Pfenex Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2014 Results And Provides Business Update

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Pfenex Inc. (NYSE MKT: PFNX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in the development of high-value and difficult to manufacture proteins including biosimilar therapeutics, today provided a business update and reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014.

"With the successful completion of our initial public offering, we have the capital to continue to advance our biosimilar product candidates, derived from our proprietary protein expression platform," stated Bertrand C. Liang, chief executive officer of Pfenex. "We expect to complete the phase 1b/2a trial for our lead product candidate, PF582, a biosimilar to Lucentis, by the end of 2014 and initiate the phase 3 trial in mid-2015."

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