DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Patrick S. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of Curaxis Pharmaceutical Corp (OTCBB:CURX), confirmed today that Curaxis Management will be in Europe for the first part of February. Curaxis has been approved to trade on the Frankfurt stock exchange ("FSE") under the symbol 8CX to expand its global capital markets access. Along with its U.S. investment bankers, Curaxis has engaged a European Advisor, Continental Advisors, to complement its European capital markets initiatives as well as explore further business development or European strategic partnerships.
Mr. Smith stated, "More than 3,000 U.S. companies have chosen a FSE listing. The FSE's trading volume grew by a staggering 39% when comparing December 2009 to December 2010. The liquidity of stocks listed on the FSE is the highest in all of Europe, including the London and Paris Stock Exchanges. In fact, market liquidity and trading volume on the FSE is third in the entire world, behind only the nasdaq and NYSE." Furthermore, naked short selling was completely banned in Germany in June of 2010.
The FSE has more than 250 international trading institutions and more than 4,500 traders worldwide. Investors directly connected to the FSE represent a full 35% of the world's investment capital.
About Curaxis
Curaxis is an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company with a hormone drug product candidate for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and multiple cancers. Curaxis' therapeutic platform is based on the hypothesis that many diseases of aging may be caused by age-related changes in the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis. The HPG axis is a hormonal endocrine feedback loop that controls development, reproduction and aging in animals. This drug development platform is built on the premise that hormones associated with this feedback loop are beneficial early in life, when they promote growth and development, but are harmful later in life when the mechanism for feedback is compromised, thereby leading to disease processes, including pathologies associated with Alzheimer's disease and various cancers.
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CONTACT: Curaxis Pharmaceutical Corp
Company Contact: David Corcoran
Email: dcorcoran@curaxispharma.com
European Advisor: Andreea Porcelli
Phone: 0035-2-2088-0289
Email: andreea.porcelli@contiadvisors.com