Cyplasin Biomedical and Minapharm SAE announce Term Sheet Agreement for
Distribution and Manufacture of Cyplasin Products

EDMONTON and CAIRO, Egypt, May 17 /CNW/ - Cyplasin Biomedical (CPBM: OTCBB and XYI1:FRA) and Minapharm SAE (Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange: MIPH) jointly announced the successful negotiation and signing of a binding term sheet agreement for the exclusive sales/marketing and distribution of Cyplasin's product C-Virin for use with chronically infected Hepatitis C patients within the Middle East and MENA regions. The agreement also encompasses the eventual manufacture and marketing of Cyplasin's vaccine product C- Vaxin once it is available and gives Cyplasin access to some of Minapharm's products as well. The agreement further includes a small convertible debt loan from Minapharm to Cyplasin which will be used for initial manufacturing setups.

Mr. G. Likes President /CEO of Cyplasin stated "we are extremely pleased to have been able to attract a partner company of Minapharm's caliber to our story and very much look forward to a long and successful relationship with Minapharm. This agreement provides us a commercialization outlet for our revenue generation strategy and this along with similar opportunities in the future will allow us to become a major vaccine product development company over time."

Dr. Wafik Bardissi, Chairman and CEO of Minapharm added, "together with Cyplasin Biomedical we are creating a cross-functional approach to further endow our pipeline with affordability and innovation, which are required characteristics for new products within the Hepatitis C market."

ABOUT MINAPHARM: www.minapharm.com

Minapharm is headquartered in Cairo with production facilities in the 10th of Ramadan City and is among the leading prescription medicine companies in Egypt and the Middle East. The company specializes in the manufacture and marketing of innovative specialty pharmaceuticals and through its subsidiary Rhein Minapharm Biogenetics www.rhein-minapharm.com. With five therapeutic proteins already on the market and several in the pipeline, Minapharm's competence lies in shortening the time to market while adhering to the highest international ethical and safety standards. Minapharm has a collective workforce of over 700 employees and is listed on the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange (symbol: MIPH).

ABOUT CYPLASIN: www.c-pharma.net

Cyplasin Biomedical (soon to be called C-Pharma Inc.) is a publically-traded specialty pharmaceutical company (OTCBB:CPBM) with headquarters in Edmonton, Alberta. Cyplasin's technology encompasses the use of recombinant DNA technology to manufacture virus like particles (VLPs). These VLPs can be engineered to incorporate various viral and non-viral antigens for use as vaccines against many different types of targets such as Hepatitis C. The recombinant antigens presented in the context of a VLP carrier system are much more immunogenic than the antigen alone, and this carrier is so powerful that the subsequent vaccine may not require the use of immune adjuvants. Cyplasin is using the technology to develop a Hepatitis C vaccine to prevent hepatitis C viral infection of liver hepatocytes. The Company is also pursuing a revenue generation strategy by commercializing generic therapeutic drugs for use in the Hepatitis C market.

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For further information: Cyplasin Biomedical, Mr. Garth Likes, President/CEO, [email protected], Ph: [phone]; Minapharm Pharmaceuticals, Mr. Frank Mueller, R&D Manager, [email protected]