Tetra Bio-Pharma Announces Significant Progress on Storz & Bickel Co-Development In Treating Fibromyalgia

Orleans, ON (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc., a leader in cannabinoid-based drug discovery and development (TSX VENTURE: TBP) (OTCQB: TBPMF), has made significant progress in its co-development partnership with Storz & Bickel. The study protocol has received approval from the Independent Ethics Board (IRB Services) and was recently submitted for review to Health Canada. In addition, Tetra Bio-Pharma expects to complete the identification of every compound in the PPP001 vapor generated by the Mighty Medic vaporizer later this month. Tetra intends on initiating a Phase 1 clinical study in healthy volunteers to determine the safety and pharmacokinetics of its vaporized PPP001 drug later this year.

This clinical data and vapor compound identification will allow Tetra to bridge to its existing and future clinical data of the Phase 3. The bridge will provide a significantly reduced time to market and reduced development cost for the commercialization of PPP001 as a treatment for fibromyalgia.

“The Independent Ethics Board approval represents a major step forward prior to obtaining approval from Health Canada and the clinical study will allow Tetra to accelerate bringing PPP001 for fibromyalgia patients,” stated Dr. Guy Chamberland, Ph.D., Interim CEO and CSO at Tetra Bio-Pharma. “We are very confident in Tetra’s strategy to become a global leader in the development of cannabinoid derived prescription and natural health products.”

About Storz & Bickel
STORZ & BICKEL built the first factory in the world for the manufacture of medical herbal vaporizers in Tuttlingen, Germany, a town with almost 500 medical device manufacturers. Tuttlingen is reputed to be the center of medical technology, where the first factory to produce surgical instruments was established more than 150 years ago.

About Tetra Bio-Pharma Inc.
Tetra Bio-Pharma (TSX-V: TBP) (OTCQB: TBPMF) is a biopharmaceutical leader in cannabinoid-based drug discovery and development with a Health Canada approved, and FDA reviewed, clinical program aimed at bringing novel prescription drugs and treatments to patients and their healthcare providers. The Company has several subsidiaries engaged in the development of an advanced and growing pipeline of Bio Pharmaceuticals, Natural Health and Veterinary Products containing cannabis and other medicinal plant-based elements. With patients at the core of what we do, Tetra Bio-Pharma is focused on providing rigorous scientific validation and safety data required for inclusion into the existing bio pharma industry by regulators, physicians and insurance companies.

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