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                          SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT


         SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of December
26, 2000, by and among CYTOMEDIX, INC., a Delaware corporation, with
headquarters located at Three Parkway North, Deerfield, Illinois 60015 (the
"COMPANY"), and each of the purchasers set forth on the signature pages hereto
(the "BUYERS").

WHEREAS:

         A. The Company and the Buyers are executing and delivering this
Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded
by Rule 506 under Regulation D ("REGULATION D") as promulgated by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 ACT");

         B. Buyers desire to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell,
upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement (i) 10% per annum
convertible promissory notes of the Company, in the form attached hereto as
EXHIBIT "A", in the aggregate principal amount of Three Million Seven Hundred
Eighty-Two Thousand, Five Hundred Seventy-One Dollars ($3,782,571) (together
with any notes(s) issued in replacement thereof or otherwise with respect
thereto in accordance with the terms thereof, the "NOTES"), convertible into
shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company (the "COMMON
STOCK"), upon the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth
in such Notes and (ii) warrants, in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT "B", to
purchase One Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand, Eight Hundred Forty-Six
(1,350,846) shares of Common Stock (the "WARRANTS");

         C. Each Buyer wishes to purchase, upon the terms and conditions stated
in this Agreement, such principal amount of Notes and number of Warrants as is
set forth immediately below its name on the signature pages hereto; and

         D. Contemporaneous with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement,
in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT "C" (the "REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT"), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain
registration rights under the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.


         NOW THEREFORE, the Company and each of the Buyers severally (and not
jointly) hereby agree as follows:



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         1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS.

                  a. PURCHASE OF NOTES AND WARRANTS. On the Closing Date (as
defined below), the Company shall issue and sell to each Buyer and each Buyer
severally agrees to purchase from the Company such principal amount of Notes and
number of Warrants as is set forth immediately below such Buyer's name on the
signature pages hereto.

                  b. FORM OF PAYMENT. On the Closing Date (as defined below),
(i) each Buyer shall pay the purchase price for the Notes and the Warrants to be
issued and sold to it at the Closing (as defined below) (the "PURCHASE Price")
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company, in accordance
with the Company's written wiring instructions, against delivery of the Notes in
the principal amount equal to the Purchase Price and the number of Warrants as
is set forth immediately below such Buyer's name on the signature pages hereto,
and (ii) the Company shall deliver such Notes and Warrants duly executed on
behalf of the Company, to such Buyer, against delivery of such Purchase Price.

                  c. CLOSING DATE. Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of
the conditions thereto set forth in Section 6 and Section 7 below, the date and
time of the issuance and sale of the Notes and the Warrants pursuant to this
Agreement (the "CLOSING DATE") shall be 12:00 noon Eastern Standard Time on
December 26, 2000 or such other mutually agreed upon time. The closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the "CLOSING") shall occur on the
Closing Date at the offices of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., One Southeast
Third Avenue, 28th Floor, SunTrust International Center, Miami, Florida 33131 or
at such other location as may be agreed to be the parties.


         2. BUYERS' REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Buyer severally (and
not jointly) represents and warrants to the Company solely as to such Buyer
that:

                  a. INVESTMENT PURPOSE. The Buyer is purchasing the Notes and
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to
the Notes (including, without limitation, such additional shares of Common
Stock, if any, as are issuable as a result of the events described in Sections
1(b) and 1(c) of the Notes and Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights
Agreement, such shares of Common Stock being referred to herein as the
"CONVERSION SHARES") and the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise thereof (the "WARRANT SHARES" and, collectively with the Notes,
Warrants and Conversion Shares, the "SECURITIES") for its own account and not
with a present view towards the public sale or distribution thereof and
applicable state securities laws, except pursuant to sales registered or
exempted from registration under the 1933 Act; provided, however, that by making
the representations herein, the Buyer does not agree to hold any of the
Securities for any minimum or other specific term and reserves the right to
dispose of the Securities at any time in accordance with or pursuant to a
registration statement or an exemption under the 1933 Act and applicable state
securities laws.




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                  b. ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS. The Buyer is an "accredited
investor" as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (an "ACCREDITED
INVESTOR").

                  c. RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS. The Buyer understands that the
Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions
from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities
laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the
Buyer's compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements,
acknowledgments and understandings of the Buyer set forth herein in order to
determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer
to acquire the Securities.

                  d. INFORMATION. The Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been
furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations
of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Securities
which have been requested by the Buyer or its advisors. The Buyer and its
advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the
Company. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigation
conducted by Buyer or any of its advisors or representatives shall modify, amend
or affect Buyer's right to rely on the Company's representations and warranties
contained in Section 3 below. The Buyer understands that its investment in the
Securities involves a significant degree of risk.

                  e. GOVERNMENTAL REVIEW. The Buyer understands that no United
States federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency
has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.

