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05/10/12Marina Biotech Receives Three Notices of Allowances From the USPTO and an Intent to Grant Notice From the European Patent Office
Expands Patent Protection for SMARTICLES(R) and DiLA2(TM) Delivery Platforms BOTHELL, WA, May 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQX: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for patent applications U.S. 12/004,154 ('154), U.S. 10/594,553 ('553), and U.S. 10/505,107 ('107). Further, the European Patent Office provided a notice of a... 
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05/08/12Marina Biotech Announces Worldwide Exclusive Licensing Agreement With Monsanto
BOTHELL, WA, May 08, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQX: MRNA) announced today that it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Monsanto Company for Marina Biotech's delivery and chemistry technologies. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. "We are pleased to enter into this agreement with Monsanto, a global leader in agriculture and crop sciences," stated J. Michael French, President and Chief Executive Officer of Marina Biotech. "Over the las... 
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04/19/12Marina Biotech Regains Intellectual Property Rights to Its tkRNAi(TM) Technology for Agriculture and Veterinary Uses
Cambridge Biolabs Will Still Maintain a License for Certain Veterinary Applications BOTHELL, WA, Apr 19, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQX: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company, today announced that it has regained intellectual property rights to its transkingdom RNAi (tkRNAi) drug discovery platform for both agriculture and veterinary uses. The Company is currently developing a human therapeutic based on the tkRNAi technolo... 
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04/03/12Marina Biotech Completes Dosing of Second Cohort in the Phase 1b START-FAP Clinical Trial of CEQ508
BOTHELL, WA, Apr 03, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQX: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company, today announced the completion of dosing for Cohort 2 in the Dose Escalation Phase of its START-FAP (Safety and Tolerability of An RNAi Therapeutic in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis) clinical trial with CEQ508. The three patients of Cohort 2 received a dose of 1x10(9) colony forming units (cfu)/day for up to 28 days of continuous oral ... 
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03/19/12Marina Biotech, Inc. to Raise $1.2 Million in Registered Direct Offering
BOTHELL, WA, Mar 19, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQX: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company, announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with certain institutional investors for a registered direct placement of approximately $1.2 million of common stock at a price of $0.75 per share. In addition, the Company will issue to the investors warrants to purchase up to 800,000 shares of common stock. The warrants have an ex... 
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03/14/12Marina Biotech and ProNAi Therapeutics Announce License Agreement for the Development of DNAi-Based Therapeutics
ProNAi Therapeutics Will Develop Oncology-Focused Compounds Utilizing Its Proprietary DNAi Technology Combined With Marina Biotech's Novel SMARTICLES(R) Liposomal Delivery Technology BOTHELL, WA and ANN ARBOR, MI, Mar 14, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQX: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company, and ProNAi Therapeutics, Inc. (ProNAi), a privately-held biotechnology company pioneering DNA interference (DNAi) therapies for cancer,... 
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02/29/12Marina Biotech Presents Advances in Oral Delivery of Nucleic Acids at AsiaTIDES Conference in Tokyo
Company Also Presents Data on Liposomal Facilitation of Cell-to-Cell Transfer of Nucleic Acids BOTHELL, WA, Feb 29, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQX: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company, today reported data demonstrating the continued advancement of the Company's clinical program for CEQ508, the only orally administered RNAi therapeutic in clinical development. Data were also presented on early research in the oral adminis... 
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02/22/12Marina Biotech Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Related to Its Lipid Based Nucleic Acid Drug Delivery Platform
Expands Patent Protection for SMARTICLES(R) Delivery Technology BOTHELL, WA, Feb 22, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQX: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for patent application U.S. 10/505,107 with claims that broadly cover a library of nucleic acid delivery lipids related to its SMARTICLES(R) delivery technology. The SMART... 
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02/14/12Marina Biotech Announces Closure of Cambridge Site and Consolidation of R&D Operations in Bothell, WA
Company Initiates Dosing in the First Patient in Cohort 2 of the START-FAP Clinical Trial BOTHELL, WA, Feb 14, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQX: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company, today announced the closure of its Cambridge site and the consolidation of all research and development efforts at its headquarters in Bothell, WA. In addition, the Company announced dosing of the first patient in Cohort 2 in the Dose Escalatio... 
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02/10/12Marina Biotech Announces Closing of $1.5 MM Bridge Loan
BOTHELL, WA, Feb 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQX: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company, today announced the closing of a bridge loan pursuant to a Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement. Under the terms of the loan, the Company sold promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1.5 million and issued warrants to purchase an aggregate of approximately 3.7 million shares of the Company's common stock at $0.508 per sha... 
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02/01/12Marina Biotech Begins Trading on the OTCQX Tier of OTC Market
BOTHELL, WA, Feb 01, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQX: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company, today announced that the Company's common stock will begin trading on the OTCQX tier of the OTC Markets commencing on Thursday, February 2, 2012. The Company has been advised that its shares will trade under its current symbol, "MRNA". Investors will be able to view real-time stock quotes for "MRNA" at http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/M... 
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01/25/12Marina Biotech Starts Cohort 2 of Its Phase 1b START-FAP Clinical Trial of CEQ508
Data Review Committee Determines CEQ508 Well Tolerated in Cohort 1 Patients BOTHELL, WA, Jan 25, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company, today announced that Cohort 2 in the Dose Escalation Phase of the START-FAP (Safety and Tolerability of An RNAi Therapeutic in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis) clinical trial with CEQ508 will begin enrolling patients in the next several weeks at Massachusett... 
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01/23/12Marina Biotech Receives Notice of Acceptance for Patent Broadly Covering Its Unlocked Nucleobase Analog (UNA) Technology
Patent Protects Use of UNAs in Multiple Nucleic Acid Constructs Including siRNAs, microRNA Mimics, Antagomirs and Single-Stranded Constructs BOTHELL, WA, Jan 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNAD), a leading oligonucleotide-based drug discovery and development company today announced that the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) has issued a Notice of Acceptance for patent application 580712. The claims broadly cover multiple sequence indep... 
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01/10/12Marina Biotech, Inc. Provides Update on Its Broad Nucleic Acid-Based Drug Discovery Platform and 2012 Goals
Through Partnership and Licensing Agreements, Marina Biotech's Drug Discovery Platform Brought in Over $1.5 MM in Non-Dilutive Capital in the Fourth Quarter of 2011 BOTHELL, WA, Jan 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNAD), a leading oligonucleotide-based drug discovery and development company, will provide an update on its nucleic acid-based drug discovery platform and 2012 goals at Biotech Showcase 2012 on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at 5:30 p.m. Eastern T... 
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01/06/12Marina Biotech, Inc. Closes Previously Announced $5 Million Financing
Financing Provides Flexibility to Execute on Pre-Clinical, Clinical and Partnering Objectives BOTHELL, WA, Jan 06, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --Marina Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNAD), a leading oligonucleotide-based drug discovery and development company, announced today that it has completed the closing of the previously announced equity investment of up to $5 million with Socius CG II, Ltd. ("Socius"), a Bermuda-based subsidiary of Socius Capital Group, LLC, and will be filing a regis... 
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01/03/12Marina Biotech, Inc. to Present at Biotech Showcase 2012
BOTHELL, WA--(Marketwire -01/03/12)- Marina Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRNAD - News), a leading oligonucleotide-based drug discovery and development company, announced today that it will present at Biotech Showcase 2012 on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time (2:30 p.m. Pacific Time) at the Parc 55 Wyndham San Francisco in San Francisco. J. Michael French, Marina Biotech President and Chief Executive Officer, will present a corporate overview, the recent Mirna Therapeutics licensing ... 
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