MORRISVILLE, N.C., May 3, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:OXBT), a development stage biomedical company (“the Company”) focused on developing perfluorocarbon-based intravenous and topical drug candidates, today announced it has achieved the critical milestone of securing an exclusive supply of cGMP-compliant Oxycyte®, the Company’s proprietary perfluorocarbon based emulsion, that will take the Company through the current Phase II clinical trial for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and well into Phase III trials.