NW Bio to Present at BIO CEO and Investor Conference 2014

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Feb 06, 2014, 08:15 ET

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: NWBO) ("NW Bio"), a biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for cancer, announced today that Linda F. Powers, CEO, will present at the BIO CEO and Investor Conference 2014, which is being held in New York on February 10-11, 2014.

NW Bio's presentation will take place on Monday, February 10, at 11:30 a.m. EST in the Basildon Room at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. There will be a live audio webcast of the presentation available at http://nwbio.com/webcasts/. During her presentation, Ms. Powers will provide an overview of the Company's cancer vaccine platform technology, product pipeline and clinical programs with DCVax-L and DCVax-Direct.

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 312-patient Phase III trial in newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). GBM is the most aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer. The Company is also 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. The Company also previously received clearance from the FDA for a 612-patient Phase III trial in prostate cancer. The Company also conducted a Phase I/II trial with DCVax for metastatic ovarian cancer together with the University of Pennsylvania.

Disclaimer

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