                  f. TRANSFER OR RE-SALE. The Buyer understands that (i) except
as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the sale or re-sale of the
Securities has not been and is not being registered under the 1933 Act or any
applicable state securities laws, and the Securities may not be transferred
unless (a) the Securities are sold pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the 1933 Act, (b) the Buyer shall have delivered to the Company
an opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope
reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that the Securities to be
sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from
such registration, (c) the Securities are sold or transferred to an "affiliate"
(as defined in Rule 144 promulgated under the 1933 Act (or a successor rule)
("RULE 144")) of the Buyer who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the
Securities only in accordance with this Section 2(f) and who is an Accredited
Investor, or (d) the Securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144; (ii) any sale of
such Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with
the terms of said Rule and further, if said Rule is not applicable, any re-sale
of such Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the person
through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term
is defined in the 1933 Act) may require compliance with some other exemption
under the 1933 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (iii)
neither the Company nor any other person is under any obligation to register
such Securities under the 1933 Act or any state securities laws or to comply
with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder (in each case, other
than pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement). Notwithstanding the
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contained herein to the contrary, subject to compliance with applicable federal
and state securities laws, the Securities may be pledged as collateral in
connection with a bona fide margin account or other lending arrangement.

                  g. LEGENDS. The Buyer understands that the Notes and the
Warrants and, until such time as the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares have
been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction
as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be
immediately sold, the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares shall bear a
restrictive legend in the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be
placed against transfer of the certificates for such Securities):

         "The securities represented by this certificate have not been
         registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under
         applicable state securities laws. The securities may not be sold,
         transferred or assigned in the absence of an effective registration
         statement for the securities under said Act, or an opinion of counsel,
         in form, substance and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Company,
         that registration is not required under said Act or under applicable
         state securities laws or unless sold pursuant to Rule 144 under said
         Act."

         The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue
a certificate without such legend to the holder of any Security upon which it is
stamped, if, unless otherwise required by applicable state securities laws, (a)
such Security is registered for sale under an effective registration statement
filed under the 1933 Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without
any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can
then be immediately sold, or (b) such holder provides the Company with an
opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope reasonably satisfactory to the
Company to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such Security may be
made without registration under the 1933 Act and under applicable state
securities laws and such sale or transfer is effected or (c) such holder
provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such Security can be sold
pursuant to Rule 144. The Buyer agrees to sell all Securities, including those
represented by a certificate(s) from which the legend has been removed, in
compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if any.

                  h. AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEMENT. This Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement have been duly and validly authorized. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Buyer, and this
Agreement constitutes, and upon the execution and delivery by the Buyer of the
Registration Rights Agreement, will constitute, valid and binding agreements of
the Buyer enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or
affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors' rights and remedies or by
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                  i. RESIDENCY. The Buyer is a resident of the jurisdiction set
forth immediately below such Buyer's name on the signature pages hereto.


         3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company
represents and warrants to each Buyer that:

                  a. ORGANIZATION AND QUALIFICATION. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries (as defined below), if any, is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in
which it is incorporated, with full power and authority (corporate and other) to
own, lease, use and operate its properties and to carry on its business as and
where now owned, leased, used, operated and conducted. SCHEDULE 3(a) sets forth
a list of all of the Subsidiaries of the Company and the jurisdiction in which
each is incorporated. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified
as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every
jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of the
business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect. "MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means any material adverse effect on the
business, operations, assets, financial condition or prospects of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole, or on the transactions contemplated
hereby or by the agreements or instruments to be entered into in connection
herewith. "SUBSIDIARIES" means any corporation or other organization, whether
incorporated or unincorporated, in which the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, a majority equity or other ownership interest or otherwise controls.

                  b. AUTHORIZATION; ENFORCEMENT. (i) The Company has all
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the
Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (ii) the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement the Notes and
the Warrants by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of
the Notes and the Warrants and the issuance and reservation for issuance of the
Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares issuable upon conversion or exercise
thereof) have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of Directors and no
further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors, or its
shareholders is required, (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company, and (iv) this Agreement constitutes, and upon
execution and delivery by the Company of the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Notes and the Warrants, each of such instruments will constitute, a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors'
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                  c. CAPITALIZATION. As of the date hereof, the authorized
capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock,
of which 10,538,875 shares are issued and outstanding, and no shares are
reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's stock option plans or pursuant
to securities (other than the Notes and the Warrants) exercisable for, or
convertible into or exchangeable for shares, of Common Stock and 10,266,834
shares are reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of
the Warrants (subject to adjustment pursuant to the Company's covenant set forth
in Section 4(h) below); and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which
(a) 1,625,000 shares have been designated as Series A Preferred Stock, 1,625,000
of which are issued and outstanding, and (b) 7,500,000 shares have been
designated as Series B Preferred Stock, 5,115,000 of which are issued and
outstanding. All of such outstanding shares of capital stock are, or upon
issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
No shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to preemptive rights or
any other similar rights of the stockholders of the Company or any liens or
encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company.
Except as disclosed in SCHEDULE 3(c), as of the date hereof, (i) there are no
outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls,
rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments
or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights
convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) there are no agreements or
arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to
register the sale of any of its or their securities under the 1933 Act (except
the Registration Rights Agreement) and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price
adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any
agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the
issuance of the Notes, the Warrants, the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares.
The Company has furnished or made available to the Buyer true and correct copies
of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof
("CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION"), the Company's By-laws, as in effect on the
date hereof (the "By-laws"), and the terms of all securities convertible into or
exercisable for Common Stock of the Company and the material rights of the
holders thereof in respect thereto. The Company shall provide the Buyer with a
written update of this representation signed by the Company's Chief Executive
Officer or Chief Financial Officer on behalf of the Company as of the Closing
Date.

                  d. ISSUANCE OF SHARES. The Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares are duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, upon conversion of the
Notes and exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their respective terms
(including the payment of the consideration therefor), will be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all taxes, liens, claims and
encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and shall not be subject to
preemptive rights or other similar rights of stockholders of the Company and
will not impose personal liability upon the holder thereof.

