PHILADELPHIA, July 22, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hemispherx Biopharma (NYSE AMEX:HEB) announced today that the Company will extend the time allowed for stockholders to vote on proposal number 3 contained in the proxy for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in order to permit stockholders additional time. The adjourned meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1776 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, on Friday, September 4, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. The record date remains May 8, 2009.
