Spectral Molecular Imaging, Inc. Awarded Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Government Grant for its Melanoma Detection Project

Cascade Technologies Corp., (OTCBB: CSDT) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Spectral Molecular Imaging, Inc. (SMI) has received a grant under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) program to advance the development of the company’s SkinSpect system for the detection of melanoma and other skin cancers.

The $190,172 grant was awarded by the Internal Revenue Service in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. The QTDP grant program provides support for innovative projects that are determined by the USDHHS to have reasonable potential to result in a new therapy, reduce health care costs, or significantly advance the goal of curing cancer. More information about the QTDP can be found in IRS Notice 2010-45.

Commenting on the grant award, Dr. Daniel Farkas, SMI’s Chairman and CEO, said “We appreciate the financial support provided by this award, and given some of the funding constraints associated with the current size of this project, we are very pleased that we were awarded the full amount we requested. More than the funds, however, we prize the recognition that our planned SkinSpect product can contribute to advancing treatment for deadly skin cancer by finding melanoma early, when early treatment has a near 100% success rate. We are excited by the prospect of deploying this technology to help save lives while at the same time reducing costs to the medical system.”

About Spectral Molecular Imaging

Spectral Molecular Imaging, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cascade Technologies Corp., is a development-stage, medical imaging device company, applying its proprietary hyperspectral-optical imaging technology—originally developed for satellite reconnaissance—to advance the early and accurate diagnoses of cancer and precancerous conditions. SMI is developing non-invasive imaging systems using its patented technology and other proprietary knowhow for improved clinical diagnostics, primarily in the field of cancer pathology. SMI’s devices utilize high-resolution imaging, identification, and analysis of certain molecular, cellular, and tissue features via patented spectral-imaging approaches. We expect to provide services related to our primary products, including software modules and maintenance services, and to develop optical diagnostic products that operate in conjunction with surgical and/or evaluation procedures in real time. We believe that our technology will enable early detection and more reliable diagnosis of various diseases, such as melanoma, Barrett’s esophagus (a condition caused by chronic acid reflux that can lead to esophageal cancer) and lung cancer. We expect that medical devices using or based on our developed technology can significantly improve long-term patient outcomes and may substantially reduce overall costs for the healthcare system. For more information, please visit http://www.spectralmi.com.

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