NOTICE:

In 2010, Optherion completed two separate business transactions, one related to its diagnostics business and one related to its therapeutics business.

With respect to its diagnostics business, in February, 2010, Optherion completed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Sequenom, Inc.. Under the agreement, Sequenom’s CAP accredited and CLIA-certified laboratory, Sequenom Center for Molecular Medicine (Sequenom CMM), obtained the rights to develop and commercialize diagnostic tests to predict genetic predisposition to late stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Please see News Room at Optherion.com for Sequenom’s press release.

With respect to its therapeutics business, also in 2010, Optherion completed a business transaction with another company. Both the company name and the transaction economics are confidential.

As a result of these two transactions, Optherion, itself, is no longer actively developing any diagnostics or therapeutics. Given this, the Optherion.com website has not been updated since year-end, 2010 albeit the nature of Optherion’s diagnostic and therapeutic endeavors are accurately represented in the website for the time period prior to the transactions.

Kindest regards,

Colin J. Foster
President & CEO
Optherion, Inc.

Alliances & Business Development

We are open to considering licensing and business development collaborations.

Optherion has a worldwide intellectual property estate licensed from a dozen universities providing an exclusive basis for genetic and protein biomarker diagnostics and therapeutics for AMD, and other diseases of the alternative complement cascade.

In 2010, Optherion licensed exclusive worldwide rights to Sequenom, Inc. for the development and commercialization of diagnostic tests to predict genetic predisposition to late stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The license agreement covers extensive intellectual property rights for the most significant AMD-related genetic variants that have been confirmed in multiple clinical studies around the world. The portfolio of intellectual property has been consolidated from major US universities who have spearheaded genetic and clinical AMD research during the last decade.

Should you wish to contact Optherion related to licensing and business development opportunities, please contact:

Colin J. Foster
President & CEO
Office Direct: 203-492-0280
Email: colin.foster@optherion.com

Optherion, Inc.
The Maritime Center, 11th Floor
555 Long Wharf Drive
New Haven, Connecticut 06511
USA