November 10, 2010 (FinancialWire) (Go to http://www.financialwire.net/?s=ftrdnwswnd for all of today’s featured news.) — Oxis International, Inc., (OTCBB: OXIS) said that Gemini Pharmaceuticals has made a $250,000 strategic equity investment in the company accompanied by a $750,000 line of credit.

Under terms of the agreement, Gemini is purchasing 1,666,667 convertible preferred shares at $0.15 per share, around a 50% premium over the current market price of Oxis’ common shares.

The credit line is available to Oxis at a rate of prime plus 2% per year.

Gemini is a provider of research, development, manufacturing logistic and design services to the pharmaceutical and nutritional industries. Gemini has been a private label manufacturer of OTC's, dietary supplements, herbs and nutritional products for almost 30 years.

California-based Oxis develops technologies and products to research, diagnose, treat and prevent diseases of oxidative stress/inflammation associated with damage from free radical and reactive oxygen species.

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