Soligenix to Present at the 20th Annual GCFF Investor Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Review of Two Phase 3 Clinical Programs with Near-Term Readouts

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Oct 03, 2019, 07:00 ET

PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need, announced today that its Chief Scientific Officer, Oreola Donini, PhD, will deliver a corporate presentation to review the Company's two pivotal phase 3 clinical programs in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and oral mucositis in head and neck cancer at the Global Chinese Financial Forum (GCFF) Conference on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 11:55 am Pacific Time. The event will take place at Vancouver Executive Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

To access the Soligenix corporate presentation, please visit here.

About the GCFF and the 2019 GCFF Conference

The GCFF is the most prominent series of bi-lingual financial functions in both North America and China. Established in 2000, GCFF's mandate is to provide a world-class platform connecting both the China and North American financial markets, bringing together companies, financial institutions and investors who are interested in exploring new investment opportunities.

With an extensive network covering both the North American and Chinese markets, GCFF is supported by a strong foundation of financial resources. This enables GCFF to organize resourceful financial events that facilitate business growth and networks among financial institutions, public companies, private companies, and investors of all levels.

The 2019 (20^th Annual) GCFF Conference brings together investment opportunities in the small-cap growth market in North America to meet with the largest and fastest growing Chinese investor community in Canada. The Annual Main Event will be a great platform for the Chinese investors to learn the latest market trends and share market insights.

For more information about the conference, please refer to the conference website.

About Soligenix, Inc.

Soligenix is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need. Our Specialized BioTherapeutics business segment is developing SGX301 as a novel photodynamic therapy utilizing safe visible light for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, our first-in-class innate defense regulator (IDR) technology, dusquetide (SGX942) for the treatment of oral mucositis in head and neck cancer, and proprietary formulations of oral beclomethasone 17,21-dipropionate (BDP) for the prevention/treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders characterized by severe inflammation including pediatric Crohn's disease (SGX203) and acute radiation enteritis (SGX201).

Our Public Health Solutions business segment includes active development programs for RiVax^®, our ricin toxin vaccine candidate and SGX943, our therapeutic candidate for antibiotic resistant and emerging infectious disease. The development of our vaccine programs incorporates the use of our proprietary heat stabilization platform technology, known as ThermoVax^®. To date, this business segment has been supported with government grant and contract funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).

For further information regarding Soligenix, Inc., please visit the Company's website at www.soligenix.com.

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