BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rich Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: RCHA) ("Rich Pharmaceuticals" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing innovative therapies in oncology, with initial concentration in treating Acute Myelocytic Leukemia (AML) and Hodgkin's Lymphoma, announced that Dr. Chittima Sirijerachai has committed to becoming a principal investigator (PI) for the upcoming AML clinical trial utilizing Rich's flagship compound RP-323.

As a principal investigator, Dr. Sirijerachai will enroll patients and serve as a liaison for Rich Pharmaceuticals and supervise some of Rich's clinical study initiatives outside the United States.  Dr. Sirijerachai received her Diploma in Medical Education from the University Of Wales College Of Medicine, Cardiff, England and Diplomas from the Thai Board of Hematology and Internal Medicine at the Royal College of Physician of Thailand and is currently on the Faculty of Medicine at Khon-Kaen University.

"We are honored to have Dr. Chittima Sirijerachai agree to become a PI for Rich Pharmaceuticals," said Ben Chang, Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  "We greatly value her expertise and guidance in our planned clinical trials.  In addition, we continue to aggressively push ahead with our AML clinical plans and with Therinova's clinical research expertise in oncology, we are confident in our regulatory approval strategy," continued Ben Chang.

About Rich Pharmaceuticals:

Rich Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: RCHA) is a biopharmaceutical company developing a treatment for Acute Myelocytic Leukemia (AML)/white blood cell elevation, Hodgkin's Lymphoma and other blood related diseases.  Rich Pharmaceuticals' goal is to extend refractory patients life expectancy and increase quality of life.  Rich Pharmaceuticals' primary development stage product candidate, RP-323, is being designed to treat blood and cancer related diseases through non-evasive outpatient facilities.  Find out more at www.richpharmaceuticals.com.

For more information about AML see for example:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adultAML/Patient/page1

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/leukemia-acutemyeloidaml/

 

For more information about Hodgkin's Lymphoma see for example:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/hodgkin

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/hodgkindisease/

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Contact: Ben Chang, CEO, 424-230-7001 EXT 105

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