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Nexia Biotechnologies Inc.'s Shareholders Approve Sale Of All Assets Associated With Protexia(R) 
10/19/2005 5:12:57 PM

MONTREAL, March 8 /CNW Telbec/ - Nexia Biotechnologies Inc. (TSX: NXB) today announced that its shareholders have approved the sale of substantially all its operations and assets related to Protexia(R) (recombinant human butyrylcholinesterase) to a wholly-owned subsidiary of PharmAthene, Inc. ("PharmAthene"), a privately held biotechnology company focused on the development of biodefense therapeutics, based in Annapolis, Maryland. The shareholders' vote took place yesterday at Nexia's Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held at the Hilton Montreal Airport Hotel, Montreal, QC and the transaction is scheduled to close later this week.