EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(CCNMatthews - Jan. 19, 2005) - ViRexx Medical Corp. (TSX:VIR)(AMEX:REX), a company focused on immunotherapy treatments for certain cancers, chronic hepatitis B & C and embolotherapy treatments for tumors, today announced that its founders, Dr. Antoine Noujaim and Dr. Lorne Tyrrell, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from BioAlberta at the 6th Annual BioAlberta Gala taking place tonight in Edmonton at the Fairmount MacDonald Hotel. “Dr. Noujaim and Dr. Tyrrell are deserving recipients of this prestigious award for their contribution to both science and the biotech industry in Alberta,” said Doug Gilpin CA, Chairman of the Board of ViRexx Medical Corp. “The dedication they have demonstrated to their work and the progress they continue to make toward new medical therapies is recognized across the country and internationally. We continue to draw upon their experience and knowledge in the development and application of our immunotherapy and embolotherapy technologies.”