PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 06, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADXS), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing cancer immunotherapies, today announced that Daniel J. O’Connor, president and chief executive officer of Advaxis, will present a company overview at the Rodman & Renshaw 18th Annual Global Investment Conference being held September 11-13, 2016 in New York, NY.
Event: Rodman & Renshaw 18th Annual Global Investment Conference
Presentation Date: September 12, 2016
Presentation Time: 12:05 p.m. EDT
Location: New York Palace Hotel, New York, NY
O’Connor has 20 years of executive, legal, and regulatory experience in the biopharmaceutical industry, including senior leadership positions at ImClone Systems and PharmaNet, now known as Inventiv Health. In 2015, Ernst & Young named Mr. O’Connor Entrepreneur of the Year® in New Jersey. He serves as an advisor to the Dean of the Penn State University’s Dickinson School of Law and is a member of the Board of Trustees of BioNJ.
About Advaxis, Inc.
Located in Princeton, N.J., Advaxis, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing multiple cancer immunotherapies based on its proprietary Lm Technology™. The Lm Technology, using bioengineered live attenuated Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) bacteria, is the only known cancer immunotherapy agent shown in preclinical studies to both generate cancer fighting T cells directed against cancer antigens and neutralize Tregs and myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) that protect the tumor microenvironment from immunologic attack and contribute to tumor growth. Advaxis’ lead Lm Technology immunotherapy, AXAL, targets human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers and is in clinical trials for three potential indications: Phase 3 in invasive cervical cancer, Phase 2 in head and neck cancer, and Phase 2 in anal cancer. The FDA has granted AXAL orphan drug designation for each of these three clinical settings, as well as Fast Track designation for adjuvant therapy for HRLACC patients and a Special Protocol Assessment for the Phase 3 AIM2CERV trial in HRLACC patients. AXAL has also been classified as an advanced therapy medicinal product for the treatment of cervical cancer by the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Advanced Therapies. Advaxis has two additional immunotherapy products: ADXS-PSA in prostate cancer and ADXS-HER2 in HER2 expressing solid tumors, in human clinical development. In addition, Advaxis and Amgen are developing ADXS-NEO, a preclinical investigational cancer immunotherapy treatment designed to activate a patient’s immune system to respond against the unique mutations, or neoepitopes, contained in and identified from each individual patient’s tumor, with plans to enter the clinic in 2017.
Advaxis Forward-Looking Statement
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