ITUS Extends its Collaboration with Virtua Healthcare System

LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 05/09/17 -- ITUS Corporation ("ITUS") (NASDAQ: ITUS), a company using the power of the immune system to diagnose cancer, today announced that it has extended its collaboration with Virtua Healthcare System. Pursuant to the extension, Virtua will continue to provide patient samples for ITUS's ongoing cancer study through May of 2018.

Robert Berman, ITUS's President and Chief Executive Officer stated: "Virtua has been an invaluable partner in working with us on our study, and the samples they will provide over the next year will help us reach the critical mass that we need to achieve our next milestones."

Virtua is part of The Penn Medicine Cancer Program and is accredited by both the American College of Surgeons and by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Virtua provides a full range of clinical oncology social work services to meet the psychological needs of cancer patients and their families.

ITUS Corporation
ITUS funds, develops, acquires, and licenses emerging technologies in areas such as biotechnology. The Company is developing a platform called Cchek™, a series of non-invasive, blood tests for the early detection of solid tumor based cancers, which is based on the body's immunological response to the presence of a malignancy. Additional information is available at www.ITUScorp.com.

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Contact:
Dean Krouch
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dkrouch@ITUScorp.com

Source: ITUS Corporation

Released May 9, 2017