Pressure BioSciences Announces Registered Direct Offering of Approximately $843K

SOUTH EASTON, Mass., Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:PBIO – News) (“PBI” and the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with certain investors for a registered direct offering of 843 Units priced at $1,000 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of the Company’s Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, convertible into approximately 1,539 shares of common stock. Each Unit also includes a Series F Warrant to purchase approximately 614 shares of common stock. Each Series F Warrant will have an exercise price of $0.81 per share and will be exercisable for five years from the initial exercise date, which date is six months from the date of issuance.

Mr. Richard T. Schumacher, President and CEO of PBI, stated: “We have approximately 200 revenue-generating PCT Systems installed, 24 issued patents, over 100 publications citing the advantages of PCT, and a number of consumable products that complement our three Barocycler instruments. We have achieved these early successes with a relatively small sales and marketing team. Based on our successes to date, we believe it is now time to begin to aggressively commercialize this very powerful and enabling technology platform. To that end, we have developed a very comprehensive commercialization strategy, one that includes expansion of (1) our internal sales and marketing team, (2) our non-US distribution network, and (3) our strategic partnerships. We plan to use some of the proceeds from this offering to initiate and support portions of this very important commercialization effort.”

Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., a subsidiary of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc. (NYSE AMEX:LTS), acted as the exclusive placement agent for the transaction.

The offering is expected to close on or about November 11, 2011, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the receipt of all necessary regulatory and other approvals.

The securities described above are being offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement, as amended (File No. 333-176828), which was declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 26, 2011. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. When filed with the SEC, copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by request at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc, 4400 Biscayne Blvd., 14th Floor, Miami, Florida 33137.

About Pressure BioSciences, Inc.

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (“PBI”) (Nasdaq:PBIO – News) is focused on the development, marketing, and sale of proprietary laboratory instrumentation and associated consumables based on Pressure Cycling Technology (“PCT”). PCT is a patented, enabling technology platform with multiple applications in the estimated $6 billion life sciences sample preparation market. PCT uses cycles of hydrostatic pressure between ambient and ultra-high levels to control bio-molecular interactions. PBI currently focuses its efforts on the development and sale of PCT-enhanced sample preparation systems (instruments and consumables) for mass spectrometry, biomarker discovery, bio-therapeutics characterization, vaccine development, soil and plant biology, forensics, histology, and counter-bioterror applications.

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