Immune Pharmaceuticals, Inc. To Present At Goldman, Sachs & Co. Immuno-Oncology Business Development (BD&L) And Investment Forum In Chicago And At Marcum Conference In New York

NEW YORK, May 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Immune Pharmaceuticals ("Immune" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: IMNP) will present at the following two conferences this week:

Marcum Microcap Conference, May 28, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. EDT in the Uris Room at the Grand Hyatt New York.

Sachs Immuno-Oncology BD&L and Investment Forum in Chicago, May 29, 2015, at 2:10 pm CDT in Room B at the Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile.

At the Marcum Conference, Dr. Daniel Teper, CEO of Immune, will provide a strategic, financial and operational update for investors.

During the Sachs Immuno-Oncology BD&L and Investment Forum, Dr. Teper will discuss the development and partnering strategy for NanomAbs, its antibody nanoparticle conjugate platform for the targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics. Immune recently announced a partnership with STC Biologics for the development of anti-HER2 paclitaxel NanomAbs as well as other development candidates leveraging additional chemotherapeutics and monoclonal antibodies.

Both presentations will be available at www.immunepharmaceuticals.com.

On May 26, 2015, Immune celebrated its new global headquarters at the Alexandria Center for Life Science in New York City and the company's listing on NASDAQ with the ringing of the closing bell of the exchange.

About Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc. applies a personalized approach to treatment, developing novel, highly-targeted antibody therapeutics to improve the lives of patients with inflammatory diseases and cancer. The Company's lead product candidate, bertilimumab, is in clinical development for moderate to severe ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease as well as bullous pemphigoid, an orphan auto-immune dermatological condition. Immune licensed worldwide rights for systemic indications of bertilimumab from iCo Therapeutics (TSX: ICO; OTCQX: ICOTF) in June 2011, while iCo retained rights to all ophthalmic indications. iCo originally licensed the exclusive world-wide rights to bertilimumab in 2006 from MedImmune, the Global Research and Development arm of AstraZeneca.  Immune's pipeline also includes NanomAbs, antibody nanoparticle conjugates, for the targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics, and AmiKet, a Neuropathic Pain drug candidate ready for Phase III. AmiKet has received Orphan Drug Designation for Post Herpetic Neuralgia.

For more information, visit Immune's website at www.immunepharmaceuticals.com, the content of which is not a part of this press release.

About STC Biologics

STC Biologics, Inc. is a biotechnology company with laboratories in Cambridge, MA USA focusing on development of biologics and complex products. STC's drug portfolio includes a diversified mix of biosimilars and novel biologics. STC's bioservices group caters to wider product classes, including peptides, RNA and liposomal products, in addition to complex glycoproteins and biosimilars. STC's core competency is in generating biologic drugs with specific product attributes through innovations in process development and understanding structure-activity-relationships. STC's team has brought several biologics to global regulatory approvals, with more than fifty years of collective experience in drug development.  

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