Bionomics : & MSD to Host 5th Annual Neuroscience Symposium

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Bionomics Limited (ASX:BNO, OTCQX:BNOEF), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) and cancer, today will co-host its annual neuroscience symposium with MSD at 9:15 a.m. ACDT in Adelaide, Australia.

Some of the key presentations at the symposium will be:

• Professor Steve Williams, IoPPN Kings College London & Maudsley Hospital on MR Neuroimaging to Facilitate the Drug R&D Process - from Mouse to Man
• Professor Ole Isacson, Professor of Neurology & Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School on Novel Concepts from Human Cell Biology and Genetics for Neurodegenerative Disease Treatments
• Dr. Richard Hargreaves, Corporate Vice President Neuroscience & Imaging, Celgene on Seeing the Problems and Devising Solutions for Neurodegenerative Disease

A live audio webcast can be accessed on the Bionomics website, www.bionomics.com.au or by copying the following to your web browser: http://bionomics.streaming.net.au/ . An archived replay of the webcast will be available for 30 days after the live event concludes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Australia US

Monsoon Communications Stern Investor Relations

Rudi Michelson Beth DelGiacco

+613 9620 3333 +1 212 362 1200

rudim@monsoon.com.au beth@sternir.com

About Bionomics Limited

Bionomics (ASX: BNO) is a global, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging its proprietary platform technologies to discover and develop a deep pipeline of best in class, novel drug candidates focused on the treatment of serious central nervous system disorders and on the treatment of cancer. Bionomics' lead drug candidate BNC210, currently in Phase 2 for the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder and for post-traumatic stress disorder, is a novel, proprietary negative allosteric modulator of the alpha-7 (α7) nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. The Company is also developing BNC101, its lead humanized monoclonal antibody targeting a key receptor on cancer stem cells that is overexpressed in metastatic colorectal cancer, metastatic pancreatic cancer and many other solid tumours; BNC101 entered clinical trials in the first quarter of 2016. Bionomics has a strategic partnership with Merck & Co., Inc (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada).

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