LEXINGTON, Mass., June 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agenus Inc. (Nasdaq:AGEN), a leading developer of therapeutic vaccines for cancer and infectious diseases, today announced that results from its Phase I study of HerpV for the treatment of genital herpes will be presented by Dr. David Koelle, professor of medicine in the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington School of Medicine, at the BIO International Convention in Washington, DC. The data will be presented on Tuesday, June 28th during the 10:00 am to 11:30 am session entitled, “Therapeutic and Prophylactic Approaches for the Treatment of HSV-2 Infection.” HerpV is an investigational therapeutic vaccine being developed to treat herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the virus that causes genital herpes in infected patients.
