Cantox Announces the Launch of Ashuren Health Sciences

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey and BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- CANTOX HEALTH SCIENCES INC. and CANTOX US INC., a leading international scientific and regulatory consulting firm with specialized expertise in the areas of Pharmaceutical & Healthcare, Food & Nutrition, Chemicals and Agriculture, Biotech & Consumer Products announces the launch of Ashuren Health Sciences as the new name for their Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Division.

For the past 20 years, Cantox has been helping clients resolve complex scientific and toxicology issues, develop scientific and strategic regulatory plans, and facilitating timely regulatory global approvals. Cantox has been optimizing success and minimizing client risk through broad expertise and knowledge.

"The decision to rename the Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Division 'ASHUREN Health Sciences' was taken in order to more accurately represent our expanding global client base and to reflect our diverse international regulatory agency interactions," said Lindsay N. Donald, Vice President of Ashuren Pharmaceutical & Healthcare. "We have been assisting clients with their toxicology and drug development issues in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia."

"In order to rapidly and cost effectively move drugs through development it is imperative to anticipate scientific and regulatory issues ahead of time," commented Anna Metcalfe, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for Ashuren. "This is where the experience of Ashuren's scientific and regulatory affairs consultants can really aid our pharmaceutical and biotech clients."

About Ashuren

Ashuren Health Sciences is a focused team of scientific and regulatory consultants that can help develop strategies, provide expert advice on all aspects of product development programs, and provide advice on a wide variety of toxicology and regulatory issues for pharmaceutical and related products. With diverse and in-depth experience in pharmaceutical development, our resourceful and innovative team consisting of board-certified toxicologists, regulatory affairs specialists and scientific writers address client's needs and accelerate their development programs. For more information, please visit: http://www.ashuren.com.

CONTACT: Lindsay N. Donald, DABT, VP, US Pharmaceutical & Healthcare,
+1-205-266-4714, ldonald@ashuren.com, or Anna Metcalfe, VP, Regulatory
Affairs, ametcalfe@ashuren.com, or Chad Yaremko, MSc., MBA, Manager,
Business Development, cyaremko@ashuren.com, both 1-877-244-4844, all of
Ashuren

Web site: http://www.ashuren.com/