SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D)
of
the
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of Event Reported: July 10, 2008
Date
of Submission: October 6, 2008
INTEGRATED
MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
d/b/a
ARRAYIT COMPANY
DELAWARE
(State or
other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
33-119586
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76-0600966
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(Commission File
Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification
Number)
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524 East
Weddell Drive
Sunnyvale,
CA 94089
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Rene
Schena
524 East
Weddell Drive
Sunnyvale,
CA 94089
(Name
and address of agent for service)
408-744-1711
(Telephone number,
including area code of agent for service)
On
October 6, 2008, Integrated Media Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Arrayit
Company (the “Company”) issued a news release announcing an instant
opportunity to participate in the research market and ultimately in the
multi-billion dollar diagnostics industry with Biosystems International SAS is
headquartered in Evry, France. A copy of the news release is
furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by
reference.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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c)
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Exhibits
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99.1
News Release dated October 6, 2008
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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INTEGRATED
MEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.
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Date: October
6, 2008
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By: /s/
Rene’ A. Schena
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Name:
Rene’ A. Schena
Title:
Chairman, Director, and CEO
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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News
Release dated October 6, 2008
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 6, 2008
Contact:investorinfo@arrayit.com
Email:investorinfo@arrayit.com
Website:www.arrayit.com
ARRAYIT
– BSI ALLIANCE PROVIDES NEW RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY DISEASE
DIAGNOSTICS
ARRAYIT
AND BIOSYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL TO PRODUCE NEW APPROACH FOR IDENTIFYING
DISEASES
Sunnyvale,
CA - Integrated Media Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IMHI - News) announced today
that its wholly owned subsidiary, TeleChem International, Inc. doing business as
Arrayit Company, has entered into an exclusive agreement with BioSystems
International SAS for the supply and license rights to produce state-of-the-art
microarrays featuring antibodies that identify proteins uniquely expressed in
human plasma. The Human Plasma Proteome Microarray may lead to
exciting new clinical applications in human disease diagnostics.
Ms. Rene
Schena, CEO of Arrayit, stated, “This unique approach of using novel antibodies
to detect human plasma proteins will speed the research and identification of
biomarkers for early-stage disease diagnostics. The agreement provides our
companies an instant opportunity to participate in the research market and
ultimately in the multi-billion dollar diagnostics industry.” Mr. Jean-Pierre
Tirouflet, CEO of BioSystems International, explained, “BSI is eager to license
its PlasmaScan™ antibody libraries as a first step to developing global
proteomics profiling tools for biomarker research enabling the identification
and characterization of human disease states.” “This first step provides
scientists in the proteomics industry and academia with tools that will be as
useful as DNA microarrays are in gene-expression profiling,” added Laszlo Takacs
BSI’s CSO.
This
agreement, pursuant to a letter of intent entered into on July 10, 2008, allows
for the research, development, commercialization and marketing of the first
global human proteome profiling microarray. Each party will
contribute its own cash to fund the R&D startup, and will eventually share
the revenues. The first microarrays will be available in the next
quarter.
BSI will
provide Normal Human Plasma Profiling Monoclonal Antibodies. Arrayit will use
its proprietary microarray manufacturing technology to print these antibodies
onto glass slides, and will market the microarrays through the company’s
existing network of world-wide marketing partners.
About
Arrayit Company
Integrated
Media Holdings, Inc. owns, as a wholly owned subsidiary, TeleChem International,
Inc., which is doing business as Arrayit Company, and is headquartered in
Sunnyvale, California. Arrayit leads and empowers the genetic, research,
pharmaceutical, and diagnostic communities through the discovery, development
and manufacture of proprietary life science technologies and consumables for
disease prevention, treatment and cure. It now offers over 150 products to a
customer base of more than 2,500 laboratories worldwide, including most every
major university, pharmaceutical and biotech company, major agricultural and
chemical company, government agency, national research foundation and many
private sector enterprises. Please visit www.arrayit.com for
more information.
About
BioSystems International
Biosystems
International SAS is headquartered in Evry, France. Biosystems is a
biotechnology company that produces monoclonal antibodies and couples the power
of high-throughput monoclonal antibody technology and state-of-the-art
proteomics to query the plasma proteome resulting in the discovery and
identification of novel protein biomarkers for global proteomics profiling and
disease monitoring,
Safe
Harbor Statement
Except
for historical information contained herein, statements made in this release
that would constitute forward-looking statements may involve certain risks and
uncertainties. All forward-looking statements made in this release are based on
currently available information and the Company assumes no responsibility to
update any such forward-looking statement. The following factors, among others,
may cause actual results to differ materially from the results suggested in the
forward-looking statements. The factors include, but are not limited to, risks
that may result from changes in the Company's business operations; our ability
to keep pace with technological advances; significant competition in the
biomedical business; our relationships with key suppliers and customers; quality
and consumer acceptance of newly introduced products; market volatility;
non-availability of product; excess inventory; price and product competition;
new product introductions, the outcome of our legal disputes; the possibility
that the review of our prior filings by the SEC may result in changes to our
financial statements; and the possibility that stockholders or regulatory
authorities may initiate proceedings against Arrayit and/or our officers and
directors as a result of any restatements. Risk factors associated with our
business, including some of the facts set forth herein, are detailed in the
Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 and Form 10-Q/A
for the fiscal first quarter ended March 31, 2008 and Form 10-Q for the fiscal
second quarter ended June 30, 2008.