Medgenics Raises $9.5 Million in Private Placement

Medgenics, Inc.

today announced it has raised gross proceeds of approximately $9.5 million (approximately $8.4 million net) through the sale of 1,944,734 units (the “Units”), with each Unit consisting of one share of the Company's Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and a warrant to purchase 0.75 of one share of Common Stock (the “Warrants”). Each Unit was sold for a purchase price of $4.90 to institutional and other accredited investors in a private placement transaction. The Warrants expire in five years, have an initial exercise price of $8.34 per full share and become first exercisable on December 15, 2012. Medgenics intends to use the proceeds from this private placement to further its clinical trial programs for its EPODURE™ Biopump producing erythropoietin for the treatment of anemia, and its INFRADURE™ Biopump producing interferon-alpha for the treatment of hepatitis, as well as for other research and development, patent maintenance and other intellectual property support and general corporate purposes.