DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 23, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heat Biologics, Inc. ("Heat") (Nasdaq:HTBX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of cancer immunotherapies, today announced that Taylor Schreiber, MD, PhD, Vice President of Research and Development, and Eckhard Podack, MD, PhD, Scientific Founder, will be speaking at the 7th Annual Phacilitate Immunotherapy Forum 2015, being held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C. from January 26-28, 2015.
| Presentation details: | |
| Date and Time: | Monday, January 26 @ 2:30pm Eastern Time |
| Session: | Session 2, Clinical Updates in Specific Therapeutic Areas – Mechanistic Approaches and Innovative Trial Design: Lung Cancer |
| Presentation Title: | Phase II Progress in Late Stage NSCLC with Combination Viagenpumatucel-L and Low-Dose Metronomic Cyclophosphamide |
| Presenter: | Taylor H. Schreiber, MD, PhD |
| Vice President of Research and Development | |
| Heat Biologics, Inc. | |
| Date and Time: | Tuesday, January 27 @ 12:10pm Eastern Time |
| Session: | De-Risking Combination Strategies – Adopting a More Mechanistic & Rational Approach to Targeted + Systemic Immunotherapy Combinations |
| Presentation Title: | Gp96-Ig Vaccines in Combination with Extracellular Adenosine Blockade Cause Complete Tumor Rejection |
| Presenter: | Eckhard R. Podack, MD, PhD |
| Scientific Founder | |
| Heat Biologics, Inc. | |
| Sylvester Distinguished Professor of Medicine | |
| Chairman, Department of Microbiology & Immunology | |
| University of Miami |
About Heat Biologics, Inc.
Heat Biologics, Inc. (www.heatbio.com) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing its novel, "off-the-shelf" ImPACT therapeutic vaccines to combat a wide range of cancers. Our ImPACT Therapy is designed to deliver live, genetically-modified, irradiated human cells which are reprogrammed to "pump out" a broad spectrum of cancer-associated antigens together with a potent immune adjuvant called "gp96" to educate and activate a cancer patient's immune system to recognize and kill cancerous cells. Heat is conducting a Phase 2 trial of its viagenpumatucel-L (HS-110) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer as well as a Phase 2 trial with its vesigenurtacel-L (HS-410) in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
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