MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ChemoCentryx, Inc. (Nasdaq:CCXI), today announced that Thomas J. Schall, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at two upcoming investor conferences.
- Goldman Sachs 34th Annual Global Healthcare Conference, Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
-- Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at 3:20 p.m. Pacific Time
- Wells Fargo Securities 2013 Healthcare Conference, InterContinental Hotel, Boston, MA
-- Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at 8:20 a.m. Eastern Time
Live audio webcasts of the presentations can be accessed through the Investors section of the Company's website at www.ChemoCentryx.com. Archived webcasts will remain available on the Company's website for fourteen (14) days following each presentation.
In addition, the Company is scheduled to ring the Opening Bell at the NASDAQ Stock Market in New York City, on Friday, June 21, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
ABOUT CHEMOCENTRYX
ChemoCentryx, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing orally-administered therapeutics that target the chemokine and chemoattractant systems in order to treat autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders and cancer. The chemokine system is a biological network that regulates inflammation via a collection of secreted chemokine molecules, or ligands, and their specific cell surface receptors. Based on its proprietary drug discovery and drug development platform, ChemoCentryx has generated multiple clinical and preclinical-stage programs, each targeting distinct chemokine and chemoattractant receptors with different small molecule compounds. The Company's most advanced drug candidate, vercirnon (also known as Traficet-EN, CCX282 or GSK1605786), a specific CCR9 inhibitor, completed a multi-national clinical trial, called PROTECT-1, in patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease, where it demonstrated the ability to induce a clinical response and to maintain clinical remission, and is now in Phase III clinical development. The Company's lead independent drug candidate, CCX140, a CCR2 inhibitor, has been shown to be safe and well tolerated while demonstrating clinical activity on glycemic indices in a Phase II clinical trial in type 2 diabetics, and is now in Phase II clinical development for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy. Other clinical programs include CCX354 (also known as GSK2941266), a CCR1 inhibitor which successfully completed a Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, CCX168, a C5aR inhibitor in Phase II clinical development for the treatment of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, as well as CCX872, a CCR2 inhibitor, and CCX507, an inhibitor of CCR9, both of which are in Phase I clinical testing. ChemoCentryx also has several programs in advanced preclinical development.
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