                  e. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF DILUTION. The Company understands and
acknowledges the potentially dilutive effect to the Common Stock upon the
issuance of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon conversion of the
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Warrants. The Company further acknowledges that its obligation to issue
Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of
the Warrants in accordance with this Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants is
absolute and unconditional regardless of the dilutive effect that such issuance
may have on the ownership interests of other stockholders of the Company.

                  f. NO CONFLICTS. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes and the Warrants by
the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the issuance and reservation
for issuance of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares) will not (i) conflict
with or result in a violation of any provision of the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-laws or (ii) violate or conflict with, or result in a breach
of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or
lapse of time or both could become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any
agreement, indenture, patent, patent license or instrument to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or (iii) result in a violation of any
law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree (including federal and state
securities laws and regulations and regulations of any self-regulatory
organizations to which the Company or its securities are subject) applicable to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected (except for such
conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations and
violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation
of its Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws or other organizational documents
and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default (and no event
has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both could put the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries in default) under, and neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action that would
give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, any agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any property or assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except for possible
defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect. The businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, are not
being conducted, and shall not be conducted so long as a Buyer owns any of the
Securities, in violation of any law, ordinance or regulation of any governmental
entity, other than violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate,
constitute or cause a Material Adverse Effect. Except as specifically
contemplated by this Agreement and as required under the 1933 Act and any
applicable federal and state securities laws, the Company is not required to
obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or
registration with, any court, governmental agency, regulatory agency, self
regulatory organization or stock market or any third party in order for it to
execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes or the Warrants in accordance with the
terms hereof or thereof or to issue and sell the Notes and Warrants in
accordance with the terms hereof and to issue the Conversion Shares upon
conversion of the Notes and the Warrant Shares upon exercise of the Warrants.
Except for filings that may be required under applicable federal and state
securities laws in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities, all
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registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding
sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof. The
Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board (the "OTCBB") and does not reasonably anticipate that the Common
Stock will be delisted by the OTCBB in the foreseeable future.

                  g. SEC DOCUMENTS; FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Since December 10,
1999, the Company has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and
other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC pursuant to the
reporting requirements of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 ACT")
(all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof and all exhibits included
therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents (other than
exhibits to such documents) incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter
referred to herein as the "SEC DOCUMENTS"). As of their respective dates, the
SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder
applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they
were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. None of the statements made in any such SEC
Documents is, or has been, required to be amended or updated under applicable
law (except for such statements as have been amended or updated in subsequent
filings prior the date hereof). As of their respective dates, the financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to form in
all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published
rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto. Such financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except
(i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes
thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they
may not include footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly
present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the results of their operations and
cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). Except as set forth in the
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents, the Company
has no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, other than (i) liabilities incurred
in the ordinary course of business subsequent to December 31, 1999 and (ii)
obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in the ordinary course of
business and not required under generally accepted accounting principles to be
reflected in such financial statements, which, individually or in the aggregate,
are not material to the financial condition or operating results of the Company.

                  h. ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES. Since December 31, 1999, there
has been no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the
assets, liabilities, business, properties, operations, financial condition,
results of operations or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole.

                  i. ABSENCE OF LITIGATION. There is no action, suit, claim,
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organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or their officers
or directors in their capacity as such, that could have a Material Adverse
Effect. There is no pending or threatened proceeding against or affecting the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, without regard to whether it would have a
Material Adverse Effect, other than litigation in the ordinary course of
business.

                  j. PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, ETC. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries owns or possesses the requisite licenses or rights to use all
patents, patent applications, patent rights, inventions, know-how, trade
secrets, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service names, trade
names and copyrights ("INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY") necessary to enable it to conduct
its business as now operated (and, except as set forth in SCHEDULE 3(j) hereof,
to the best of the Company's knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated
in the future); there is no claim or action by any person pertaining to, or
proceeding pending, or to the Company's knowledge threatened, which challenges
the right of the Company or of a Subsidiary with respect to any Intellectual
Property necessary to enable it to conduct its business as now operated (and,
except as set forth in Schedule 3(j) hereof, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, as presently contemplated to be operated in the future); to the best
of the Company's knowledge, the Company's or its Subsidiaries' current and
intended products, services and processes do not infringe on any Intellectual
Property or other rights held by any person; and the Company is unaware of any
facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing. The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to
protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of their Intellectual Property.

                  k. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

                  l. TAX STATUS. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has
made or filed all federal, state and foreign income and all other tax returns,
reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject
(unless and only to the extent that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has
set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all
unpaid and unreported taxes or is contesting the same in good faith) and has
paid all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material
in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations, except those being contested in good faith and has set aside on
its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for
periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations
apply. There are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the
taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no
basis for any such claim. The Company has not executed a waiver with respect to
the statute of limitations relating to the assessment or collection of any
foreign, federal, statue or local tax. None of the Company's tax returns is
presently being audited by any taxing authority.

                  m. CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. Except for arm's length transactions
pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes payments in the
ordinary course of business upon terms no less favorable than the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries could obtain from third parties and other than the grant of
stock options disclosed on SCHEDULE 3(c), none of the officers, directors, or
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transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for services
as employees, officers and directors), including any contract, agreement or
other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing
for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring
payments to or from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge
of the Company, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any
officer, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an
officer, director, trustee or partner.

