Immunomedics, Inc. Develops New Bispecific Antibodies That Exhibit Potent Anti-Lymphoma Activity

ATLANTA, Dec. 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Immunomedics, Inc. (Nasdaq:IMMU), a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of monoclonal antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other serious diseases, today announced that two new classes of bispecific antibodies were created as the DOCK-AND-LOCK™ (DNL™) complexes using the Company's patented platform technology that enables site-specific conjugation of two self-assembling modules. These bispecific antibodies exhibited potent cell killing activity against lymphoma cell lines in vitro.