Mandate and Purpose of the Committee

The Audit Committee (the "Committee") of the board of directors (the "Board") of IntelliPharmaCeutics International Inc. (the "Company") is a standing committee of the Board whose primary function is to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities relating to:

• the integrity of the Company's financial statements;
• the Company's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, as they relate to the Company's financial statements;
• the qualifications, independence and performance of the Company's auditor;
• internal controls and disclosure controls;
• the performance of the Company's internal audit function; and
• performing the additional duties set out in this Charter or otherwise delegated to the Committee by the Board.

Authority

The Committee has the authority to:

• engage and compensate independent counsel and other advisors as it determines necessary or advisable to carry out its duties; and
• communicate directly with the Company's auditor.

The Committee has the authority to delegate to individual members or subcommittees of the Committee.

Composition and Expertise

The Committee shall be composed of a minimum of three members, each whom is a director of the Company. Each Committee member must be "independent" and "financially literate" as such terms are defined in applicable securities legislation.

Committee members shall be appointed annually by the Board at the first meeting of the Board following each annual meeting of shareholders. Committee members hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until they are removed by the Board or cease to be directors of the Company.

The Committee shall appoint one of its members to act as Chair of the Committee. If the Chair of the Committee is absent from any meeting, the Committee shall select one of the other members of the Committee to preside at that meeting.

Meetings

Any member of the Committee or the auditor may call a meeting of the Committee.  The Committee shall meet at least four times per year and as many additional times as the Committee deems necessary to carry out its duties.  The Chair shall develop and set the Committee's agenda, in consultation with other members of the Committee, the Board and senior management.

Notice of the time and place of every meeting shall be given in writing to each member of the Committee, at least 72 hours (excluding holidays) prior to the time fixed for such meeting.  The Company's auditor shall be given notice of every meeting of the Committee and, at the expense of the Company, shall be entitled to attend and be heard thereat.  If requested by a member of the Committee, the Company's auditor shall attend every meeting of the Committee held during the term of office of the Company's auditor.

A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum.  No business may be transacted by the Committee except at a meeting of its members at which a quorum of the Committee is present in person or by means of such telephonic, electronic or other communications facility that permits all persons participating in the meeting to communicate adequately with each other during the meeting.

The Committee may invite such directors, officers and employees of the Company and advisors as it sees fit from time to time to attend meetings of the Committee.

The Committee shall meet without management present whenever the Committee deems it appropriate.

The Committee shall appoint a Secretary who need not be a director or officer of the Company.  Minutes of the meetings of the Committee shall be recorded and maintained by the Secretary and shall be subsequently presented to the Committee for review and approval.

Committee and Charter Review

The Committee shall conduct an annual review and assessment of its performance, effectiveness and contribution, including a review of its compliance with this Charter. The Committee shall conduct such review and assessment in such manner as it deems appropriate and report the results thereof to the Board.

The Committee shall also review and assess the adequacy of this Charter on an annual basis, taking into account all legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to the Committee, as well as any guidelines recommended by securities regulators, the Toronto Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange of market on which the Corporation's shares are listed or posted for trading, and shall recommend changes to the Board thereon.

Reporting to the Board

The Committee shall report to the Board in a timely manner with respect to each of its meetings held. This report may take the form of circulating copies of the minutes of each meeting held.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Financial Reporting
   

   The Committee is responsible for reviewing and recommending approval to the Board of the Company's annual and interim financial statements, MD&A and related news releases, before they are released.

   The Committee is also responsible for:

   • being satisfied that adequate procedures are in place for the review of the Company's public disclosure of financial information extracted or derived from the Company's financial statements, other than the public disclosure referred to in the preceding paragraph, and for periodically assessing the adequacy of those procedures;
   • engaging the Company's auditor to perform a review of the interim financial statements and receiving from the Company's auditor a formal report on the auditor's review of such interim financial statements;
   • discussing with management and the Company's auditor the quality of generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), not just acceptability of GAAP;
   • discussing with management any significant variances between comparative reporting periods; and
   • in the course of discussion with management and the Company's auditor, identifying problems or areas of concern and ensuring such matters are satisfactorily resolved.
2. Auditor
   

   The Committee is responsible for recommending to the Board:

   • the auditor to be nominated for the purpose of preparing or issuing an auditor's report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company; and
   • the compensation of the Company's auditor.

   The Company's auditor reports directly to the Committee.  The Committee is directly responsible for overseeing the work of the Company's auditor engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an auditor's report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company, including the resolution of disagreements between management and the Company's auditor regarding financial reporting.

3. Relationship with the Auditor
   

   The Committee is responsible for reviewing the proposed audit plan and proposed audit fees.  The Committee is also responsible for:

   • establishing effective communication processes with management and the Company's auditor so that it can objectively monitor the quality and effectiveness of the auditor's relationship with management and the Committee;
   • receiving and reviewing regular feedback from the auditor on the progress against the approved audit plan, important findings, recommendations for improvements and the auditor's final report;
   • reviewing, at least annually, a report from the auditor on all relationships and engagements for non-audit services that may be reasonably thought to bear on the independence of the auditor; and
   • meeting in camera with the auditor whenever the Committee deems it appropriate.
4. Accounting Policies
   

   The Committee is responsible for:

   • reviewing the Company's accounting policy note to ensure completeness and acceptability with GAAP as part of the approval of the financial statements;
   • discussing and reviewing the impact of proposed changes in accounting standards or securities policies or regulations;
   • reviewing with management and the auditor any proposed changes in major accounting policies and key estimates and judgments that may be material to financial reporting;
   • discussing with management and the auditor the acceptability, degree of aggressiveness/conservatism and quality of underlying accounting policies and key estimates and judgments; and
   • discussing with management and the auditor the clarity and completeness of the Company's financial disclosures.
   
   
5. Risk and Uncertainty
   

   The Committee is responsible for reviewing, as part of its approval of the financial statements:

   • uncertainty notes and disclosures; and
   • MD&A disclosures.

   The Committee, in consultation with management, will identify the principal business risks and decide on the Company's "appetite" for risk.  The Committee is responsible for reviewing related risk management policies and recommending such policies for approval by the Board.  The Committee is then responsible for communicating and assigning to the applicable Board committee such policies for implementation and ongoing monitoring.

   The Committee is responsible for requesting the auditor's opinion of management's assessment of significant risks facing the Company and how effectively they are managed or controlled.

6. Controls and Control Deviations
   

   The Committee is responsible for reviewing:

   • the plan and scope of the annual audit with respect to planned reliance and testing of controls; and
   • major points contained in the auditor's management letter resulting from control evaluation and testing.

   The Committee is also responsible for receiving reports from management when significant control deviations occur.

7. Compliance with Laws and Regulations
   

   The Committee is responsible for reviewing regular reports from management and others (e.g. auditors) concerning the Company's compliance with financial related laws and regulations, such as:

   • tax and financial reporting laws and regulations;
   • legal withholdings requirements;
   • environmental protection laws; and
   • other matters for which directors face liability exposure.

Non-Audit Services

All non-audit services to be provided to the Company or its subsidiary entities by the Company's auditor must be pre-approved by the Committee.

Submission Systems and Treatment of Complaints

The Committee is responsible for establishing procedures for:

• the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters; and
• the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Company of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters.

Hiring Policies

The Committee is responsible for reviewing and approving the Company's hiring policies regarding partners, employees and former partners and employees of the present and former auditor of the Company.

Adopted by the Board on October 22, 2009.

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Committee Members

Dr. Kenneth Keirstead
Bahadur Madhani, CM
Eldon Smith, OC, MD, FRCPC