                  n. DISCLOSURE. All information relating to or concerning the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries set forth in this Agreement and provided to
the Buyers pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof and otherwise in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby is true and correct in all material respects
and the Company has not omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements made herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred or
exists with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or its or their
business, properties, prospects, operations or financial conditions, which,
under applicable law, rule or regulation, requires public disclosure or
announcement by the Company on or before the date hereof but which has not been
so publicly announced or disclosed (assuming for this purpose that the Company's
reports filed under the 1934 Act are being incorporated into an effective
registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933 Act).

                  o. ACKNOWLEDGMENT REGARDING BUYERS' PURCHASE OF SECURITIES.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Buyers are acting solely in the
capacity of arm's length purchasers with respect to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Buyer
is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar
capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby and any statement made by any Buyer or any of their respective
representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby is not advice or a recommendation and is merely incidental
to the Buyers' purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to
each Buyer that the Company's decision to enter into this Agreement has been
based solely on the independent evaluation of the Company and its
representatives.

                  p. NO INTEGRATED OFFERING. Neither the Company, nor any of its
officers, directors or principal stockholders, nor any person acting on its or
their behalf, has directly or indirectly made any offers or sales in any
security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that
would require registration under the 1933 Act of the issuance of the Securities
to the Buyers. The issuance of the Securities to the Buyers will not be
integrated with any other issuance of the Company's securities (past, current or
future) for purposes of any stockholder approval provisions applicable to the
Company or its securities.

                  q. NO BROKERS. The Company has taken no action which would
give rise to any claim by any person for brokerage commissions, finder's fees or
similar payments relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
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those parties disclosed on SCHEDULE 3(Q), whose commissions and fees will be
paid for by the Company.

                  r. PERMITS; COMPLIANCE. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations,
licenses, permits, easements, variances, exemptions, consents, certificates,
approvals and orders necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted (collectively, the "COMPANY
PERMITS"), except where the failure of which would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, and there is no action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened regarding suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in conflict with, or in
default or violation of, any of the Company Permits, except for any such
conflicts, defaults or violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31,
1999, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
notification with respect to possible conflicts, defaults or violations of
applicable laws, except for notices relating to possible conflicts, defaults or
violations, which conflicts, defaults or violations would not have a Material
Adverse Effect.

                  s. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. There are, to the Company's
knowledge, with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
predecessor of the Company, no past or present violations of Environmental Laws
(as defined below), releases of any material into the environment, actions,
activities, circumstances, conditions, events, incidents, or contractual
obligations which may give rise to any common law environmental liability or any
liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980 or similar federal, state, local or foreign laws and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice with
respect to any of the foregoing, nor is any action pending or, to the Company's
knowledge, threatened in connection with any of the foregoing, which would,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The term
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means all federal, state, local or foreign laws relating to
pollution or protection of human health or the environment (including, without
limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface
strata), including, without limitation, laws relating to emissions, discharges,
releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants contaminants, or toxic
or hazardous substances or wastes (collectively, "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS") into the
environment, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution,
use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials,
as well as all authorizations, codes, decrees, demands or demand letters,
injunctions, judgments, licenses, notices or notice letters, orders, permits,
plans or regulations issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder.

                  t. TITLE TO PROPERTY. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries owns any real property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good
and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to
the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company
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enforceable (against the Company and its Subsidiaries) leases with such
exceptions as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

                  u. INSURANCE. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are
insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses
and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes to be
prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company and its
Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has any
reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from
similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

                  v. INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROLS. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient, in
the judgment of the Company's board of directors, to provide reasonable
assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's
general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or
specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action
is taken with respect to any differences.

                  w. FOREIGN CORRUPT PRACTICES. Neither the Company, nor any of
its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other person
acting on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary has, in the course of his
actions for, or on behalf of, the Company, used any corporate funds for any
unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating
to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any
foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds;
violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee.

                  x. SOLVENCY. The Company (both before and after giving effect
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) is solvent (i.e., its assets
have a fair market value in excess of the amount required to pay its probable
liabilities on its existing debts as they become absolute and matured) and
currently the Company has no information that would lead it to reasonably
conclude that the Company would not have the ability to, nor does it intend to
take any action that would impair its ability to, pay its debts from time to
time incurred in connection therewith as such debts mature. The Company did not
receive a qualified opinion from its auditors with respect to its most recent
fiscal year end and does not anticipate or know of any basis upon which its
auditors might issue a qualified opinion in respect of its current fiscal year.

                  y. NO INVESTMENT COMPANY. The Company is not, and upon the
issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement will not
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company" required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (an
"INVESTMENT COMPANY").


