Covalon Grant of Options

March 31, 2008

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 31, 2008) - On March 31, 2008, the board of directors of Covalon Technologies Ltd. ("Covalon" or the "Company) (TSX VENTURE:COV) granted 635,000 options to purchase common shares to certain of its directors and officers. The options have an exercise price of $2.79 per share, vest over a period of three years and expire on the fifth anniversary of the date of grant.

Covalon Technologies Ltd. is a company with advanced medical products that has developed and patented advanced therapeutic biomaterials for wound care and surgical applications and coatings. Polymer chemistry and surface coating technology have been combined to create a range of time-release drug delivery platforms that are applied to many medical devices to treat many critical conditions. A variety of applications for these technologies have been identified and specific products have been developed. The products offer features and benefits providing solutions to many of the problems caused by current devices and their material properties which are used by most medical device manufacturers and suppliers. The problems include infection, poor biocompatibility, and microbial attachment.

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