BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nabi Biopharmaceuticals announced today that Thomas H. McLain, chairman, chief executive officer and president, will be presenting at the Bear Stearns 18th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 11:00 am ET at the Grand Hyatt New York, Park Avenue and Grand Central Station, New York, New York. Mr. McLain's presentation will focus on the company, its products and its progress.
The presentation will be webcast live at: http://customer.talkpoint.com/BEAR002/091205a_cy/default.asp?entity=nabi
The webcast will be available through October 6, 2005.
About Nabi Biopharmaceuticals
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals leverages its experience and knowledge in powering the immune system to develop and market products that fight serious medical conditions. We are poised to capture large, commercial opportunities in our core business areas: Gram-positive bacterial infections, hepatitis, and kidney disease (nephrology), and opportunistically in nicotine addiction. We have three products on the market today: PhosLo(R) (calcium acetate), Nabi-HB(R) [Hepatitis B Immune Globulin (Human)], and Aloprim(TM) [Allopurinol sodium (for injection)] and a number of products in various stages of clinical and preclinical development. The company filed its Marketing Authorization Application in Europe for its product candidate, StaphVAX(R) [Staphylococcus aureus Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine], in December 2004. The application was accepted for review in January 2005. StaphVAX is currently in a confirmatory Phase III clinical trial in the United States. StaphVAX is designed to prevent the most dangerous and prevalent strains of S. aureus bacterial infections. S. aureus bacteria are a major cause of hospital- acquired infections and are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. The company's other products in development include Altastaph(TM) [Staphylococcus aureus Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human)], an antibody for prevention and treatment of S. aureus infections, NicVAX(TM) [Nicotine Conjugate Vaccine], a vaccine to treat nicotine addiction, and Civacir(TM) [Hepatitis C Immune Globulin (Human)], an antibody for preventing hepatitis C virus re-infection in liver transplant patients. For additional information on Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, please visit our website at http://www.nabi.com./
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the company's current expectations regarding future events. Any such forward- looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ significantly from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of any number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks relating to the possibility that our confirmatory Phase III clinical trial for StaphVAX or our plans to commercialize StaphVAX in the European Union and United States may not be successful; the possibility that we may not realize the value of our acquisition of PhosLo; the company's ability to raise additional capital on acceptable terms; the company's dependence upon third parties to manufacture its products; the company's ability to utilize the full capacity of its manufacturing facility; the impact on sales of Nabi-HB from patient treatment protocols and the number of liver transplants performed in HBV-positive patients; reliance on a small number of customers; the future sales growth prospects for the company's biopharmaceutical products; and the company's ability to obtain regulatory approval for its products in the United States or abroad or to successfully develop, manufacture and market its products. These factors are more fully discussed in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Audio: http://customer.talkpoint.com/BEAR002/091205a_cy/default.asp?entity=nabiNabi BiopharmaceuticalsCONTACT: Constance C. Bienfait, Vice President, Investor Relations, NabiBiopharmaceuticals, +1-561-989-5800
Web site: http://www.nabi.com/