Therapeutic DNA Vaccine Company Inovio Biomedical to Present at Upcoming Scientific Conferences
Immunopotentiators in Modern Vaccines Conference 2008 - Montego Bay, Jamaica Presentation: "Human Vaccination using Electroporation; From Theory to Reality" Rune Kjeken, Director, R&D, Inovio Biomedical May 23, 2008, 12:10 - 12:30 p.m. American Society of Gene Therapy 11th Annual Meeting - Boston, MA Presentation: "DNA Fusion Gene Vaccination, Delivered with or without In Vivo Electroporation - A Potent and Safe Strategy for Inducing Anti-Tumor Immune Responses in Prostate Cancer" Dr. Christian H. Ottensmeier, Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine and Senior Clinical Research Fellow, University of Southampton May 30, 9:00 a.m. Presentation: "Advances in Non-Viral Approaches for Vaccine and Therapeutic Applications - DNA Vaccination Using the Medpulser DNA Delivery System in Rhesus Macaques: Development of Clinical Electroporation Parameters" Dr. Dietmar Rabussay, Inovio Biomedical May 30, 4:15 p.m. Presentation: "A Phase I/II Clinical Trial of Therapeutic Vaccination with a DNA Plasmid Expressing the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Non- Structural 3/4A Complex Delivered by In Vivo Electroporation to Patients with Chronic HCV Infection" Dr. Matti Sallberg, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute May 31, 10:45 a.m.
About Inovio Biomedical Corporation
Inovio Biomedical (AMEX: INO) is focused on developing multiple DNA-based immunotherapies. Inovio is a leader in developing human applications of electroporation using brief, controlled electrical pulses to increase cellular uptake of a useful biopharmaceutical. Interim human data has shown that Inovio's DNA delivery technology can significantly increase gene expression and immune responses from DNA vaccines. Immunotherapy partners include Merck, Wyeth, Vical, University of Southampton, Moffitt Cancer Center, the U.S. Army, National Cancer Institute, and International Aids Vaccine Initiative. Inovio's technology is protected by an extensive patent portfolio covering in vivo electroporation. More information is available at www.inovio.com.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements relating to our plans to develop our electroporation drug and gene delivery technology. Actual events or results may differ from our expectations as a result of a number of factors, including the uncertainties inherent in clinical trials and product development programs (including, but not limited to, the fact that pre-clinical and clinical results referenced in this release may not be indicative of results achievable in other trials or for other indications and that results from one study may not necessarily be reflected or supported by the results of other similar studies), the availability of funding to support continuing research and studies in an effort to prove safety and efficacy of Inovio's technology as a delivery mechanism, the availability or potential availability of alternative therapies or treatments for the conditions targeted by Inovio or its collaborators, including alternatives that may be more efficacious or cost-effective than any therapy or treatment that Inovio and its collaborators hope to develop, evaluation of potential opportunities, issues involving patents and whether they or licenses to them will provide Inovio with meaningful protection from others using the covered technologies, whether such proprietary rights are enforceable or defensible or infringe or allegedly infringe on rights of others or can withstand claims of invalidity and whether Inovio can finance or devote other significant resources that may be necessary to prosecute, protect or defend them, the level of corporate expenditures, assessments of our technology by potential corporate or other partners or collaborators, capital market conditions, and other factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, our 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and other regulatory filings from time to time. There can be no assurance that any product in our product pipeline will be successfully developed or manufactured, that final results of clinical studies will be supportive of regulatory approvals required to market licensed products, or that any of the forward-looking information provided herein will be proved accurate.
Contact
Investors:
Inovio Biomedical
Bernie Hertel, 858-410-3101
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Media:
Ronald Trahan Associates Inc.
Ron Trahan, 508-359-4005, x108
Posted: May 2008
