MMRGlobal Subsidiary Receives Clinical Trials Patent, as University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center & the University of Manchester Validate Patient Engagement in Clinical Trials

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 14, 2014) - MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTCQB: MMRF), through its wholly owned subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc. (collectively, "MMR"), today announced that it has received a new patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office entitled "Electronic Health Records in Clinical Trials." The newly issued patent, U.S. Patent No. 8,775,212, opens the door to completely new revenue generating opportunities for the Company through sales and licensing of MMR's Personal Health Record ("PHR") products and services and other patented intellectual property ("Patented IP") to Contract Research Organizations ("CROs") and pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials. According to ClinicalTrials.gov, there are currently 170,766 studies occurring in all 50 states and in 187 countries being conducted by numerous CROs, universities and pharmaceutical companies. CROs, Big Pharma and pharmaceutical start-ups are consistently looking for ways to reduce costs and speed up the clinical trial process. MMR's products, services and patented IP are designed to help reduce trial costs and shorten trial times. Accordingly, MMR plans on providing access to its Patented IP and products and services in consideration of traditional sales and licensing agreements or by participation in long-term success based outcomes from clinical trials.

MMR's '212 patent is the first in a new family of patents using electronic forms of self-reporting to provide data in clinical trials. On July 9^th, the day after MMR received its new clinical trials patent, a study from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, published in the Journal of Oncology Practice, reported that over a six-year period, the number of patients actively using a PHR each year increased five-fold, while the number of total logins each year increased more than 10-fold. Two days later, The University of Manchester's Health eResearch Centre in the UK issued an article, Better Use of Electronic Health Records Makes Clinical Trials Less Expensive, predicting better outcomes for patients by helping them understand the treatments in both cardiovascular disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.