QLT Inc. Added to the Russell Global Index

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 28, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QLT Inc. (Nasdaq:QLTI) (TSX:QLT), a company dedicated to the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for the eye, announced today that the company has been added to the Russell Global Index. The 2010 reconstitution of the Russell Indexes, a comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes created by Russell Investments, took place after the market close on June 25, 2010.