TAMPA, Fla. & MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Biovest International, Inc. (OTCQB:BVTI), a majority-owned subsidiary of Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB:ABPI), today announced that Biovest is scheduled to present at the MD Becker Partners Cancer Immunotherapy Conference at the New York Academy of Medicine on October 6th. The presentation will be webcast with the live and archived versions of the broadcast available at the Media Center on Biovest’s corporate website.
Biovest’s Senior Vice President, Product Development & Regulatory Affairs, Dr. Carlos F. Santos, Ph.D., will present on BiovaxID®, the Company’s late-stage personalized cancer vaccine for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and will provide a regulatory strategy update. If approved, BiovaxID would represent the very first non-immunosuppressive consolidation therapy option for patients with follicular lymphoma.
Biovest Webcast Presentation at MD Becker Partners Conference:
Event: 2nd Annual “Cancer Immunotherapy: A Long Awaited Reality” Conference
When: October 6, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. EDT
Where: The New York Academy of Medicine, New York City
Agenda: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/tab2.aspx?EventID=996528
Webcast: Biovest Media Center at http://www.biovest.com
To meet with Biovest at the MD Becker Meeting, please contact Douglas Calder at 813-507-2633 or [email protected].
About Biovest International, Inc.
Biovest International, Inc. is an emerging leader in the field of active personalized immunotherapies. In collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, Biovest has developed a patient-specific, cancer vaccine, BiovaxID®, with three clinical trials completed, including a Phase III study, demonstrating evidence of safety and efficacy for the treatment of indolent follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Headquartered in Tampa, Florida with its bio-manufacturing facility based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Biovest is publicly-traded on the OTCQB™ Market with the stock-ticker symbol “BVTI”, and is a majority-owned subsidiary of Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: “ABPI”).
For further information, please visit: http://www.biovest.com
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CONTACT:
Biovest International, Inc.
Douglas Calder, 813-864-2558
Vice President, Strategic Planning & Capital Markets
[email protected]
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