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WINNIPEG, Manitoba – August 10, 2010 – DiaMedica Inc. (TSX-V:DMA) today announced the appointment of Dr. Michael Giuffre to the company’s Board of Directors.

Dr. Giuffre is a Clinical Professor of Cardiac Sciences and Pediatrics at the University of Calgary. Dr Giuffre is currently a member on the board’s of the Alberta Medical Association and Unicef Canada. He is a past representative to the board of the Calgary Health Region and is an active participant in the biotechnology business sector.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - July 28, 2010 – DiaMedica Inc., (TSX-V:DMA) today announces the initiation of the Company’s autoimmune program with the success of DM-99 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases.

DM-99 was found to reduce joint swelling by up to 90% (p<0.001) in a collagen induced animal model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during the peak of the disease. A single dose of the protein DM-99 administered at the first signs of RA symptoms delayed the onset and severity of the disease.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - July 8, 2010 – DiaMedica Inc., (TSX-V:DMA) today announces that it has initiated a Type 1 diabetes program. The recently announced Sanomune acquisition allows DiaMedica to expand into Type 1 diabetes. The initiation of this program is based on encouraging preclinical results with DM-99, a naturally occurring protein that the company has previously shown to have clinical efficacy for Type 2 diabetes.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba – June 30, 2010 – DiaMedica Inc. (TSX-V:DMA) (“DiaMedica” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce the completion today of its $2.26 million short form prospectus offering of units (the “Offering”) and its previously announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of Sanomune Inc., a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on neurological disorders (“Sanomune”).

TORONTO, ON, June 30, 2010 – Therapure Biopharma Inc. today announced an agreement under which Therapure will provide development services for DiaMedica Incorporated, a biopharmaceutical company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Under the terms of the agreement, Therapure will provide cell line development and protein production services to support clinical development for one of DiaMedica’s products, a protein which may be used for the treatment of diabetes and neurological disorders.

 WINNIPEG, Manitoba - April 20, 2010 - DiaMedica Inc. (TSX-V:DMA) ("DiaMedica"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on a novel approach to treating diabetes, is pleased to provide an update with respect to its proposed acquisition (the "Acquisition") of Sanomune Inc. ("Sanomune"), a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on neurological conditions, and to announce details of its planned public offering of units (the "Offering").

WINNIPEG, Manitoba – February 18, 2010 – DiaMedica Inc. (TSX-V:DMA) (“DiaMedica” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company that has discovered and is developing a novel approach to treating diabetes, today announced that, further to its non-binding letter of intent to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Sanomune Inc.

 WINNIPEG, Manitoba –July 30, 2009 – DiaMedica Inc. (TSX-V:DMA), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for various stages of type 2 diabetes, is pleased to announce that Dr. Wayne Lautt, co-founder of DiaMedica, will be speaking today at the International Union of Physiological Sciences 36th World Congress, a prestigious meeting held every four years, in Kyoto Japan.

 WINNIPEG, Manitoba –July 29, 2009 – DiaMedica Inc. (TSX-V:DMA), announces the departure of Reggie Bowerman as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective July 31, 2009, by mutual agreement with the Company’s board of directors.  The Board thanks Mr. Bowerman for his contribution and leadership during his tenure as President and CEO.

 WINNIPEG, Manitoba –June 2, 2009 – DiaMedica Inc. (TSX-V:DMA), a biotechnology company developing novel treatments for various stages of type 2 diabetes, is pleased to announce that it has retained The Equicom Group Inc. to provide DiaMedica with strategic investor relations and communication services.