CVBT Announces Positive Pre-Clinical Results for Protein-Based Drug Candidate to Treat Osteoporosis

Business Wire, July 17, 2007

LAS VEGAS -- CardioVascular BioTherapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB:CVBT) today announced that it has successfully completed work on a new medical indication for its protein drug candidate, human fibroblast growth factor (FGF-1), in an animal model of bone growth. In this research project, conducted in collaboration with Michael Rosenblatt, M.D., of Tufts University Medical School, the effect of FGF-1 to stimulate new bone formation was examined and compared to human parathyroid hormone, a known stimulator of bone formation in humans. As shown in the Figure below, FGF-1 was almost 20-fold more potent, on a weight basis, than parathyroid hormone (PTH) in stimulating bone formation in mice.

Current marketed therapies for osteoporosis, including the bisphosphonates of which Merck's Fosamax is a member, primarily act by inhibiting the breakdown of bone in osteoporosis, but do not stimulate new bone formation. The promise of a bone growth factor, such as FGF-1, which reverses bone degeneration by adding back lost bone, would be a significant advancement in the treatment of this debilitating disorder.

The completion of this research marks the initiation of a new initiative by CVBT to develop FGF-1 as a new treatment for osteoporosis. Dr. Rosenblatt, an internationally-recognized expert in the field of bone biology and calcium-regulating hormones, will continue to collaborate on this initiative. Dr. Rosenblatt is currently dean of Tufts University Medical School in Boston, MA, and previously served as vice president of world-wide research at Merck & Co. where he led the research and development efforts that culminated with the FDA approval of Fosamax for the treatment of osteoporosis in 1993.

About CardioVascular BioTherapeutics

CVBT is a biopharmaceutical company developing drug candidates with human FGF-1 as their active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) for diseases characterized by inadequate blood flow to a tissue or organ. The company has three clinical trials underway with drug candidates to treat the following medical indications: severe Coronary Heart Disease (CVBT-141A), dermal wound healing in diabetics (CVBT-141B), and Peripheral Arterial Disease (CVBT-141C).

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