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Incorporation and Nature of Operations | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Incorporation and Nature of Operations | Incorporation and Nature of Operations Oncolytics Biotech Inc. was incorporated on April 2, 1998 under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) as 779738 Alberta Ltd. On April 8, 1998, we changed our name to Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, were authorized for issue in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors (the "Board") on March 8, 2018. We are a limited company incorporated and domiciled in Canada. Our shares are publicly traded and our registered office is located at 210, 1167 Kensington Crescent NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We are a development stage biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery and development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of cancers that have not been successfully treated with conventional therapeutics. Our lead product, REOLYSIN®, is a potential immuno-oncology viral-agent that may be a novel treatment for certain types of cancer and may be an alternative to existing cytotoxic or cytostatic therapies. Our clinical development program for REOLYSIN emphasizes three programs: chemotherapy combinations to trigger selective tumor lysis; immune modulator (IMiD) combinations to facilitate innate immune responses; and immuno-therapy combinations to produce adaptive immune responses.

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