Northwest Biotherapeutics To Present At New York Academy of Sciences' Conference On Emerging Approaches To Immunotherapy

BETHESDA, Md., May 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NWBO) ("NW Bio"), a biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for cancer, announced today that Dr. Marnix L. Bosch, Chief Technical Officer of the Company, will be making a presentation at the New York Academy of Sciences' Conference on Emerging Approaches to Immunotherapy at 11:40 a.m. on May 21, 2015, at the Academy in New York City.

Dr. Bosch's presentation is entitled "DCVax-Direct, A New Dendritic Cell Therapy For Cancer." During his presentation, Dr. Bosch will discuss the scientific basis for the DCVax-Direct technology, and emerging observations from the Phase I/II clinical trial for inoperable solid tumor cancers.

The conference is not being webcast.  Dr. Bosch's presentation slides will be made available after the conference sessions on the Company's website at www.nwbio.com  

Dr. Bosch will also be presenting further observations concerning DCVax-Direct at another forum within the next several weeks.

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 types of inoperable solid tumor cancers.  It has completed enrollment in the Phase I portion of the trial, and is in preparation for two Phase II trials.  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 also received approval of a 5-year Hospital Exemption for the treatment of all gliomas in patients outside the clinical trial.

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