Inovio Pharmaceuticals (Formerly Known as Inovio Biomedical Corporation) Invited to Present at International Vaccine Conferences

BLUE BELL, Pa., Sept. 23, 2010 -- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today that Inovio scientists and collaborators of the company will present immune response and other important data for several of its DNA vaccines for infectious diseases at three major global vaccine conferences in late September and early October, 2010. Following are a list of the conferences and presentations:

Malaria Vaccines for the World September 28 – 30, 2010 Washington DC Kellogg Conference Hotel Gallaudet University http://www.meetingsmanagement.com/mvw_2010/index.htm

Tuesday, Sept 28 Diverse Approaches to Malaria Vaccine Development: “Inducing potent humoral and cellular responses to multiple pre-erythocytic-stage antigens using pDNA.” Dr. David B. Weiner,Professor, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Inovio Pharmaceuticals

AIDS Vaccine 2010 September 28 to Oct. 1 Atlanta, Georgia CNN Center at the Omni Hotel http://www.hivvaccineenterprise.org/conference/2010/index.php

Wednesday, Sept. 29, 10:30am Novel Immunogens and Inserts: “Co-delivery of mucosal chemokine plasmids in systemically administered DNA vaccines elicits systemic and mucosal immune responses in rhesus macaques.” Dr.Michele Kutzler, Drexel University College of Medicine

Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1:30pm Pre-Clinical and Early Clinical Trials: “Enhanced magnitude of immune responses induced by SIV antigens delivered by plasmid DNA via electroporation and boosted by recombinant adenovirus 5.” Dr.Natalie Hutnick, University of Pennsylvania

In addition, Inovio and its collaborators will present five posters showcasing Inovio’s novel DNA vaccine delivery technology and preclinical vaccine results during the AIDS Vaccine 2010 conference.

4th Vaccine and ISV Annual Global Congress October 3 – 5, 2010 Vienna, Austria Hilton Vienna Am Stadtpark http://www.vaccinecongress.com/index.asp

Sunday, Oct. 3, 4:30pm Gene-based and subunit vaccines: “Potent as well as protective immune responses induced by highly engineered DNA vaccines delivered by CELLECTRA® EP in Nonhuman Primates and Humans.” Dr. David B. Weiner, Professor, Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Inovio Pharmaceuticals

TBD “VGX-3100: Induction of cellular and humoral responses in post-LEEP CIN 2/3 following immunotherapy with HPV16 & 18 SynCon™ DNA vaccines via electroporation,”.Dr. Niranjan Y. Sardesai, SVP, R&D, Inovio Pharmaceuticals

In addition to the oral presentations, Inovio and its collaborators will present two posters highlighting Inovio’s preliminary pre-clinical vaccine results with target antigens in its research pipeline.

About Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Inovio is developing a new generation of vaccines, called DNA vaccines, to treat and prevent cancers and infectious diseases. These SynCon™ vaccines are designed to provide broad cross-strain protection against known as well as newly emergent strains of pathogens such as influenza. These vaccines, in combination with Inovio’s proprietary electroporation delivery devices, have been shown to be safe and generate significant immune responses. Inovio’s clinical programs include HPV/cervical dysplasia and cancer (therapeutic), avian flu (preventive), and HIV vaccines (both preventive and therapeutic). Inovio is developing universal influenza and other vaccines in collaboration with scientists from the University of Pennsylvania. Other partners and collaborators include Merck, National Cancer Institute, HIV Vaccines Trial Network, National Microbiology Laboratory of the Public Health Agency of Canada, and PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative. More iel/My%20Documents/www.inovio.com">www.inovio.com.

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