Cambridge, UK, 5th January 2011. Astex Therapeutics, the UK-based biotechnology company developing targeted therapies for oncology and virology, today announced that Harren Jhoti, the Company’s CEO, will present at the Biotech Showcase 2011 at 10.45 am (PT) on Tuesday, January 11th in Mission II Room at Parc 55 Wyndham, San Francisco.
Dr. Jhoti's presentation will include an update on the progress of Astex’s proprietary and partnered discovery and development pipelines including the Phase II clinical development programmes of the Company’s three clinical stage oncology drug candidates AT13387, AT7519 and AT9283.
The presentation will also be available on Astex's website, www.astex-therapeutics.com following the event.
Contact
Jeremy Carmichael, PhD
Director of Business Development
Astex Therapeutics Ltd
436 Cambridge Science Park
Milton Road, Cambridge
CB4 0QA, UK
Tel: +44(0)1223 226200
Fax: +44(0)1223 226201
j.carmichael@astex-therapeutics.com
www.astex-therapeutics.com
About Astex Therapeutics
Astex is a UK-based biotechnology company that discovers and develops novel small molecule therapeutics. Using its pioneering fragment-based drug discovery platform Pyramid™, Astex has built a pipeline of molecularly-targeted oncology drugs, of which three are currently being tested in clinical trials with a number of others in pre-clinical development.
In addition to its proprietary research programmes, Astex’s productivity in lead discovery has been endorsed through numerous partnerships with major pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson and Novartis.
For further information on Astex please visit the Company’s website at www.astex-therapeutics.com