Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Upcoming Data Presentations at the Society for Neuro-Oncology 17th Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Day

NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDX) today announced upcoming data presentations at the Society of Neuro-Oncology’s 17th Annual Scientific Meeting and Education Day to be held in Washington, DC from November 15 through November 19, 2012. Duane A. Mitchell, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Duke University Medical Center will present updated overall survival data from the rindopepimut Phase 2 ACT III, ACT II and ACTIVATE studies in an educational session entitled “Immunotherapy of Malignant Brain Tumors” to be held from 11:10-11:30 am ET on Thursday, November 15, 2012. Michael Weller, MD, Professor, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich will present data from a cohort of patients with EGFRvIII-positive glioblastoma that were included in the Phase 3 Radiation Therapy Oncology Group’s (RTOG) 0525 study (closed to accrual in 2008) in an educational session called “Biomarkers and Clinical Care: are we there yet?” to be held from 5:05 to 5:25 pm ET on Thursday, November 15, 2012. This analysis will provide a more contemporary historical control dataset on expected outcomes for patients with EGFRvIII-positive disease.