NEW YORK, Jan. 7, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:STML) announced today that Ivan Bergstein, M.D., Stemline's CEO, will present at the 32nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 11:00 AM PT. The conference will be held at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco on January 13-16, 2014. A live webcast of the event can be viewed on the Company's website at www.stemline.com
About Stemline Therapeutics
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oncology therapeutics that target both cancer stem cells (CSCs) as well as the tumor bulk. Stemline's clinical candidates, SL-401 and SL-701, have demonstrated clinical activity, including durable complete responses (CRs), in Phase 1/2 studies of patients with advanced hematologic and brain cancer, respectively. SL-401 is being advanced into pivotal programs in blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) and third-line acute myeloid leukemia (AML) as well as other clinical studies in additional hematologic cancers. SL-701 is being advanced into later stage trials of adults with second-line glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and children with brainstem and non-brainstem glioma. For more information about Stemline Therapeutics, visit www.stemline.com.
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