PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AVI BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVII), today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the AVI Shareholder Advocacy Trust (the “Trust”) under which the company’s board of directors has appointed Dr. Gil Price and William Goolsbee as directors of the company. These new directors will fill the unexpired terms of Alan P. Timmins and Dr. James Hicks, who have resigned as directors of the company effective Oct. 29, 2007. Timmins will continue to serve as the company’s president and chief operating officer and Hicks will continue to serve the company as a consultant.
