Lightwave Logic, Inc. Secures $20M in Committed Funding from Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC

NEWARK, Del., May 7, 2011 -- Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: LWLG), a technology company focused on the development of a Next Generation Non Linear Optical Polymer Materials Platform for applications in high speed fiber-optic data communications and optical computing, announced today that it has signed a purchase agreement for up to $20 million with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC ("LPC"), a Chicago-based institutional investor.

Under the agreement subject to certain conditions and at Lightwave Logic's sole discretion, LPC has committed to invest up to $20 million in Lightwave Logic's common stock over a 30-month period. Lightwave Logic is required to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission covering the sale of the shares that may be issued to LPC. Once the registration statement is effective, LPC is obligated to make purchases as the Company directs in accordance with the purchase agreement, which may be terminated by the Company at any time, without cost or penalty. Sales of shares will be made in specified amounts and at prices that are based upon the market prices of the Company's common stock immediately preceding the sales to LPC.

"Jim Marcelli, Chief Executive Officer of Lightwave Logic, Inc. said, "We are pleased to receive this commitment from Lincoln Park Capital, which puts a well respected financial partner behind the company and gives us more financial and business flexibility as we transition out of the research and development stage into a commercial growth enterprise.

"As we have previously communicated to our investors, the Company has a number of new projects in the planning stage that will require additional personnel and equipment in order to come to fruition. We believe this commitment helps us potentially achieve these goals with a minimum expenditure of management time while controlling and reducing the potential for further dilution."

A more detailed description of the agreement is set forth in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K recently filed with the SEC which the Company encourages be reviewed carefully.

About Lincoln Park Capital ("LPC")

LPC is an institutional investor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. LPC's experienced professionals manage a portfolio of investments in public and private entities. These investments are in a wide range of companies and industries emphasizing life sciences, energy and technology. LPC's investments range from multiyear financial commitments to fund growth to special situation financings to long-term strategic capital offering companies certainty, flexibility and consistency.

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Lightwave Logic, Inc. is a development stage company that is producing prototype electro-optic demonstration devices and is moving toward commercialization of its high-activity, high-stability organic polymers for applications in electro-optical device markets. Electro-optical devices convert data from electric signals into optical signals for use in high-speed fiber-optic telecommunications systems and optical computers.

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