Immunomedics, Inc. Develops New DNL-Derived Antibody-Interferon Conjugate for Blood Cancer Treatment

ORLANDO, Fla., April 4, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Immunomedics, Inc. (Nasdaq:IMMU), a biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of monoclonal antibody-based products for the targeted treatment of cancer, autoimmune and other serious diseases, today announced results from a preclinical study of C2-2b-2b, a new protein construct created by the Company's proprietary Dock-and-Lock method (DNL) for protein engineering. C2-2b-2b is an immunocytokine comprising 4 molecules of interferon-alpha-2b (IFNa2b) fused to the humanized antibody, IMMU-114, that targets the HLA-DR antigen.
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