ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aastrom Biosciences, Inc. (ASTM), the leading developer of patient-specific, expanded multicellular therapies for the treatment of severe, chronic cardiovascular diseases, today announced that Chief Commercial Officer Dan Orlando will present at the 2012 Therapeutic Area Partnerships meeting at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA.
Dan will be presenting on Thursday, November 29 at 3:20 p.m. EST during the Cardiovascular/Metabolic Projects to Watch session. He will provide a summary of Aastrom’s clinical programs and an update on progress in research and development.
A copy of the presentation materials will be available on the Investor’s section of the Aastrom website following the event. To access this presentation, visit http://investors.aastrom.com/events.cfm.
About Aastrom Biosciences
Aastrom Biosciences is the leader in developing patient-specific, expanded multicellular therapies for use in the treatment of patients with severe, chronic cardiovascular diseases. The company’s proprietary cell-processing technology enables the manufacture of ixmyelocel-T, a patient-specific multicellular therapy expanded from a patient’s own bone marrow and delivered directly to damaged tissues. Aastrom has advanced ixmyelocel-T into late-stage clinical development, including a Phase 3 clinical program to study patients with critical limb ischemia and a Phase 2b clinical trial in patients with ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. For more information, please visit Aastrom’s website at www.aastrom.com. For more information on the pivotal REVIVE Phase 3 clinical trial, please visit the trial website at www.revivecli.com.
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