Sunshine Biopharma to Re-Domicile in Canada for Expansion and Financing Opportunities for Adva-27a Cancer Drug Candidate

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MONTREAL, QC--(Marketwired - December 02, 2013) - Sunshine Biopharma Inc. (OTCQB: SBFM), a pharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of various forms of cancer, today announced that it is re-domiciling the Company in Canada for expansion through acquisitions and to gain access to various financing opportunities available to Canadian corporations. To this end, The Company filed a Schedule 14-C Information Statement on September 16, 2013 and an S-4 Registration Statement on October 23, 2013.

“We are very pleased that the re-domiciling process is going smoothly,” said Dr. Steve N. Slilaty, Chief Executive Officer of Sunshine Biopharma. “Re-domiciling the Company in Canada will give us access to a more favorable fiscal environment and provide with greater flexibility to execute our business plan. This will better position our Company for expansion and allow us to capitalize on growth opportunities as our Adva-27a drug candidate enters the clinic.”

About Adva-27a
Adva-27a is Sunshine Biopharma’s lead anticancer compound, a small molecule that has recently been shown to be effective at killing multidrug resistant breast cancer cells, small-cell lung cancer cells, uterine sarcoma cells and pancreatic cancer cells (Published in ANTICANCER RESEARCH, Volume 32, Pages 4423-4432, October 2012). Adva-27a is currently in the IND-Enabling stage of development. The original U.S. patent covering Adva-27a was issued on August 7, 2012 under US patent number 8,236,935.

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For Additional Information Contact:
Camille Sebaaly
CFO
Sunshine Biopharma Inc.
Direct Line: 514-814-0464
camille.sebaaly@sunshinebiopharma.com
www.sunshinebiopharma.com

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