Opexa Therapeutics to Present at the
Cambria Capital Investor Meeting

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXA), a company dedicated to the development of patient-specific cellular therapies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and diabetes, is scheduled to present at the Cambria Capital Investor Meeting in Salt Lake City on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at 3:45 p.m. MST.

Neil K. Warma, President and CEO, is scheduled to present. The purpose of the presentation will be to update investors on the current business developments and goals for 2009.

No webcast or archive will be available for this presentation. Those investors wishing to attend should contact Cambria Capital at (877) 224-0477 toll free, (801) 320-9606 main or by email at clientservices@cambriacapital.com, no later than Wednesday, April 8, 2008.

About Cambria Capital, LLC

Cambria Capital, LLC (“Cambria”) is an investment banking and securities brokerage firm with offices in Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Cambria’s mission is to facilitate the growth and development of promising companies at all stages of development by providing capital and a wide variety of financial advisory services. The financing arranged by Cambria originates from a number of sources, including the firm’s principals and Cambria’s network of high net-worth individuals and institutional investors. Cambria employs a number of corporate finance structures, including PIPEs (Private Investments in Public Equities), private placements of equity and debt securities and reverse mergers. Cambria is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA"), and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Visit the Cambria website at www.cambriacapital.com.

About Opexa Therapeutics, Inc.

Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. develops and commercializes cell therapies to treat autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. The Company is focused on autologous cellular therapy applications of its proprietary T-cell and stem cell therapies. The Company's lead product is Tovaxin, a T-cell therapy for multiple sclerosis that recently completed Phase IIb trials. The Company holds the exclusive worldwide license for adult multipotent stem cells derived from mononuclear cells of peripheral blood. The technology allows large quantities of monocyte-derived stem cells to be produced efficiently for use in autologous therapy, thus circumventing the threat of rejection. The Company is in preclinical development for diabetes mellitus. For more information visit the Opexa Therapeutics website at www.opexatherapeutics.com.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release which are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding current or future financial performance and position, management's strategy, plans and objectives for future operations, plans and objectives for product development, plans and objectives for present and future clinical trials and results of such trials, plans and objectives for regulatory approval, litigation, intellectual property, product development, manufacturing plans and performance, constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including, without limitation, risks associated with: the success of collaborative relationships, our ability to compete with larger, better financed pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, new approaches to the treatment of our targeted diseases, our expectation of incurring continued losses, our uncertainty of developing a marketable product, our ability to raise additional capital to continue our treatment development programs, the success of our clinical trials, our ability to develop and commercialize products, our ability to obtain required regulatory approvals, our compliance with all Food and Drug Administration regulations, our ability to obtain, maintain and protect intellectual property rights for our products, the risk of litigation regarding our intellectual property rights, our limited manufacturing capabilities, our dependence on third-party manufacturers and value added resellers, our ability to hire and retain skilled personnel, our volatile stock price, and other risks detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.