$1.22 per share. This issue is at a premium to
the current Novogen share price. Following this placement El Coronado will
hold 19.9% of Novogen's issued stock.
The proceeds will be used by Novogen to participate in a US$10million
equity raising being concluded by US subsidiary company Marshall Edwards,
Inc. (NASDAQ : MSHL ).
With The Marshall Edwards, Inc. announcement to the US market can be found
at: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=420417
About Marshall Edwards, Inc.
Marshall Edwards, Inc. is a specialist oncology company focused on the
clinical development of novel anti-cancer therapeutics. These derive from
a flavonoid technology platform, which has generated a number of novel
compounds characterised by broad ranging activity against a range of cancer
cell types with few side effects. The combination of anti-tumour cell
activity and low toxicity is believed to be a result of the ability of
these compounds to target an enzyme present in the cell membrane of cancer
cells, thereby inhibiting the production of pro-survival proteins within
the cell. Marshall Edwards, Inc. has licensed rights from Novogen Limited
(ASX : NRT ) (NASDAQ : NVGN ) to bring three oncology drugs -- phenoxodiol,
triphendiol and NV-143 -- to market globally. The Company's lead
investigational drug, phenoxodiol, is in a Phase III multinational
multi-centred clinical trial for patients with recurrent ovarian cancer.
More information on the trial can be found at http://www.OVATUREtrial.com.
Marshall Edwards, Inc. is majority owned by Novogen Limited (ASX : NRT )
(NASDAQ : NVGN ), an Australian biotechnology company that is specialising in
the development of therapeutics based on a flavonoid technology platform.
Novogen is developing a range of therapeutics across the fields of
oncology, cardiovascular disease and inflammatory diseases. More
information on phenoxodiol and on the Novogen group of companies can be
found at www.marshalledwardsinc.com and www.novogen.com.
Under US. law, a new drug cannot be marketed until it has been investigated
in clinical trials and approved by the FDA as being safe and effective for
the intended use. Statements included in this press release that are not
historical in nature are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. You should be aware that our actual results could differ
materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements, which
are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number
of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, our failure to
successfully commercialize our product candidates; costs and delays in the
development and/or FDA approval, or the failure to obtain such approval, of
our product candidates; uncertainties in clinical trial results; our
inability to maintain or enter into, and the risks resulting from our
dependence upon, collaboration or contractual arrangements necessary for
the development, manufacture, commercialization, marketing, sales and
distribution of any products; competitive factors; our inability to protect
our patents or proprietary rights and obtain necessary rights to third
party patents and intellectual property to operate our business; our
inability to operate our business without infringing the patents and
proprietary rights of others; general economic conditions; the failure of
any products to gain market acceptance; our inability to obtain any
additional required financing; technological changes; government
regulation; changes in industry practice; and one-time events. We do not
intend to update any of these factors or to publicly announce the results
of any revisions to these forward-looking statements.