FiReGlobal : West Coast to Highlight Santa Barbara Biotechnology Pioneer
FRIDAY HARBOR, WA--(Marketwire - October 9, 2009) - FiReGlobal : West Coast is proud to
announce that CytomX Therapeutics has been selected as a FiReStar company
to be featured at the FiReGlobal : West Coast conference. FiReStar
companies, both local and global, are pre-selected based on their potential
to bring positive change to the world. These companies will be showcased
throughout the conference, and at a FiReStar reception, during which local
and global investors will be given the chance to meet company officers.
CytomX Therapeutics is an early stage, privately-funded biotechnology
company developing a set of groundbreaking proteolytically-activated
antibodies known as Probodies™. Through their unique ability to
site-direct the activity of antibodies, Probodies will not only result in
an improved therapeutic index for validated targets, but will enable the
drugging of targets with broad tissue expression. CytomX Therapeutics aims
to provide patients with more effective and less toxic therapies for severe
illnesses such as cancer and inflammatory diseases.
"As an industry, we have struggled to find ways to target drugs to diseased
tissues while avoiding their harmful effects on the rest of the body.
CytomX Therapeutics hopes to tackle this widespread issue with Probodies,
our new type of antibody therapeutic that can be developed for a variety of
diseases. By reducing many of the expected side effects that a standard
antibody produces, our drugs should allow for novel, highly efficacious
treatment regimens and better patient outcomes. CytomX is honored to be
featured as a FiReStar company and greatly respects the efforts of FiRe to
bring new technologies to the foreground," said CEO Dr. Nancy E. Stagliano.
The FiReGlobal : West Coast conference will take place October 15th at the
Seattle Four Seasons Hotel. It is the first regional version of the
renowned Future in Review™ annual global technology conference, which
the Economist calls "the best technology conference in the world."
FiReGlobal : West Coast will showcase a
world-class gathering of local and global thought leaders in technology and
economics, through a series of interviews and onstage conversations. In a
move beyond current tech conferences, FiReGlobal : West Coast has overlaid
regional problems nominated by local leaders, to be solved through the
collaboration of local Chief Technology Officers prior to the conference.
"CytomX appears to be achieving a long-held dream of modern treatment.
Their success will mean a revolution in treatment success, and a huge
reduction in side-effects. This approach defines the next generation of
medical care," said Mark Anderson, CEO of SNS, Chair of FiRe and FiReGlobal
: West Coast.
Other speakers will include Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell; Irwin
Jacobs, Founder of Qualcomm; RealNetworks Founder, Chairman and CEO Rob
Glaser; Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell, President and Director of the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Steve Reynolds, CEO of Puget Sound
Energy; Washington State Commerce Department Director Rogers Weed; Larry
Smarr, Director of the UCSD California Institute for Telecommunications and
Information Technology; John Delaney, UW Professor of Oceanography and
Director of the Regional Scale Nodes Program; and Mark Anderson.
To register, go to www.futureinreview.com/global/wc.
Strategic News Service was founded by Mark Anderson in 1995 as the first
paid online news service. Since its inception, SNS has proven the most
accurate predictive newsletter covering the computer and telecom
industries. Its subscribers include top managers at technology companies
across the globe, including Microsoft, Dell, HP, Cisco, Intel, Sun, Google,
and Telstra.
SNS has been operating the annual FiRe Conference for seven years. The
Economist calls FiRe "the best technology conference in the world." FiRe
exposes world experts and participants to new ideas, producing an accurate
portrait of the future and focuses on creating technology solutions to
current local and global problems. FiRe 2010 will take place May 11-14,
2010 at Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, CA. For more information to go
www.futureinreview.com.
Future in Review is a Strategic News Service conference. Future in
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trademarks. The SNS newsletter is the most accurate publicly ranked
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Websites: www.stratnews.com, www.futureinreview.com,
www.futureinreview.com/global/wc
Contact Information: Press Contact:
Shane Elben
Strategic News Service
FiReGlobal : West Coast
P.O. Box 1969
Friday Harbor, WA
Tel. 360 378 8628
Email: Shane@stratnews.com