PharmaGap Announces Cost Reduction Program To Preserve Asset Value

OTTAWA, Oct. 2, 2012 /CNW/ - PharmaGap Inc. (TSX-V: GAP; OTC.BB: PHRGF) ("PharmaGap" or "the Company") today announced that it is suspending all operations pending completion of the previously announced licensing transaction with Clinical Value Corporation ("CVC") as approved by independent PharmaGap shareholders at its Annual General Meeting on August 3, 2012.

Robert McInnis, President of PharmaGap said "until the transaction with CVC is completed it is important that operating expenses be held to a minimum to focus resources on preserving the assets to be transferred to CVC."'

Mr. Roderick M. Bryden, Chairman of PharmaGap and sole owner of CVC said today that "We continue to meet with potential investors to participate in capital funding for CVC to implement the licensing transaction with PharmaGap. It is likely that a number of weeks will be required to complete this transaction."

In order to reduce cash requirements until the financing of CVC can be secured, the Company placed all employees on temporary layoff status on September 26, 2012, and is reducing the office and lab space leased at 100 Sussex Drive in Ottawa accordingly.

About PharmaGap Inc.
PharmaGap Inc. (TSX-V: GAP), based in Ottawa, ON, is a biotechnology company with a core focus on developing novel peptide therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. For more information on PharmaGap please visit the Company's website at www.pharmagap.com.

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SOURCE: PHARMAGAP INC.

Robert McInnis, President & CEO
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