         4. COVENANTS.

                  a. BEST EFFORTS. The parties shall use their best efforts to
satisfy timely each of the conditions described in Section 6 and 7 of this
Agreement.

                  b. FORM D; BLUE SKY LAWS. The Company agrees to file a Form D
with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a
copy thereof to each Buyer promptly after such filing. The Company shall, on or
before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably
determine is necessary to qualify the Securities for sale to the Buyers at the
applicable closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or
"blue sky" laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption
from such qualification), and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken
to each Buyer on or prior to the Closing Date.

                  c. REPORTING STATUS; ELIGIBILITY TO USE FORM SB-2 OR FORM S-1.
The Company's Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act.
The Company represents and warrants that it meets the requirements for the use
of Form SB-2 or Form S-1 for registration of the sale by the Buyer of the
Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement). So
long as the Buyer beneficially owns any of the Securities, the Company shall
timely file all reports required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934
Act, and the Company shall not terminate its status as an issuer required to
file reports under the 1934 Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and
regulations thereunder would permit such termination. The Company further agrees
to file all reports required to be filed by the Company with the SEC in a timely
manner so as to become eligible, and thereafter to maintain its eligibility, for
the use of Form S-3. The Company shall issue a press release describing the
materials terms of the transaction contemplated hereby as soon as practicable
following the Closing Date but in no event more than two (2) business days of
the Closing Date, and shall file with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K
describing the material terms of the transaction contemplated hereby within five
(5) business days of the Closing Date, which press release and Form 8-K shall be
subject to prior review by the Buyers.

                  d. USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company shall use the proceeds from
the sale of the Notes and the Warrants in the manner set forth in Section 8 of
the Notes.

                  e. FUTURE OFFERINGS. Subject to the exceptions described
below, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of a
majority-in-interest of the Buyers, negotiate or contract with any party to
obtain additional equity financing (including debt financing with an equity
component) that involves (A) the issuance of Common Stock at a discount to the
market price of the Common Stock on the date of issuance (taking into account
the value of any warrants or options to acquire Common Stock issued in
connection therewith) or (B) the issuance of convertible securities that are
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shares of Common Stock or (C) the issuance of warrants during the period (the
"LOCK-UP PERIOD") beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the later of (i)
one hundred eighty (180) days from the Closing Date and (ii) one hundred fifty
(150) days from the date the Registration Statement (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) is declared effective (plus any days in which
sales cannot be made thereunder), except for the issuance of securities by the
Company after the Maturity Date (as defined in the Notes), all of the net
proceeds of which are used to repurchase, in whole or in part, the outstanding
Notes (an "EXEMPT ISSUANCE"). In addition, except in the case of an Exempt
Issuance and subject to the exceptions described below, the Company will not
conduct any equity financing (including debt with an equity component) ("FUTURE
OFFERINGS") during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending two (2)
years after the end of the Lock-up Period unless it shall have first delivered
to each Buyer, at least ten (10) business days prior to the closing of such
Future Offering, written notice describing the proposed Future Offering,
including the terms and conditions thereof and proposed definitive documentation
to be entered into in connection therewith, and providing each Buyer an option
during the five (5) business day period following delivery of such notice to
purchase its pro rata share (based on the ratio that the aggregate principal
amount of Notes purchased by it hereunder bears to the aggregate principal
amount of Notes purchased hereunder) of the securities being offered in the
Future Offering on the same terms as contemplated by such Future Offering (the
limitations referred to in this sentence and the preceding sentence are
collectively referred to as the "CAPITAL RAISING LIMITATIONS"). In the event the
terms and conditions of a proposed Future Offering are amended in any respect
after delivery of the notice to the Buyers concerning the proposed Future
Offering, the Company shall deliver a new notice to each Buyer describing the
amended terms and conditions of the proposed Future Offering and each Buyer
thereafter shall have an option during the ten (10) day period following
delivery of such new notice to purchase its pro rata share of the securities
being offered on the same terms as contemplated by such proposed Future
Offering, as amended. The foregoing sentence shall apply to successive
amendments to the terms and conditions of any proposed Future Offering. The
Capital Raising Limitations shall not apply to any transaction involving (i)
issuances of securities in a firm commitment underwritten public offering
(excluding a continuous offering pursuant to Rule 415 under the 1933 Act) or
(ii) issuances of securities as consideration for a merger, consolidation or
purchase of assets or a business segment, or in connection with any strategic
partnership or corporate partnering arrangement or joint venture (the primary
purpose of which is not to raise equity capital), or in connection with the
disposition or acquisition of a business, product or license by the Company. The
Capital Raising Limitations also shall not apply to the issuance of debt
securities without an equity component or securities upon exercise or conversion
of the Company's options, warrants or other convertible securities outstanding
as of the date hereof or to the grant of additional options or warrants, or the
issuance of additional securities, under any Company stock option or restricted
stock plan approved by the Stockholders of the Company. In the event that the
Company completes a Future Offering on pricing terms more favorable than the
transaction contemplated hereby, the Conversion Price of the Notes (as defined
in the Notes) and the Exercise Price of the Warrants (as defined in the
Warrants) will be amended to reflect such more favorable terms.

                  f. EXPENSES. At the Closing, the Company shall reimburse
Buyers for expenses incurred by it in connection with the negotiation,
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and performance of this Agreement and the other agreements to be executed in
connection herewith, including, without limitation, attorneys' and consultants'
fees and expenses.

                  g. FINANCIAL INFORMATION. The Company agrees to send the
following reports to each Buyer until such Buyer transfers, assigns, or sells
all of the Securities: (i) within ten (10) days after the filing with the SEC, a
copy of its Annual Report on Form10-KSB, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB
and any Current Reports on Form 8-K; (ii) within two (2) days after release,
copies of all press releases issued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
and (iii) contemporaneously with the making available or giving to the
stockholders of the Company, copies of any notices or other information the
Company makes available or gives to such stockholders.

