VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 23, 2008) - ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:APH) (“ALDA” or the “Company”) has received Drug Identification Number (“DIN”) 02314320 from Health Canada that approves the marketing of T36® Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer (“T36® AHS”) in Canada. ALDA’s T36® AHS contains 0.15% benzalkonium chloride (“BZK”) in 70% ethanol. This combination of ethanol and BZK is more powerful than standard alcohol hand sanitizers, which typically contain only 62% ethanol and do not kill all types of infectious micro-organisms.