Novelos Therapeutics to Present at Rodman & Renshaw 14th Annual Healthcare Conference on September 11

MADISON, Wis., Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Novelos Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQX: NVLT), a pharmaceutical company developing novel drugs for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer, today announced that Harry Palmin, President and CEO of Novelos, will present at the Rodman & Renshaw 14^th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, September 11, 2012.  Mr. Palmin is scheduled to present at 10:50am ET in the Starlight North.  The event will be held September 9-11, at The Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Avenue, New York, NY.

A live webcast of the Novelos presentation may be accessed via www.novelos.com

The webcast will be archived for 90 days following the presentation.

Information about the conference is available at www.rodm.com/conferences?id=176

About Novelos Therapeutics, Inc.
We are a pharmaceutical company developing novel drugs for the treatment and diagnosis of cancer.  Our cancer-targeted compounds are selectively taken up and retained in cancer cells, including cancer stem cells, versus normal cells.  Thus, our therapeutic compounds appear to directly kill cancer cells while minimizing harm to normal cells.  This offers the potential for a paradigm shift in cancer therapy by providing efficacy versus all three major drivers of mortality in cancer: primary tumors, metastases and stem cell-based relapse.  I-124-CLR1404 (LIGHT) is a small-molecule cancer-targeted PET imaging agent.  We believe LIGHT has first-in-class potential and Phase 1-2 clinical trials are ongoing across 11 solid tumor indications.  I-131-CLR1404 (HOT) is a small-molecule, broad-spectrum, cancer-targeted molecular radiotherapeutic that delivers cytotoxic radiation directly and selectively to cancer cells and cancer stem cells.  We believe HOT also has first-in-class potential.  HOT Phase 1b dose-escalation trial is ongoing and we expect HOT to enter Phase 2 trials in the third quarter of 2013 as a monotherapy for solid tumors with significant unmet medical need, subject to additional funding.  CLR1502 (GLOW2) is a preclinical cancer-targeted optical imaging agent for intraoperative tumor margin illumination and non-invasive tumor imaging.  Together, we believe our compounds are able to "find, treat and follow" cancer anywhere in the body in a novel, effective and highly selective way.  For additional information please visit www.novelos.com

Novelos Therapeutics, Inc.
Madison, Wisc.                       
Boston, Mass.
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