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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 26, 2009) - ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:APH)(OTCBB:APCSF) ("the Company" or "ALDA") announces that it has entered into an agreement with Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation ("Shoppers") that will make the Company's T³6^® Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer available in over 1,170 Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix stores across Canada. Dr. Terrance Owen, President & CEO, states: "This agreement provides ALDA with widespread national distribution of our products to consumers for the first time. With the rise in H1N1, this development is very timely as it will allow consumers to purchase our effective, competitively priced and Canadian-made T³6^® Antiseptic Hand Sanitizer throughout Canada."

About ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corp. ([ www.aldacorp.com ])

ALDA is focused on the development of infection-control therapeutics derived from its patented T³6^® technology. The company trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol APH and on the OTCBB under the symbol APCSF.

Terrance G. Owen, Ph.D., MBA, President & CEO

ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corp.

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