SAN DIEGO, Jan. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- As previously reported, Cardium Therapeutics, an advanced regenerative therapeutics company, today announced that its common stock will begin trading on the OTCQB Marketplace under the ticker symbol "CRXM" commencing on Friday, January 24, 2014. The move to the OTCQB Marketplace does not change Cardium's reporting obligations under applicable laws. Accordingly, Cardium expects to continue to file its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, annual Reports on Form 10-K and current Reports on Form 8-K.

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About Cardium

Cardium is an advanced regenerative therapeutics company that is focused on the late-stage clinical and commercial development of (1) Generx(®), an interventional cardiology, angiogenic gene therapy product candidate for the treatment for cardiac microvascular insufficiency due to advancing coronary artery disease and, (2) Excellagen(®), an FDA-cleared acellular biological skin substitute, professional use, advanced wound care product for the treatment of chronic non-healing diabetic foot, venous and pressure ulcers, which also has multiple applications for stem cell therapy and tissue engineering (www.excellagen.com). For more information about Cardium's product development actions visit http://www.cardiumthx.com/CRXM-Presentation-2014.pdf

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for statements of historical fact, the matters discussed in this press release are forward looking and reflect numerous assumptions and involve a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control and may cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. For example, there is no assurance that the Company will be successful in advancing, capitalizing and partnering or monetizing its four primary businesses and technology platforms; that the Company can raise capital through the private or public sale of equity interests on a company-by-company basis or otherwise; that planned product development efforts and clinical studies can be performed in an efficient and effective manner; that results or trends observed in one clinical study or procedure will be reproduced in subsequent studies or in actual use; that new clinical studies will be successful or will lead to approvals or clearances from health regulatory authorities, or that approvals in one jurisdiction will help to support studies or approvals elsewhere; that the Company or its partners will be successful in developing and marketing survivable risk life insurance programs or that any intellectual property developed in the area will be effective for excluding potential competitors; that the Company will satisfy the requirements of its exchange listing compliance plan and will otherwise continue to satisfy the listing requirements of its exchange or that its shares can continue to be listed on a national exchange; that we can raise sufficient capital from partnering, monetization or other fundraising transactions to maintain our stock exchange listing or adequately fund ongoing operations; that the Company can attract suitable commercialization partners for our products or that we or partners can successfully commercialize them; that our product or product candidates will not be unfavorably compared to competitive products that may be regarded as safer, more effective, easier to use or less expensive or blocked by third party proprietary rights or other means; that our or our licensor's intellectual property can be successfully developed and enforced and that we will not be accused of infringing on intellectual property developed by third parties; that the products and product candidates referred to in this report or in our other reports will be successfully commercialized and their use reimbursed, or will enhance our market value; that our To Go Brands business can be successfully integrated and expanded; that new product opportunities or commercialization efforts will be successfully established; that third parties on whom we depend will perform as anticipated; that the preferred stock offering can be completed as proposed or that the Company will not be adversely affected by risks and uncertainties that could impact our operations, business or other matters, as described in more detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release publicly the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date hereof.

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