CytoDyn Inc. Appoints Bruce Montgomery, M.D. to its Board of Directors

CytoDyn Inc. (“CytoDyn”) (OTC QB: CYDY), a biotechnology company focused on the development of new therapies for combating infection with immune deficiency viruses, today announced that A. Bruce Montgomery, M.D. has been appointed to the board of directors effective September 27, 2013.

Dr. Montgomery is a prominent biotech entrepreneur with an extensive background in product development and clinical studies, currently holding the position of Chief Executive Officer of Cardeas Pharma Corporation. Before joining Cardeas Pharma Corporation in 2010, Dr. Montgomery founded and was the Chief Executive Officer of Corus Pharma, Inc., a development stage pharmaceutical company, from 2001 until 2006. In 2006, Gilead acquired Corus Pharma, Inc., and Dr. Montgomery continued at Gilead, serving as Senior Vice President, Respiratory Therapeutics, from 2006 until 2010. Additionally, he previously held positions in clinical development with PathoGenesis Corporation and Genentech.

Dr. Montgomery is a board member of Alder Biotherapeutics and a Trustee for the Washington State Life Sciences Discovery Fund. He has previously served on the boards of ZymoGenetics, Inc., Pacific Science Center, and the Washington State Biotechnology BioMedical Association. Dr. Montgomery received a B.S. degree in chemistry and his M.D. from the University of Washington, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington and fellowships at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Francisco.

“The Company welcomes Dr. Montgomery to our board of directors,” said Nader Pourhassan, CytoDyn’s President and CEO. “His extensive pharmaceutical research, development and patent experience, as well as his skills in fundraising and entrepreneurship, will help propel CytoDyn in future endeavors.”

“I am excited to play a role in CytoDyn’s development as the Company continues forward in a very exciting direction,” Dr. Montgomery commented.

The Company

CytoDyn is a biotechnology company focused on developing subcutaneously delivered humanized cell-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) as entry inhibitors for the treatment and prevention of HIV. The Company has one of the leading mAbs under development for HIV infection, PRO 140, which is a Late Stage II humanized mAb with demonstrated antiviral activity in man. PRO 140 blocks the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) co-receptor CCR5 and clinical trial results indicate that it does not affect the normal function of the cell. Results from Phase I and Phase IIa human clinical trials have shown that PRO 140 can significantly reduce viral burden in people infected with HIV. CytoDyn intends to continue to develop PRO 140 as a therapeutic anti-viral agent in persons infected with HIV. For more information on the Company, please visit www.cytodyn.com.

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We are also subject to additional risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with the actions of our corporate, academic and other collaborators and government regulatory agencies; risks from market forces and trends; potential product liability; intellectual property, litigation, environmental and other risks; and risks that current and pending patent protection for our products may be invalid, unenforceable or challenged, or fail to provide adequate market exclusivity. There are also substantial risks arising out of our need to raise additional capital to develop our products and satisfy our financial obligations; the highly regulated nature of our business, including government cost-containment initiatives and restrictions on third-party payments for our products; the highly competitive nature of our industry; and other factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.