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Advaxis, Inc. Approved by NASD; NASD Clears Company for Trading on Bulletin Board.


PRINCETON, N.J. -- Advaxis, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
: ADXS), a Colorado corporation ("Company" or "Advaxis"), today announced that its common stock has been approved for listing on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board and is expected to commence trading under the symbol "ADXS" effective with the opening of the market on Thursday, July 28, 2005.

"The listing of our stock on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board market represents the completion of several steps we have taken to financially position the Company for future growth," said J. Todd Derbin, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of the Company. "Our institutional investors, financial advisors and other valued constituencies have encouraged us to obtain a bulletin-board listing for the advantages it affords the Company and its investors," Mr. Derbin continued. "The listing provides the proper venue for attaining a higher level of corporate visibility, and allows investors to better assess Advaxis' value in relation to its publicly-traded peers."

About Advaxis:

Advaxis is based in Princeton, New Jersey
See also: Princeton Township, New Jersey

Princeton, New Jersey is located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Princeton University has been sited in the town since 1756.
. Advaxis focuses on commercializing the innovative vaccine technology developed by Dr. Yvonne Paterson in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli.

http://upenn.edu/.

Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA.
. Advaxis is developing therapeutic cancer vaccines Cancer vaccines
A treatment that uses the patient's immune system to attack cancer cells.

Mentioned in: Pancreatic Cancer, Exocrine
 that enhance the immune system's cancer-fighting abilities. Advaxis, through its proprietary Listeria Listeria /Lis·te·ria/ (lis-ter´e-ah) a genus of gram-negative bacteria (family Corynebacterium); L. monocyto´genes causes listeriosis.

Lis·te·ri·a
n.
 Monocytogenes based system, is utilizing two immunological mechanisms (Innate and Classical Immunity) to develop safer and more effective cancer vaccines. Advaxis is the exclusive licensee of a patented broadly enabling innate immunity innate immunity
n.
Immunity that occurs naturally as a result of a person's genetic constitution or physiology and does not arise from a previous infection or vaccination.
 platform technology, which is based on the usage of the attenuated Attenuated
Alive but weakened; an attenuated microorganism can no longer produce disease.

Mentioned in: Tuberculin Skin Test


attenuated

having undergone a process of attenuation.
 bacteria Listeria Monocytogenes, that, when combined with classical antibody and cellular immune mechanisms, can elicit more effective anti-tumor responses. Advaxis' lead vaccine candidate, Lovaxin C, targets cervical and head and neck cancers. Further vaccines in development target breast, ovarian ovarian /ovar·i·an/ (o-var´e-an) pertaining to an ovary or ovaries.

ovarian

pertaining to an ovary.


ovarian agenesis
 and lung cancers.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The statements contained herein that are not purely historical are forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements deal with the Company's current plans, intentions, beliefs and expectations and statements of future economic performance. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to differ materially from what is currently anticipated. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those discussed from time to time in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cannot guarantee its future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.
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