Algeta to Present at Forthcoming Life Sciences Investor Conferences
Oslo, Norway, 22 February 2012 - Algeta ASA (OSE: ALGETA), a company focused on
the development of novel targeted cancer therapeutics, announces that senior
management will participate in the following life sciences investor conferences:
Citi 2012 Global Health Care Conference
Date: 27 & 28 February 2012
Participants: Gillies O'Bryan-Tear (CMO) & Mike Booth (IR)
Presentation time: 1.30pm EDT, 27 February
Venue: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA
Credit Suisse Healthcare One-on-One Conference 2012
Date: 1 & 2 March 2012
Participants: Thomas Ramdahl (CTO), Øystein Soug (CFO) & Mike Booth (IR)
Venue: Credit Suisse, 1 Cabot Square, London, UK
Bernstein Emerging Biotech Conference 2012
Date: 12-14 March 2012
Participants: Thomas Ramdahl (CTO)
Presentation time: 4.30pm MT, 14 March
Venue: Snowbird, Utah, USA
Presentations will be available to download at www.algeta.com following these
events.
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For further information, please contact
Mike Booth +47 2202 4510
Communications & Corporate Affairs ir@algeta.com
International media enquiries: +44 207 638 9571
Mark Swallow mark.swallow@citigatedr.co.uk
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
US investor enquiries: +1 646 378 2928
Jessica Lloyd jlloyd@troutgroup.com
The Trout Group
About Algeta
Algeta is a company focused on developing novel targeted therapies for patients
with cancer based on its alpha-pharmaceutical platform.
Algeta's lead product Alpharadin (radium-223 chloride) is in development as a
potential new treatment for cancer patients with bone metastases. It is in pre-
registration for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients with bone
metastases, and filings are expected mid 2012 in the USA and Europe; Alpharadin
has Fast Track designation for this indication in the USA.
Alpharadin is also under clinical investigation in breast cancer patients with
bone metastases and in combination with docetaxel chemotherapy in CPRC patients
with bone metastases.
Alpharadin is being developed and will be commercialized, pending approval,
under a global agreement with Bayer Pharma AG.
Algeta is also exploring the potential of Targeted Thorium Conjugates (TTCs),
which are based on conjugating the alpha-emitter thorium-227 to targeting
molecules, as a basis of a future pipeline of tumor-targeting alpha-
pharmaceutical candidates.
The Company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and is listed on the Oslo Stock
Exchange (Ticker: ALGETA).
Alpharadin and Algeta are trademarks of Algeta ASA.
Forward-looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements based on
uncertainty, since they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will
occur in the future and which, by their nature, will have an impact on results
of operations and the financial condition of Algeta. Such forward-looking
statements reflect our current views and are based on the information currently
available to Algeta. Algeta cannot give any assurance to the correctness of such
statements. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and
developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things, risks or
uncertainties associated with the success of future clinical trials,
collaborations with other companies in the development of targeting molecules
and alpha particle payloads, risks associated with technological development,
growth management, general economic and business conditions and the pricing
environment, the impact of competition, the ability to successfully
commercialize Alpharadin and our other products, the risk that research &
development will not yield new products that achieve commercial success,
manufacturing capacity, the risk of non-approval of patents not yet granted,
risks in obtaining regulatory approvals for Alpharadin and our other products as
well as the expected timing of filings for regulatory approvals, and
difficulties of obtaining relevant governmental approvals for new products, and
the other risks and uncertainties described in our annual report.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl
(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)
Press release:
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