OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced the following companies are verified for trading on OTCQB®, the venture marketplace for entrepreneurial and development stage companies, effective December 31, 2014:
AS-IP Tech, Inc. (OTCQB: IPTK) – AS-IP Tech owns intellectual property named SafeCell, which comprises a proof of concept and approved patents in Australia and China. The concept is based on turning a personal electronic device into a wireless communicator utilizing a secondary communications port such as Bluetooth or USB rather than WiFi or GSM. The in-flight messaging has been licensed to ASiQ Limited for airline and business jet communications, and which ASiQ is marketing under the brand name “BizjetMobile.” The user interface is an Application (“App”) that connects a user’s mobile device to an on-board Bluetooth network and utilizes the inexpensive narrowband satellite links provided by Iridium and Inmarsat. Inmarsat is the predominant airline satellite network outside the USA, and Iridium holds the same status on corporate aircraft globally.
AS-IP Tech is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
HedgePath Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: HPPI) – HedgePath Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company that is seeking to discover, develop and commercialize innovative therapeutics for patients with certain cancers.
HedgePath Pharmaceuticals is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
Lixte Biotechnology, Inc. (OTCQB: LIXT) – Lixte Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. is a clinical-stage public pharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering drugs for more effective treatments for cancer. Lixte has identified molecular signaling pathways altered in disease states and designed compounds that can safely target them in animal models. The current drug portfolio includes inhibitors of protein phosphatases that are critical to cell division and DNA damage repair and inhibitors of protein deacetylases that regulate pathways of gene expression and protein degradation.
Lixte Biotechnology is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
Nephros, Inc. (OTCQB: NEPH) – Nephros is a commercial stage medical device company that develops and sells high performance liquid purification filters. Its filters, which it calls ultrafilters, are primarily used in dialysis centers for the removal of biological contaminants from water, bicarbonate concentrate and/or blood.
The company was founded in 1997 by healthcare professionals affiliated with Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital to develop and commercialize an alternative method to hemodialysis (HD).
It has extended its filtration technologies to meet the demand for liquid purification in other areas, in particular water purification.
Presently, it offers ultrafilters for sale to customers in five markets:
1) Dialysis Centers - Water/Bicarbonate: Filtration of water or bicarbonate concentrate used in hemodialysis devices
2) Dialysis Centers - Blood: Treatment of patients with chronic renal failure using the OLpūr H2H Hemodiafiltration (“HDF”) Module in conjunction with a UF controlled hemodialysis machine and its accessories, the H2H Module accessories, appropriately prepared water and ultrapure dialysate for hemodialysis and the OLpūr MD 220 Hemodiafilter
3) Hospitals and Other Healthcare Facilities: Filtration of water to be used for patient washing and drinking as an aid in infection control. The filters also produce water that is suitable for wound cleansing, cleaning of equipment used in medical procedures and washing of surgeon’s hands
4) Military and Outdoor Recreation: Highly compact, individual water purification devices used by soldiers and backpackers to produce drinking water in the field
5) Commercial Facilities: Filtration of water for washing and drinking including use in ice machines and soda fountains
Nephros is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. (OTCQB: STKS) – The ONE Group is a global hospitality company that develops and operates upscale, high-energy restaurants and lounges and provides hospitality management services for hotels, casinos and other high-end venues both nationally and internationally. The ONE Group's primary restaurant brand is STK®, a modern twist on the American steakhouse concept with locations in major metropolitan cities throughout the U.S. and in London. STK RebelSM, a more accessibly priced STK with a broader menu, is an extension of the STK brand. The ONE Group's food and beverage hospitality services business, ONE HospitalitySM, provides the development, management and operations for premier restaurants and turn-key food and beverage services within high-end hotels and casinos.
The ONE Group is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
Red Mountain Resources, Inc. (OTCQB: RDMP) – Red Mountain Resources, an independent oil and gas company, is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas, primarily in Kansas, New Mexico and Texas.
Red Mountain Resources is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
Sino Agro Food, Inc. (OTCQB: SIAFD) – Sino Agro Food (“SIAF”), a Nevada corporation, is a well-established, vertically integrated, diversified agricultural technology and organic food company.
SIAF's strategy is to supply quality food protein products to meeting the increasing demand of China’s rising middle class high-quality food protein products.
SIAF's geographical footprint is primarily in three provinces of China, namely Guangzhou/Guandong, Xining/Qinghai and Linli/Hunan and it has 575 employees.
SIAF's board and management team have over 100 years of experience in the food protein industry. Independent directors total four out of seven directors and the company employs best practice in corporate governance with audit and compensation being the key committees. SIAF have 6 PhDs who are well known professors in Chinese universities and owners of patents working in the company’s subsidiaries in China.
SIAF's current business lines include farming of seafood (prawns, sleepy-cod and eels), cattle-beef, manufacture and distribution of bio-organic fertilizer and livestock feed, and plantation of dragon fruit flowers and immortal vegetables utilizing modern cultivation technologies.
SIAF's products are produced to meet the high organic quality standards of the United Kingdom. SIAF is owner of two patented processes: the conversion of corn stalk into high quality feed for livestock and the manufacturing of bio-organic fertilizer.
SIAF has a strong financial track record and is well positioned for future growth on a sustainable basis. The aim of the company is to maximize shareholder value.
SIAF is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
Stellar Biotechnologies Inc. (TSX-V: KLH; OTCQB: SBOTF) - Stellar Biotechnologies is the leader in sustainable manufacture of Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH), an important immune-stimulating protein used in wide-ranging therapeutic and diagnostic markets. KLH is both an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in many new immunotherapies (targeting cancer, immune disorders, Alzheimer's and inflammatory diseases) as well as a finished product for measuring immune status. Stellar Biotechnologies is unique in its proprietary methods, facilities, and KLH technology. It is committed to meeting the growing demand for commercial-scale supplies of GMP grade KLH, ensuring environmentally sound KLH production, and developing KLH-based active immunotherapies.
Stellar Biotechnologies is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
T-REX OIL, INC. (OTCQB: TRXO) – T-REX OIL is an innovative independent energy company focused on acquiring, exploring, developing and producing oil and natural gas properties predominately in the central and western United States. The company’s team of seasoned executives has extensive experience in managing oil and gas properties. Currently, T-REX OIL has acquired producing wells and leases in Wyoming and Nebraska, and is actively pursuing other expansion opportunities in the established basins of Colorado. The company’s goal is to build steady, sustainable growth of its inventory of oil and gas properties. T-REX OIL is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
T-REX OIL upgraded to OTCQB from the OTC Pink® marketplace.
ULURU Inc. (OTCQB: ULUR) – ULURU is committed to developing and commercializing a broad range of innovative wound care and muco-adhesive film products, based on its patented Nanoflex and OraDisc technologies, with the aim of improving outcomes for patients, health care professionals and providers.
ULURU is approved to continue trading on OTCQB.
U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for these companies on www.otcmarkets.com.
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