NEW YORK, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Cynvec LLC, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel cancer therapies that harness the apoptotic ability of the Sindbis viral vector, today announced that executive management will participate in the Rodman & Renshaw 10th Annual Healthcare Conference to be held November 10 through November 12, 2008 at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. Frank D. Stonebanks, President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present an overview of the company at 12:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 11, 2008.
The presentation will be webcast live and archived on the company’s website at http://www.cynvec.com.
About Cynvec LLC
Cynvec was founded in 2004 and is a development stage biotech company based in New York City. The Company is focused on developing Sindbis-based viral vectors as standalone oncolytic therapeutics, delivery systems for monoclonal antibodies and cytokines as well as cancer diagnostic products. The Sindbis vector system, originally developed at NYU School of Medicine, represents a unique, patented platform technology for numerous commercial applications. The company is developing therapies to treat a number of tumor types, including ovarian, pancreatic, GI, liver, colorectal, and other cancers where the laminin receptor is overexpressed. The Company’s lead product, CYN 101, is in late pre-clinical development, and has shown statistically significant survival rates in both ovarian and pancreatic cancer models. Further information on Cynvec can be found at http://www.cynvec.com.
CONTACT: Gregory Gin of Invigorate Communications, +1-908-376-7737,
ggin@invigoratepr.com, for Cynvec LLC
Web site: http://www.cynvec.com/
