Generex Announces U.S. Congressman Curt Weldon, Co-Founder of the ...

, The United States Armed Services, and the global healthcare sector.  Congressman Weldon will also provide advice and assistance to the Company in its relationships with governments and governmental agencies.

Congressman Weldon served in the US Congress for 20 years (1987-2007) and retired as Vice Chair of the Military Oversight Committee (HASC) as well as Vice Chair of the Homeland Security Committee.  During his tenure, Weldon also served as a senior Member of the Science Committee and Chair of the Defense Research Committee where he provided oversight for all funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF) as well as all Military Medical Research Funding.  Weldon also founded and Chaired the 4 State SMART Research Initiative.  Weldon founded and Co-Chaired the Congressional Diabetes Caucus.  He has keynoted multiple national Diabetes Group Conferences, won several National Diabetes Awards and is married to and a Certified Diabetes Educator.

During his 20 year tenure in Congress, Weldon founded and Co-Chaired bi-lateral Parliamentary Relationships with 12 countries and led bipartisan Congressional Delegation trips to over 100 nations worldwide.  Weldon maintains high-level personal international business and government relationships and sits on the Boards of two international Nobel Oil Corporation Boards.  He has led business delegations to over 40 nations since leaving Congress and continues to provide high level speeches such as the FOFM 2011 (Future of Financial Markets) Keynote Speech in for Life' disaster coordination and planning initiative.

Prior to his tenure in Congress, Weldon served as an educator/professor and worked as a Director in the Corporate HQ of the INA/CIGNA Corporation.

"We are delighted that Congressman Weldon has agreed to provide Generex with access to his vast global network of relationships, and to apply his expansive experience and expertise to the benefit of Generex," commented , Generex President & Chief Executive Officer.  Congressman Weldon stated:  "I am impressed by the new management team at Generex and the strategic development plan for the Company they have begun to implement.  I look forward to assisting Generex management in their efforts to create value for the Company's stockholders."

About Generex Biotechnology Corporation

Generex is engaged in the research, development, and commercialization of drug delivery systems and technologies.  Generex has developed a proprietary platform technology for the delivery of drugs into the human body through the oral cavity (with no deposit in the lungs).  The Company's proprietary liquid formulations allow drugs typically administered by injection to be absorbed into the body by the lining of the inner mouth using the Company's proprietary RapidMist™ device.  Antigen Express, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Generex.  The core platform technologies of Antigen Express comprise immunotherapeutic vaccines for the treatment of malignant, infectious, allergic, and autoimmune diseases.  Antigen Express has pioneered the use of specific CD4+ T helper stimulation in immunotherapy.  One of its platform technologies relies on inhibition of expression of the Ii protein.  Antigen Express scientists, and others, have shown clearly that suppression of expression of the Ii protein in cancer cells allows for potent stimulation of T helper cells and prevents the further growth of cancer cells.  For more information, visit the Generex website at www.generex.com or the Antigen Express website at www.antigenexpress.com .

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