Celldex Therapeutics Announces Presentation of Four Abstracts at ASCO 2010 Meeting

NEEDHAM, Mass., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLDX), an antibody-based combination immunotherapy company, today announced that four presentations on clinical data from three of its product candidates will be made at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).  The meeting will take place at McCormick Place in Chicago from June 4-8, 2010.

"The Celldex oncology pipeline is well represented in this selection of clinical abstracts," said Anthony Marucci, President and Chief Executive Officer at Celldex Therapeutics. "Our innovative immunological approach to treating cancer continues to show great promise and furthers us toward our goal of bringing patients new, highly targeted therapies."

The company will be presenting promising data from the following studies:  

Abstracts can be accessed after May 20, 2010 through the ASCO website, www.asco.org.  All posters will be accessible from Celldex's website at www.celldextherapeutics.com after they are presented.

About Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.

Celldex Therapeutics is the first antibody-based combination immunotherapy company. Celldex has a pipeline of drug candidates in development for the treatment of cancer and other difficult-to-treat diseases based on its antibody focused Precision Targeted Immunotherapy Platform. The PTI Platform is a complementary portfolio of monoclonal antibodies, antibody-targeted vaccines and immunomodulators used in optimal combinations to create novel disease-specific drug candidates. For more information, please visit http://www.celldextherapeutics.com.

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