LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lion Biotechnologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GNBPD) today announced that Chief Executive Officer Manish Singh, Ph.D., will be presenting at the 12th Annual BIO Investor Forum on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. Pacific. The conference is being held at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Hosted by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the 12th Annual BIO Investor Forum features leading private and emerging public companies.
“The BIO Investor Forum attracts just the right audience of potential investors for Lion Biotechnologies,” said Dr. Singh. “I’m looking forward to presenting the impressive results achieved by our innovative T-cell technology in treating metastatic melanoma, and discussing our clinical development timeline and our longer term strategic plan for producing next-generation, genetically engineered T-cells.”
About Lion Biotechnologies
Lion Biotechnologies, Inc., formerly Genesis Biopharma, Inc., is engaged in the development of T-cells and engineered T-cells for the treatment of various cancers. The company's lead product candidate is a ready-to-infuse autologous T-cell therapy utilizing tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) for the treatment of patients with Stage IV metastatic melanoma, and is based on a clinical CRADA with the National Cancer Institute along with physician-sponsored investigational therapy at the MD Anderson Cancer Center and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute. For more information, please visit http://www.genesis-biopharma.com/.
About The BIO Investor Forum
The 12th Annual BIO Investor Forum is an international investor conference focused on private and emerging public biotech companies. Because our mission is to support industry-wide success, we present a broad and unbiased view of investment opportunities. In addition, the BIO Investor Forum draws business development executives from leading global pharmaceutical and established biotechnology companies.
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