DiaMedica Appoints Ed Rady as Chief Commercial Advisor

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA--(Marketwired - Oct. 29, 2015) - DiaMedica Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DMA)(OTCQB:DMCAF) (the "Company"), today announced the appointment of Mr. Ed Rady as the Company's Chief Commercial Advisor. Mr. Rady has over 40 years of wide-ranging pharmaceutical industry experience.

Mr. Rady is the former CEO of Publicis Healthcare Communications Group, the world's largest healthcare communications network in the world. At Publicis, Mr. Rady was charged with the role of organizing, managing, and expanding the worldwide healthcare assets of the Publicis Groupe. He was responsible for 25 diversified businesses in 15 countries and over 3,000 employees. He interacted with virtually all the major pharmaceutical companies and their senior management. Prior to joining Publicis via the B:Com3 acquisition, he held positions as Chief Strategic Officer at Medicus Group and President of Medicus Global Medical Education. Mr. Rady first entered the pharmaceutical communications industry by founding Discovery International, a full-service medical education agency, after leaving a successful 15-year commercial and product management career at Abbott Laboratories. Mr. Rady earned his Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Connecticut and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

"We are delighted to have Ed working with us," said Rick Pauls, DiaMedica's President and CEO. "His experience will help guide DiaMedica though this very important clinical and licensing phase of development."

"I am excited about the opportunity to work with DiaMedica and its team," said Mr. Rady. "DM199 is a unique product with an incredible opportunity to positively impact a number of major diseases, including stroke and kidney disorders."

About DiaMedica

DiaMedica is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel treatments for stroke and other vascular diseases. DiaMedica's common shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol "DMA" and on the OTCQB under the trading symbol "DMCAF".

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