EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - April 08, 2008) - ViRexx Medical Corp. (“ViRexx”) (TSX: VIR) (AMEX: REX), announced today that as of April 3, 2008 Mr. Peter P. Smetek, Jr. ceased to be a director of the Corporation. The board of Directors now consists of Darrell Elliott, Doug Gilpin, Jacques Lapointe, Michael Marcus and Yves Cohen.