Significant Shareholder Announces Support of Wex Pharmaceuticals Inc. Management

DENVER, COLORADO--(Marketwire - Sept. 4, 2007) - A.J. Miller, owner of 3,546,700 shares of WEX Pharmaceuticals Inc. (TSE:WXI) (the "Company"), today announced that he intends to vote his shares of stock (directly or by proxy) for the Company's management nominees described in its Notice of Meeting and Management Information Circular for the Shareholders' meeting scheduled for September 17, 2007 and not for any nominees proposed in opposition to any of the management nominees.