Medifocus Inc. Announces Shares for Debt Transaction

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 29, 2013) - Medifocus Inc. (Medifocus or the Company) (TSX VENTURE:MFS)(OTCQX:MDFZF) has agreed, subject to regulatory approval, to issue an aggregate of 1,090,000 common shares at a deemed price of $0.25 per common share to settle an aggregate of $272,500 of debt representing unpaid salary ($210,000) and amounts due to service providers ($62,500).

All of the common shares issued in connection with the shares for debt transaction will subject to a 4-month and one day hold period from the date of issuance.

About Medifocus

Medifocus owns a patented microwave focusing technology platform (the Adaptive Phased Array (APA) technology), which can precisely target and control microwave energy to cause heating in cancerous tumors anywhere in the body reliably and repeatedly. The ability to target tumors with a precision controlled dose of heat can be used to destroy tumors at higher temperatures, to treat tumors in combination with chemotherapy and/or radiation at moderate temperatures for increased effectiveness and reduced toxicity and to trigger the targeted release of therapeutic drugs and genes at tumor sites at lower temperatures. While the core technology has been licensed from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Medifocus has further refined the precision of the microwave focusing and control ability and developed a commercial system dedicated exclusively for the treatment of Breast Cancer. With the acquisition of Prolieve®, Medifocus now owns in addition, a revenue generating commercial BPH heat treatment product generating cash flow to support the development and commercialization of other catheter based or APA based external focused heat systems for targeted thermotherapy of deep seated tumors anywhere in the body. Please visit www.medifocusinc.com for more details.

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