NW Bio To Present At The 7th Annual Phacilitate Immunotherapy Forum
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NWBO)("NW Bio"), a U.S. biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for operable and inoperable solid tumor cancers, announced today that CEO Linda Powers will present at the 7th Annual Phacilitate Immunotherapy Forum in Washington D.C.
NW Bio's presentation at Phacilitate will take place on January 26 at 10:30 a.m. EST at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C. There will be a live webcast of the presentation available at nwbio.com/webcasts/
Ms. Powers will speak on the topic of, "Personalized Approaches to Immune Therapy."
The 7th Annual Phacilitate Immunotherapy Forum is the world's largest and fastest growing senior-level immuno-oncology business meeting, consisting of more than 50 of the global immuno-oncology community's premier thought-leaders and decision-makers.
About Northwest Biotherapeutics
Northwest Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing immunotherapy products to treat cancers more effectively than current treatments, without toxicities of the kind associated with chemotherapies, and on a cost-effective basis, in both the United States and Europe. The Company has a broad platform technology for DCVax dendritic cell-based vaccines. The Company's lead program is a 348-patient Phase III trial in newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). GBM is the most aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer, and is an "orphan disease." The Company is under way with a 60-patient Phase I/II trial with DCVax-Direct for all inoperable solid tumors cancers, with a primary efficacy endpoint of tumor regression. It has completed enrollment in the Phase I portion of the trial. The Company previously received clearance from the FDA for a 612-patient Phase III trial in prostate cancer. The Company conducted a Phase I/II trial with DCVax for metastatic ovarian cancer together with the University of Pennsylvania. In Germany, the Company has received approval of a 5-year Hospital Exemption for the treatment of all gliomas (brain cancer) patients outside the clinical trial.
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