                  h. RESERVATION OF SHARES. The Company shall at all times have
authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, a sufficient number of
shares of Common Stock to provide for the full conversion or exercise of the
outstanding Notes and Warrants and issuance of the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares in connection therewith (based on the Conversion Price (as defined in the
Notes) or Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrants) in effect from time to
time). The Company shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance upon conversion of Notes and exercise of the Warrants
without the consent of each Buyer. The Company shall use its best efforts at all
times to maintain the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved for issuance
at no less than two (2) times the number that is then actually issuable upon
full conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants (based on the
Conversion Price of the Notes or Exercise Price of the Warrants in effect from
time to time). If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized
and reserved for issuance is below the number of Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares issued and issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the
Warrants (based on the Conversion Price of the Notes or Exercise Price of the
Warrants then in effect), the Company will promptly take all corporate action
necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including,
without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize
additional shares to meet the Company's obligations under this Section 4(h), in
the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, and using its best
efforts to obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number
of shares.

                  i. LISTING. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of
the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares upon each national securities exchange
or automated quotation system, if any, upon which shares of Common Stock are
then listed (subject to official notice of issuance) and, subject to the
Registration Rights Agreement, so long as any Buyer owns any of the Securities,
shall maintain, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed,
such listing of all Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares from time to time
issuable upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants. The Company
will obtain and, so long as any Buyer owns any of the Securities, maintain the
listing and trading of its Common Stock on the OTCBB, the Nasdaq National Market
("Nasdaq"), the Nasdaq SmallCap Market ("NASDAQ SMALLCAP"), the New York Stock
Exchange ("NYSE"), or the American Stock Exchange ("AMEX") and will comply in
all respects with the Company's reporting, filing and other obligations under
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("NASD") and such exchanges, as applicable. The Company shall promptly provide
to each Buyer copies of any notices it receives from the OTCBB and any other
exchanges or quotation systems on which the Common Stock is then listed
regarding the continued eligibility of the Common Stock for listing on such
exchanges and quotation systems.

                  j. CORPORATE EXISTENCE. So long as a Buyer beneficially owns
any Notes or Warrants, the Company shall maintain its corporate existence and
shall not sell all or substantially all of the Company's assets, except in the
event of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the
Company's assets, where the surviving or successor entity in such transaction
(i) assumes the Company's obligations hereunder and under the agreements and
instruments entered into in connection herewith and (ii) is a publicly traded
corporation whose Common Stock is listed for trading on the OTCBB, Nasdaq,
Nasdaq SmallCap, NYSE or AMEX.

                  k. NO INTEGRATION. The Company shall not make any offers or
sales of any security (other than the Securities) under circumstances that would
require registration of the Securities being offered or sold hereunder under the
1933 Act or cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with any other
offering of securities by the Company for the purpose of any stockholder
approval provision applicable to the Company or its securities.

                  l. LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS. The Company shall use its best efforts
to obtain from its officers, directors and the stockholders listed on SCHEDULE
4(l) their agreement not to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of
Common Stock held by them until such time as the Notes have been repaid or
converted in full.

                  m. CURATIVE ACQUISITION AND REORGANIZATION. The Company
covenants that the proposed acquisition by the Company of Curative Health
Systems, Inc. will be consummated within one (1) business day of the Closing
Date on substantially the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Amended
and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement effective as of October 12, 2000 among the
Company, Curative Health Services, Inc. and CHS Services, Inc. previously
provided to the Buyers. The Company further covenants that the proposed
reorganization of the Company with Cytomedix NV ("CNV") will not result in the
issuance to the equity owners of CNV of more than 0.1% of the Company's capital
stock on a fully diluted basis.

                  n. STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. The Company shall, at its next
special or annual meeting of stockholders, which will be held not later than
March 31, 2001, obtain such approvals of the Company's stockholders, if any, as
may be required to issue all of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion and exercise of, or otherwise with respect to, the Notes and the
Warrants in accordance with applicable law and the rules and regulations of the
American Stock Exchange (the "20% RULE APPROVAL"). The Company shall comply with
the filing and disclosure requirements of Section 14 under the Exchange Act, and
the rules and regulations thereunder, in connection with the solicitation,
acquisition and the disclosure of the 20% Rule Approval. The Company represents
and warrants that its Board of Directors has approved, and will recommend that
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contemplated by this Section 4(n) and shall so indicate such recommendation in
the proxy statement used to solicit the 20% Rule Approval. The Company shall use
its best efforts to cause its officers and directors to vote in favor of the
proposal contemplated by this Section 4(n).

         5. TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS. The Company shall issue irrevocable
instructions to its transfer agent to issue certificates, registered in the name
of each Buyer or its nominee, for the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares in
such amounts as specified from time to time by each Buyer to the Company upon
conversion of the Notes or exercise of the Warrants in accordance with the terms
thereof (the "IRREVOCABLE TRANSFER AGENT Instructions"). Prior to registration
of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares under the 1933 Act or the date on
which the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144
without any restriction as to the number of Securities as of a particular date
that can then be immediately sold, all such certificates shall bear the
restrictive legend specified in Section 2(g) of this Agreement. The Company
warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent
Instructions referred to in this Section 5, and stop transfer instructions to
give effect to Section 2(f) hereof (in the case of the Conversion Shares and
Warrant Shares, prior to registration of the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares under the 1933 Act or the date on which the Conversion Shares and Warrant
Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number
of Securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold), will
be given by the Company to its transfer agent and that the Securities shall
otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and
to the extent provided in this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
Nothing in this Section shall affect in any way the Buyer's obligations and
agreement set forth in Section 2(g) hereof to comply with all applicable
prospectus delivery requirements and other applicable securities law
requirements, if any, upon re-sale of the Securities. If a Buyer provides the
Company with (i) an opinion of counsel in form, substance and scope reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of
such Securities may be made without registration under the 1933 Act and such
sale or transfer is effected or (ii) the Buyer provides reasonable assurances
that the Securities can be sold pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall permit
the transfer, and, in the case of the Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares,
promptly instruct its transfer agent to issue one or more certificates, free
from restrictive legend, in such name and in such denominations as specified by
such Buyer. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations
hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Buyers, by vitiating the intent and
purpose of the transactions contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the Company
acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this
Section 5 will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened
breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section, that the Buyers shall
be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction
restraining any breach and requiring immediate transfer, without the necessity
of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

