Sirona Biochem to Present Scientific Poster of Inducer Program at 2012 Protein Engineering Summit (PEGS)

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 11, 2012) - Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SBM)(PINKSHEETS:SRBCF)(FRANKFURT:ZSB), announced today its abstract application to present a scientific poster at the 2012 Protein Engineering Summit (PEGS) has been accepted. Sirona Biochem's scientific poster has been selected to be on display during the "Difficult to Express Proteins" track April 30 to May 1, 2012.

The Eighth Annual PEGS conference, to be held April 30 to May 4, 2012 in Boston, MA, brings together an estimated 1,400 international decision makers in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academia and public healthcare and focuses on the latest scientific innovations in protein engineering.

Sirona Biochem's scientific poster, "IPGMim™, A Potential New Inducer for Difficult to Express Proteins," will describe the use of its new inducer and how it may be effective at improving recombinant protein yields. The poster will also include results from the latest study demonstrating the effectiveness of IPGMim™ on a recalcitrant protein and comparing the compound against a widely used inducer, IPTG.

Additional studies are being conducted to further characterize IPGMim™ and prepare it for commercialization.

A copy of the poster will be made available on the company's website at www.sironabiochem.com after the conference.

About Sirona Biochem Corp.

Sirona Biochem is a biotechnology company developing diabetes therapeutics, cancer vaccine antigens, skin depigmenting and anti-aging agents for cosmetic use, and biological ingredients. The company utilizes a proprietary chemistry technique to improve pharmaceutical properties of carbohydrate-based molecules. For more information visit www.sironabiochem.com.

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