DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 23, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Argos Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:ARGS) ("Argos"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of fully personalized immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases based on the Arcelis® technology platform, today announced that Dr. Fred Miesowicz, the company's chief operating officer and vice president of manufacturing, will speak at the Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy Forum 2015 to be held January 26-28th at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. Dr. Miesowicz is scheduled to present a case study during a focus session titled, "Logistics 1: Placing logistics at the heart of the cell and gene therapy business model," beginning at 2:30pm ET on January 26th. He will also participate in a breakfast briefing titled, "Creating a cell therapy manufacturing system for commercial production," at 7:45am ET on January 27th.
Dr. Miesowicz has served as Argos chief operating officer and vice president of manufacturing since February 2003. At Phacilitate he will discuss supply chain management, regulatory requirements, costs and logistical issues associated with cell therapy manufacturing systems for commercial production.
The Phacilitate Cell & Gene Therapy Forum is one of the largest cell and gene therapy business meetings with a focus on commercialization. Attendees will discuss clinical, regulatory and manufacturing issues that need to be addressed in order for cell and gene therapy companies to achieve commercial success.
About the Arcelis® Technology Platform
Arcelis® is a fully personalized immunotherapy technology that captures mutated and variant antigens that are specific to each patient's disease. It is designed to overcome immunosuppression by producing a durable memory T-cell response without adjuvants that may be associated with toxicity. The technology is potentially applicable to a wide range of different cancers and infectious diseases and is designed to overcome many of the manufacturing and commercialization challenges that have impeded other personalized immunotherapies. The Arcelis® process uses only a small tumor or blood sample and the patient's own dendritic cells, which are collected and optimized following a single leukapheresis procedure. The proprietary process uses RNA isolated from the patient's disease sample to program dendritic cells to target disease antigens. The activated, antigen-loaded dendritic cells are then formulated into the patient's plasma and administered via intradermal injection.
About Argos Therapeutics
Argos Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of fully personalized immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases using its Arcelis® technology platform. Argos' most advanced product candidate, AGS-003, is being evaluated in the pivotal ADAPT phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). The Company is also developing a second Arcelis®-based product candidate, AGS-004, for the treatment of HIV, currently being evaluated in a phase 2 clinical trial in combination with a latency reversing drug for HIV eradication in adult patients. For more information about Argos Therapeutics, visit www.argostherapeutics.com.
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