         6. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION TO SELL. The obligation of
the Company hereunder to issue and sell the Notes and Warrants to a Buyer at the
Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of
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conditions thereto, provided that these conditions are for the Company's sole
benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion:

                  a. Each Buyer shall have executed this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement, and delivered the same to the Company.

                  b. Each Buyer shall have delivered the Purchase Price in
accordance with Section 1(b) above.

                  c. The representations and warranties of each Buyer shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the
Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and
warranties that speak as of a specific date), and each Buyer shall have
performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants,
agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied
or complied with by each Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date.

                  d. No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or
endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction
or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters
contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.


         7. CONDITIONS TO EACH BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO PURCHASE. The obligation of
each Buyer hereunder to purchase the Notes and Warrants at the Closing is
subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Closing Date of each of the
following conditions, provided that these conditions are for such Buyer's sole
benefit and may be waived by such Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:

                  a. The Company shall have executed this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement, and delivered the same to the Buyer.

                  b. The Company shall have delivered to such Buyer duly
executed Notes (in such denominations as the Buyer shall reasonably request) and
Warrants in accordance with Section 1(b) above.

                  c. The Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Buyers, shall have been delivered to and
acknowledged in writing by the Company's Transfer Agent.

                  d. The representations and warranties of the Company shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the
Closing Date as though made at such time (except for representations and
warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have
performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants,
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or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. The Buyer shall
have received a certificate or certificates, executed by the chief executive
officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form attached
hereto as EXHIBIT "E".

                  e. No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive order,
decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or
endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction
or any self-regulatory organization having authority over the matters
contemplated hereby which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.

                  f. The Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares shall have been
authorized for quotation on the OTCBB and trading in the Common Stock on the
OTCBB shall not have been suspended by the SEC or the OTCBB.

                  g. The Buyer shall have received an opinion of the Company's
counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in form, scope and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Buyer and in substantially the same form as EXHIBIT "D"
attached hereto.

                  h. The Buyer shall have received an officer's certificate
described in Section 3(c) above, dated as of the Closing Date.

         8. GOVERNING LAW; MISCELLANEOUS.

                  a. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ENFORCED, GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS APPLICABLE
TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITH SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD
TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY SUBMIT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE
AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY OR THEREBY. BOTH PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVE THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT
FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING. BOTH PARTIES FURTHER AGREE
THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON A PARTY MAILED BY FIRST CLASS MAIL SHALL BE DEEMED
IN EVERY RESPECT EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON THE PARTY IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR
PROCEEDING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT ANY PARTY'S RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN
ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. ALL PARTIES AGREE THAT A FINAL NON-APPEALABLE
JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED
IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON SUCH JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LAWFUL MANNER.
THE PARTY WHICH DOES NOT PREVAIL IN ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL FEES AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES,
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                  b. COUNTERPARTS; SIGNATURES BY FACSIMILE. This Agreement may
be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall
become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered
to the other party. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered
to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement
bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

                  c. HEADINGS. The headings of this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Agreement.

                  d. SEVERABILITY. In the event that any provision of this
Agreement is invalid or enforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law,
then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may
conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or
rule of law. Any provision hereof which may prove invalid or unenforceable under
any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision
hereof.

                  e. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENTS. This Agreement and the
instruments referenced herein contain the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the matters covered herein and therein and, except as
specifically set forth herein or therein, neither the Company nor the Buyer
makes any representation, warranty, covenant or undertaking with respect to such
matters. No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended other than by
an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged with enforcement.

                  f. NOTICES. Any notices required or permitted to be given
under the terms of this Agreement shall be sent by certified or registered mail
(return receipt requested) or delivered personally or by courier (including a
recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile and shall be effective
five days after being placed in the mail, if mailed by regular United States
mail, or upon receipt, if delivered personally or by courier (including a
recognized overnight delivery service) or by facsimile, in each case addressed
to a party. The addresses for such communications shall be:

                    If to the Company:

                             Cytomedix, Inc.
                             Three Parkway North
                             Deerfield, Illinois  60015
                             Attention:  President and Chief Executive Officer
                             Telephone:  847-405-7800
                             Facsimile:  847-405-7801



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                    With copy to:

                             Latham & Watkins
                             1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                             Suite 1300
                             Washington, D.C.  20004-2505
                             Attention:  Stuart Kurlander, Esq.
                             Telephone:  202-637-2200
                             Facsimile:  202-637-2201

If to Buyer: to the address set forth on the signature page hereto.

