NW BIO RECAPS 2014 PROGRESS, PROVIDES DCVAX-DIRECT TRIAL UPDATE AT OPPENHEIMER'S 25TH ANNUAL HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE

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Dec 11, 2014, 11:59 ET

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: NWBO) ("NW Bio"), a U.S. biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announced that NW Bio's CEO, Linda Powers, recapped the substantial progress made by the Company during 2014 in a presentation at Oppenheimer's 25^th Annual Healthcare Conference in New York City.

The presentation included updates about the DCVax-Direct Phase I trial, including emerging observations about the clinical results, two new case studies (in lung cancer and another type of sarcoma), and plans for the upcoming Phase II trials. The presentation also included brief updates about the expanding DCVax-L Phase III trial for GBM brain cancer, the early approval programs for DCVax-L in Germany and the UK, and the reimbursement negotiations process in Germany.

A webcast of the presentation can be accessed through Oppenheimer at http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/opco/healthcare2014/73204323726.cfm The corporate presentation and the Oppenheimer webcast link can also be found on the Company's website (www.nwbio.com).

About Northwest Biotherapeutics

Northwest Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing immunotherapy products to treat cancers more effectively than current treatments, without toxicities of the kind associated with chemotherapies, and on a cost-effective basis, in both the United States and Europe. The Company has a broad platform technology for DCVax dendritic cell-based vaccines. The Company's lead program is a 348-patient Phase III trial in newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). GBM is the most aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer, and is an "orphan disease." The Company is under way with a 60-patient Phase I/II trial with DCVax-Direct for all inoperable solid tumors cancers, with a primary efficacy endpoint of tumor regression. It has completed enrollment in the Phase I portion of the trial. The Company previously received clearance from the FDA for a 612-patient Phase III trial in prostate cancer. The Company conducted a Phase I/II trial with DCVax for metastatic ovarian cancer together with the University of Pennsylvania. In Germany, the Company has also received approval of a 5-year Hospital Exemption for the treatment of all gliomas (brain cancer) patients outside the clinical trial.

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