NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intellect Neurosciences, Inc. (OTCBB:ILNS) announces Dr. Daniel G. Chain, Chairman and CEO, will discuss Intellect's vaccine program at the Alzheimer's Drug Development Summit on December 11-12, 2012 at the Doubletree Center City in Philadelphia, PA where he has been invited as a Distinguished Speaker.
Dr. Chain's presentation, titled "Recent Advancements in Vaccine Development for AD Prophylaxis and Management," begins at 2:15 PM (EST) on December 12. The presentation reviews the challenges associated with the development of a safe and effective Alzheimer's vaccine and describes the rationale in support of Intellect's ground-breaking approach. The company's lead vaccine, RV03, is a first-in-class chimeric peptide vaccine targeting both amyloid beta and delta tau, a particularly pathogenic form of the protein that precedes tangle formation.
"Some suggest that disease-modifying treatments of Alzheimer's disease may ultimately be more expensive than palliative care," said Dr. Chain. "Therefore, the utility of a vaccine for Alzheimer's disease may prove to be the most cost-effective means to manage the disease and alleviate the suffering of millions of people and their families worldwide while also reducing the burden to healthcare systems."
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Intellect Neurosciences, Inc., develops innovative approaches aimed at arresting or preventing Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, with a specific focus on proteinopathies. Intellect's pipeline includes therapeutic vaccines, antibodies and neuroprotective antibody drug conjugates. For more information, please visit www.intellectns.com.
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