                    With a copy to:

                             Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A.
                             One Southeast Third Avenue
                             28th Floor, SunTrust International Center
                             Miami, Florida  33131
                             Attention:  Jonathan L. Awner, Esq.
                             Telephone:  305-374-5600
                             Facsimile:  305-374-5095

                             and

                             Bristol DLP, LLC
                             Investment Manager
                             11777 San Vicente Blvd.
                             Suite 702
                             Los Angeles, CA  90049
                             Attention: Diana Derycz Kessler, Esq.
                             Telephone: 310-826-0696
                             Facsimile: 310-826-0696

                             and

                             Dorsey & Whitney LLP
                             250 Park Avenue
                             New York, New York  10177
                             Attention:  Seth Truwit, Esq.
                             Telephone:  212-415-9200
                             Facsimile:  212-953-7201

                  Each party shall provide notice to the other party of any
change in address.



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                  g. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns.
Neither the Company nor any Buyer shall assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 2(f), any Buyer may assign its
rights hereunder to any person that purchases Securities in a private
transaction from a Buyer or to any of its "affiliates," as that term is defined
under the 1934 Act, without the consent of the Company.

                  h. THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. This Agreement is intended for
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and
assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced
by, any other person.

                  i. SURVIVAL. The representations and warranties of the Company
and the agreements and covenants set forth in Sections 3, 4, 5 and 8 shall
survive the closing hereunder notwithstanding any due diligence investigation
conducted by or on behalf of the Buyers. The Company agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless each of the Buyers and all their officers, directors, employees
and agents for loss or damage arising as a result of or related to any breach or
alleged breach by the Company of any of its representations, warranties and
covenants set forth in Sections 3 and 4 hereof or any of its covenants and
obligations under this Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement, including
advancement of expenses as they are incurred (except in the case of gross
negligence or willful misconduct by the Buyers).

                  j. PUBLICITY. The Company and each of the Buyers shall have
the right to review a reasonable period of time before issuance of any press
releases, SEC, OTCBB or NASD filings, or any other public statements with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that the
Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of each of the Buyers, to
make any press release or SEC, OTCBB (or other applicable trading market) or
NASD filings with respect to such transactions as is required by applicable law
and regulations (although each of the Buyers shall be consulted by the Company
in connection with any such press release prior to its release and shall be
provided with a copy thereof and be given an opportunity to comment thereon).

                  k. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each party shall do and perform, or
cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall
execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and
documents, as the other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the
intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.

                  l. NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. The language used in this Agreement
will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual
intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

                  m. REMEDIES. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of
its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Buyers by vitiating
the intent and purpose of the transaction contemplated hereby. Accordingly, the
Company acknowledges that



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the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Agreement will be
inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the
Company of the provisions of this Agreement, that the Buyers shall be entitled,
in addition to all other available remedies at law or in equity, and in addition
to the penalties assessable herein, to an injunction or injunctions restraining,
preventing or curing any breach of this Agreement and to enforce specifically
the terms and provisions hereof, without the necessity of showing economic loss
and without any bond or other security being required.








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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Buyers and the Company
have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above
written.


CYTOMEDIX, INC.


By:  /s/ Robin Lee Geller
    ------------------------------
    Name:  Robin Lee Geller
    Title: Vice President

TSENVI, LLC


By:  /s/ illegible
    ------------------------------
    Name:  Howard Herrick
    Title: Trustee


RESIDENCE:
           ------------------------------

ADDRESS:

         2 Ridgedale Avenue
         P.O. Box 214
         Cedar Knolls, NJ  07927-0214
         Facsimile: 973-539-0596
         Telephone: 973-539-1390

AGGREGATE SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT:

         Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes:                  $700,000
         Number of Warrants:                                    250,000
         Aggregate Purchase Price:                             $700,000




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BEL-CAP DELAWARE, LLC

By: Bel-Cap Investments, Ltd.

By: /s/ illegible
   -----------------------------------
   Name:  Greggory Belzberg
   Title: President


RESIDENCE:
           ------------------------------

ADDRESS:

         Bel-Cap Delaware, LLC
         1383 Marinaside Crescent
         Vancouver, British Columbia
         Canada  V6Z2W9
         Facsimile:
         Telephone:

AGGREGATE SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT:

         Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes:               $700,000
         Number of Warrants:                                 250,000
         Aggregate Purchase Price:                          $700,000



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BRISTOL INVESTMENT FUND, LTD.


By: /s/ illegible
   -----------------------------------
   Name:  illegible
   Title: Director


RESIDENCE:  Cayman Islands

ADDRESS:

         Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd.
         c/o Olympia Capital (Cayman) Limited
         Williams House
         20 Reid Street
         Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda
         Facsimile:  441-292-1018
         Telephone:  441-298-5031

AGGREGATE SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT:

         Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes:               $700,000
         Number of Warrants:                                 250,000
         Aggregate Purchase Price:                          $700,000




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CURATIVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.


By: /s/ William C. Tella
   --------------------------------------------------
   Name:  William C. Tella
   Title: Senior Vice President, Business Development


RESIDENCE:
           ------------------------------------------

ADDRESS:

         Curative Health Services, Inc.
         150 Motor Parkway
         Happaugue, New York  11788
         Facsimile:  631-232-7700
         Telephone:  631-233-8102

AGGREGATE SUBSCRIPTION AMOUNT:

         Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes:            $1,682,571
         Number of Warrants:                                600,846
         Aggregate Purchase Price:                       $1,682,571




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