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Tender Awarded to Provide vCJD Blood Tests to UK Blood Transfusion Service

Fri. July 17, 2009; Posted: 12:54 PM
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TORONTO, Jul 17, 2009 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- AMF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- TSX: AMF

June 17, 2009 - On March 18, 2009, the UK National Health Service published a tender for the supply of systems to screen plasma samples from blood donations for vCJD. The web link to the announcement of the original tender is http://www.nhstenders.net/print.php?sid=38339.

The award of the tender has been published on the European Tenders Electronic Daily website (http://ted.europa.eu/Exec?DataFlow=N_one_doc_access.dfl&Template=TED/N_one_result_detail_curr.htm&docnumber=196842-2009&docId=196842-2009&StatLang=EN).

The Company is restricted from providing any additional information at this time due to contracting requirements.

About Amorfix

Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd. (TSX:AMF) is a theranostics company developing therapeutic products and diagnostic devices targeting misfolded diseases including neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. It has specific programs in vCJD, ALS and Alzheimer's Disease. Amorfix's proprietary Epitope Protection(TM) (EP) technology enables it to specifically identify very low levels of aggregated misfolded proteins (AMP) in a sample containing normal protein. Aggregated misfolded proteins are a common element of many brain-wasting diseases, and more recent evidence points to misfolded proteins being created in many cancers. Amorfix has shown antibodies and vaccines to misfolded proteins are therapeutic in preclinical animal models. Amorfix's lead programs are a diagnostic blood screening test for vCJD and a therapy for ALS.

This information release may contain certain forward-looking information. Such information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those implied by statements herein, and therefore these statements should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results. All forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to it as well as other factors. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Due to risks and uncertainties, including the risks and uncertainties identified by the Company in its public securities filings, actual events may differ materially from current expectations. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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SOURCE: Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd.

Dr. George Adams, President & Chief Executive Officer, Amorfix Life Sciences
Ltd., Tel: (416) 847-6959, Fax: (416) 847-6899, george.adams@amorfix.com; James
Parsons, Chief Financial Officer, Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd., Tel: (416) 847-6929,
Fax: (416) 847-6899, james.parsons@amorfix.com
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