New Clinical Studies Show High Accuracy of Nymox's TobacAlert™

MAYWOOD, NJ (October 1, 2003) Nymox Pharmaceutical Corporation (NASDAQ: NYMX) announced today positive results from clinical studies of its new TobacAlert™ product. TobacAlert™ is an easy to use non-medical home urine test for environmental tobacco smoke (second hand smoke) exposure that costs $14.99 and requires no instruments to use. The new double-blind studies showed that TobacAlert™ measurements compared very favorably with complex, time consuming, and costly, specialized laboratory mass spectrometric technologies.

"These new studies highlight the vast potential of TobacAlert™," said Dr. Michael Munzar of Nymox. "For non-medical use, TobacAlert™ has many unique advantages. It can tell concerned parents, coaches, teachers, researchers, and many others just how much tobacco product exposure is present in an individual. There is far more second hand smoke exposure in the population than is generally realized."

The new double-blind studies used samples from adults and children with known histories of second-hand smoke exposure. The urine samples were independently tested using the rapid on-site TobacAlert™ and were compared to an expert research reference laboratory liquid chromatography mass spectrometric (LCMS) technique. TobacAlert™ results had an exceptionally good agreement with the much more expensive LCMS laboratory tests. The new studies will be reported later in greater detail at national meetings and in peer-reviewed scientific publications.

"These new studies highlight what a tremendous technological advance TobacAlert™ represents," said Dr. Michael Munzar of Nymox. "Second-hand smoke exposure is surprisingly prevalent in our society, particularly among children and teen-agers. Now concerned parents, coaches, teachers and researchers can easily and quickly have access to results comparable in accuracy to sophisticated laboratory testing at a fraction the cost. Better still, TobacAlert™ testing can be done at home, at school or in the workplace and does not require any training."

TobacAlert™ retails for $14.99 and is available in selected CVS Pharmacies and is available at CVS on-line.