NW Bio Announces Annual Shareholders' Meeting Scheduled for April 18, 2020

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Feb 18, 2020, 09:15 ET

BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Biotherapeutics (OTCQB: NWBO) (NW Bio), a biotechnology company developing DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announced today that the 2019 Annual Shareholder's Meeting will be held on April 18, 2020, at 1:00 pm in Washington, DC.

The Company encourages shareholders to attend what should be an interesting meeting. This announcement is being made to allow shareholders time to make necessary travel plans to come to Washington. The proxy information and other materials will be forwarded to shareholders in an official mailing at a later date.

The Company looks forward to seeing all who can attend.

About Northwest Biotherapeutics

Northwest Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing personalized immunotherapy products designed 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 331-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 also developing DCVax®-Direct for all types of inoperable solid tumor cancers. The Company has completed a 40-patient Phase I trial, and is preparing for Phase II trials. The Company previously conducted a Phase I/II trial with DCVax®-L for metastatic ovarian cancer together with the University of Pennsylvania.

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