Delivra Signs Distribution Agreement With NKS Health for Ready to Market Compounded Finished Products to Medical Doctors

TORONTO, Feb. 1, 2018 /CNW/ - Delivra Corp. (TSXV: DVA - "Delivra" or the "Company") announced today that it has signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with NKS Health Ltd. ("NKS"), granting NKS the right to compound, distribute, promote, market and sell new unique pharmaceutical compounded product formulas developed by Delivra. The goal of the agreement is to build a partnership to both grow awareness and increase volume of sales for the Company's pharmaceutical pipeline.

NKS will promote Delivra's cream-base therapeutics to physicians, hospitals and clinics in Canada through its network.  Delivra has developed a suite of compounded products for pain, anxiety and diabetic foot ulcers. These products include: cannabis-like molecules (nabilone), opioids (buprenorphine), celebrex^TM, neuropathic molecules like gabapentin for nerve related pain and the antibiotic doxycycline for diabetic foot ulcers. The agreement is effective until December 2019.

"This agreement is consistent with our strategy to repurpose existing and globally accepted pharmaceutical drugs for new indications using our proprietary transdermal technology platform through an expanded network. Pharmacy compounding, a multi-billion-dollar industry, is the formulation of personalized medications into topical creams for patients. At Delivra, we took this significant opportunity and we have formulated an innovative cream-base therapeutic, better known as the new class of topical delivery system platform. Unlike other topical delivery platforms, Delivra's emollient bases are targeted, specific and safe. We have already received many favorable case studies from both patients and clinicians with the use of these multiple actives, without the usual significant side-effects that are common with oral medication," said Dr. Joseph Gabriele, CEO of Delivra. "This agreement is a significant step to extend the benefits of Delivra's prescription products to a greater number of patients in Canada. In addition to our leading diabetic neuropathy product sold under the LivRelief^TM Nerve Pain Cream brand in pharmacies across Canada, our technology can create a strong suite of prescription treatment options for diabetes, chronic pain and anxiety. We believe that NKS speciality pharmacy is a perfect partner as they have a great breadth of physicians in areas of pain-related disorders like rheumatologists, neurologists and physiatrists."

As our population is aging exponentially and deals with a number of chronic illnesses that require medication, demand for compounded pharmaceuticals has risen significantly. More specifically, patients have used compounded prescriptions to access medications in alternative dosages, routes of administration, and ingredients (due to patient allergies), versus pharmaceutical pill formatted drugs that were commercially available. In addition, the shortage or termination of prescriptions from drug manufacturers' product portfolio has stimulated demand for compounded prescriptions. According to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, approximately 3.6 billion prescriptions are dispensed in the United States each year. The US Pharmacopeia Convention estimates that 30 million to 40 million of those prescriptions are compounded medications. Over the past five years, numerous trends have increased patient utilization rates of compounded medications.

ABOUT DELIVRA CORP.

Delivra Corp. is a specialty biotechnology company that has a proprietary transdermal delivery system platform that can shuttle pharmaceutical and natural molecules through the skin, in a targeted specific manner. Delivra manufactures and sells a growing line of natural topical creams with the proprietary transdermal delivery system platform under the LivRelief^TM brand, for conditions such as joint and muscle pain, nerve pain, varicose veins, wound healing, and under the LivSport^TM brand for sports performance. LivRelief^TM products are available in pharmacies, grocery chains, and independent health food stores across Canada, including, but not limited to, Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart, Loblaw, Rexall, Pharmasave, London Drugs, and on-line at www.livrelief.com. In parallel with its consumer products business, Delivra also has a mandate to license its patent-pending, proprietary transdermal delivery technology platform to pharmaceutical companies globally, for the repurposing of pharmaceutical molecules transdermally to treat a broad range of conditions, along with licensing its over-the-counter products globally. Delivra is headquartered in Hamilton, Ontario and has a research and development laboratory in Charlottetown, PEI.

Further information on Delivra can be found at www.delivracorp.com, www.livrelief.com for Canada and www.livrelief.com/us for the United States.

ABOUT NKS HEALTH LTD

NKS Health is a specialty pharmacy including personalized compounding medications, in home training – medication reviews and counselling, nutrition and supplementation expertise, compliance services, insurance/third party coverage/government plans; tailored prescription forms & easy ordering forms and high-level customer service delivery. NKS Health focuses on several core areas: biologic medications, therapeutic use of botulinum toxin, pain management, bone density, migraine, multiple sclerosis, HIV and hepatitis. NKS Health offers the highest level of customer service – our dedicated team of customer service personnel ensure accurate and timely delivery of medications to hospitals, clinics and patients throughout Canada with locations in satellite Toronto, London and Ottawa. NKS Health offers new levels of support for physicians and patients with "point of care" active drug level testing, as well as inflammation marker testing to help physicians monitor a patient's response to their medications.

Further information on NKS can be found at www.nkshealth.ca.

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SOURCE Delivra Corp

Dr. Joseph Gabriele, Chief Executive Officer, 905-561-5014; or Investor Relations: Joanna Longo, [email protected], 416-238-1414 x 233