CureVac to Present at the J.P. Morgan 35th Annual Healthcare Conference 2017

TUBINGEN, Germany, Dec. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- CureVac, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the field of mRNA-based technology, announced today that Ingmar Hoerr, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO of CureVac, will present at the J.P. Morgan 35^th Annual Healthcare Conference 2017 to be held January 9-12, 2017, at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA.

Details of CureVac's presentation are as follows:

About CureVac AG

Founded in 2000 as a spin-off from the University of Tϋbingen in Germany, CureVac is a technology leader in the development of drugs that are based on the molecule Messenger RNA (mRNA). The fully integrated biopharmaceutical company has more than 15 years of expertise in handling and optimizing this versatile molecule for medical purposes and has the most advanced product pipeline and IP portfolio in the industry.

The basic principle of CureVac's proprietary technology is the use of mRNA as a data carrier to instruct the human body to produce its own proteins capable of fighting a wide range of diseases.

Since its inception, CureVac has received approximately $330 million (€300 million) in equity investments. CureVac has entered into various collaborations with multinational corporations and organizations, including agreements with Boehringer Ingelheim, Sanofi Pasteur, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and IAVI.

In 2006, CureVac successfully established the first GMP facility worldwide for the manufacturing of mRNA. In 2016 CureVac started the establishment of an industrial scale production.

For more information, please visit www.curevac.com.

Media Contacts
Verena Lauterbach, Senior Manager Communications
CureVac AG, Tübingen, Germany
T: +49 (0) 7071 9883 1756
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Andrew Mielach, Vice President
Tiberend Strategic Advisors, New York
T: +1 212 375 2694
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SOURCE CureVac AG

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