Med BioGene Announces Retirement of Director
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - October 22, 2010) - Med BioGene Inc. (TSX VENTURE: MBI) today announced the retirement of Dr. Wilbert Keon as a director of MBI. Dr. Keon served as a director of MBI since 2004.
"We thank Dr. Keon for his time, effort and contributions to Med BioGene over the past six years, and wish him the very best as he enjoys his retirement from the Senate of the Parliament of Canada," stated Erinn B. Broshko, Chief Executive Officer of MBI.
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