Oncolytics Biotech

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. was founded in Calgary in 1998 in response to discoveries made on the oncolytic potential of reovirus made at the University of Calgary during the 1990s. In June 2000, it began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange . On October 5, 2001, it was listed on the NASDAQ.Since its inception, Oncolytics Biotech Inc. has worked to take REOLYSIN, its proprietary formulation of human reovirus, through the development and regulatory requirements necessary to develop it as a potential cancer therapeutic. In 2000, Oncolytics Biotech Inc. received permission to conduct its first phase I clinical trial, which was designed to test the safety of REOLYSIN in human patients. The positive results of this first study led to the rapid and continuous expansion of Oncolytics’ clinical trial program, with phase 2 studies beginning in Canada in 2001, U.S. and subsequent cross-border studies beginning in 2002, and enrollment in a multi-site phase 3 trial beginning in 2010. The company has conducted numerous clinical trials studying REOLYSIN in variety of cancers, including pancreatic, breast, head and neck, prostate, lung, colorectal, bladder and ovarian cancers.

The company was issued its first Canadian patent in August 2000, and currently holds more than 415 patents worldwide, including more than 60 U.S. and 20 Canadian patents, and more than 60 applications pending worldwide.