The following list highlights the major milestones in the company’s 13 year history:

1992
CV Technologies incorporated under the Alberta Business Corporations Act to do contract pharmaceutical research.
1995
CV Technologies began developing its ChemBioPrint® technology.
1996
CV Technologies began Clinical Trials (# 1 & # 2) of COLD-fX® involving the Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club.
CV Technologies began limited test marketing of COLD-fX® and other products in selected health food stores.
Oct 17 – CV Technologies was listed on the Alberta Stock Exchange under the symbol CVQ.
1997
CV Technologies conducted Clinical Trial (# 3) of COLD-fX® involving Edmonton seniors.
CV Technologies conducted Phase I Clinical Trials of REMEMBER-fX®, AD-fX® & PRESSURE-fX®.
1999
May – National Research Council of Canada and AVAC Ltd. each invested $0.5 million to help fund Phase II Clinical Trial of COLD-fX® and development of ChemBioPrint® technology.
Oct 1 – U.S. FDA approved and issued an Investigational New Drug (IND) # for Phase II trials (# 4 & # 5) of COLD-fX® involving seniors at five U.S. nursing homes.
Trial # 4 launched.
Health Canada issued CV Technologies a Drug Identification Number (DIN) for COLD-fX®.
2000
May 12 – U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued CV Technologies with a patent for its proprietary ChemBioPrint® technology and NURITE-fX®/ REMEMBER-fX® product.
DuPont Consumer Health paid CV Technologies $1 million to conduct a comparison study of 200 natural health products using ChemBioPrint® technology.
CV Technologies launched Trial # 6 of COLD-fX® in a doping study involving high performance athletes at the University of Manitoba.
2001
   
CV Technologies became the first natural health products company to successfully complete a U.S. FDA Phase II IND clinical trial. Results released.
   
2002
U.S. & Australian Patent & Trademark Offices grant patents for both COLD-fX® process & composition.
2003
   
Sept 24 – Edmonton’s Medical Officer of Health and an internationally recognized nutritional biochemist from the University of Alberta launched Clinical trial # 7 of COLD-fX®. More than 800 people volunteered.
Oct 20 – CV Technologies signed agreement with Canadian Sports Centre Calgary to provide COLD-fX® to 300 Olympic Athletes.
Oct – Dr. Jacqueline Shan, CV Technologies president & Chief Scientific Officer, is confirmed as CEO.
 

 

2004
Jan – Journal of the American Geriatrics Society publishes results of trial involving seniors at five U.S. nursing homes.
Feb 2 - Edmonton’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and an internationally recognized nutritional biochemist from the University of Alberta launched Clinical Trial # 8 of COLD-fX®.
May 7 – Launched REMEMBER-fX® in Canada for memory
improvement and protection of brain cells from degeneration.
July – Don Cherry becomes company celebrity spokesperson.
Aug – International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism publishes results of University of Manitoba doping trial.
Sept – CV Technologies reports sales increase of 800% in 2004 over fiscal 2003.
Oct 5 – Edmonton’s Chief Medical Officer of Health and an internationally recognized nutritional biochemist from the University of Alberta release results of Trial # 7 and call them "statistically highly significant."
Oct – Over 4,000 Canadian pharmacies, food and health care stores stock COLD-fX®, almost triple the number over winter of 2003.
Oct – Extensive media coverage of results of Trial # 7 including six TV network newscasts, 20 major dailies and 20 radio stations.
CV Technologies reports first profitable year in company’s history.
2005
   
Mar – McGill University begins COLD-fX® cancer study.
COLD-fX® to be studied as ‘standard of care’ flu treatment in Canadian nursing homes.
Apr – Q1 & Q2 combined sales of $21 million.
Apr – ACNielsen® ranks COLD-fX® the number one selling cold and flu product in Canada.
Oct – The Canadian Medical Association Journal publishes results of Trial #7.
Nov – CV Technologies posts year-end sales of $31.9 million and net profit of $10.1 million.
Dec – The TSX Venture Exchange selects CV Technologies as its top performing company in 2005.
   
2006
   
CV Technologies selected as Marketer of the Year by Marketing magazine.
CV Technologies begins trading on Toronto Stock Exchange (CVQ).
Company President Dr. Jacqueline Shan selected as Chinese Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year.
FDA clears COLD-fX to be sold in the U.S.
Wholly-owned subsidiary COLD-fX Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc. activated.
Positive results announced from pre-clinical cancer study at McGill University.
Hockey legend Mark Messier signed as Company spokesman.
Gold medal winner for fastest growing small cap company in North America by Nutrition Business Journal.
Construction of $9.5 million office headquarters and research centre announced.
fX Life Sciences International established in Switzerland.
North American partnership announced with the NHL.
COLD-fX launched in the U.S.
COLD-fX clinical trial results selected as one of the world’s top 25 significant advances in dietary supplements research by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Shan selected as #13 in the Top 100 Canadian Woman Entrepreneurs by Profit magazine.
Dr. Shan inducted into the Canadian Healthcare Marketing Hall of Fame.
   
2007
   
Center for Science in the Public Interest’s review of cold medicines concludes that the studies performed on COLD-fX are promising.
Federal Government grants NPN for COLD-fX: strongest medical recognition to date.
American Botanical Council’s published scientific review concluding COLD-fX has “impressive benefits”.
COLD-fX named #1 Pharmacist Recommended Natural Cold Remedy in Canada by Pharmacy Post magazine.
CV Technologies appoints new Chief Operating Officer.
Alberta’s Capital Health announces stockpiling of COLD-fX as part of influenza pandemic preparedness planning.
COLD-fX included in the 2007 Physicians Desk Reference® - used by most U.S. doctors, hospitals and pharmacies.
Clinical Trail begins at Hackensack University Medical Centre in New Jersey to determine if COLD-fX can improve the immune health of front line medical workers.
   
         
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