ImmunoCellular Therapeutics, Ltd.("ImmunoCellular" or the Company) (OTCBB: IMUC), a biotechnology company focused on the development of novel immune-based cancer therapies, today announced that its president and CEO, Manish Singh Ph.D., will be presenting at the Immunotherapeutics Partnering and Deal Making Conference, which will take place in San Diego, California on January 30-31, 2012. Dr. Singh's presentation will be titled "Targeting Cancer Stem Cells Via Immunotherapy" and will include an overview of ImmunoCellular's clinical activities to date including ICT-107, its lead program targeting cancer stem cells (CSC) in Glioblastoma. ICT-107 is currently in a randomized phase II clinical trial at multiple centers in the US. Company is also developing two additional products targeting CSCs in tumors via modulating immune system.
Dr. Singh will also be moderating two of the panel discussions with high level executives from a number of major biotech/pharmaceutical companies. The panel discussions Dr. Singh will be moderating are "Strategic Trends in Immunotherapeutics" at 10:30 am on January 30th and "Investments and Partnership Opportunities in the Immunotherapeutics Space" at 1:30 pm on January 31st.
The Immunotherapeutics Partnering and Deal-making Conference is an immunotherapeutics business development conference that gives global biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies an opportunity to network with high-level executives from top pharma and various biotech/pharmaceutical companies, as well as explore potential collaborations, and learn about relevant immunotherapeutics issues and partnerships that will affect the industry. This event also provides a unique venue for attendees to learn about immunotherapeutics business development trends, the market, and novel technologies that shape up the industry.
This conference is also part of the Novel Immunotherapeutics Summit, which consists of this track and three other tracks:
1) 4th Immunotherapeutics and Immunomonitoring
2) 10th Cytokines and Inflammation
3) Allergy Drug Discovery and Development
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