Corbus Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Oppenheimer 25th Annual Healthcare Conference on December 10, 2014
Live Webcast on Wednesday, December 10, at 8:35 a.m. EST
NORWOOD, MA -- (Marketwired) -- 12/03/14 -- Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: CRBP) (the "Company"), an emerging drug development company focused on the development and commercialization of its lead product candidate, Resunab™, for the treatment of rare, life-threatening inflammatory and fibrotic diseases, announced today it will be presenting at the Oppenheimer & Co. 25th Annual HealthCare Conference being held December 10-11, 2014, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in New York, New York.
The Company's Chief Executive Officer, Yuval Cohen, Ph.D., is scheduled to present a corporate overview on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at 8:35 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The presentation will include an update on the clinical development of Resunab, the Company's lead rare disease product candidate. Resunab is a novel synthetic oral specialized pro-resolving mediator (SPM) drug with unique anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic activity. The Company is developing Resunab for therapeutic indications in cystic fibrosis (CF) and diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).
A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the Company's corporate website (www.CorbusPharma.com) by accessing the IR Calendar in the News and Events section of the Company's Investor Relations page. A webcast replay will be available approximately two hours after the presentation ends and will be accessible for one month.
About Resunab™
Resunab™ is a novel synthetic oral drug with unique anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic activity. Pre-clinical and Phase 1 studies have shown Resunab to have a favorable safety profile coupled with promising potency in pre-clinical models of inflammation and fibrosis. Resunab binds to the CB2 receptor of immune cells and triggers a process known as "inflammatory resolution," in effect turning chronic inflammation "off."
About Corbus Pharmaceuticals
Corbus Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat rare life-threatening inflammatory-fibrotic diseases with clear unmet medical needs. Our lead product candidate Resunab is a novel oral anti-inflammatory drug scheduled to commence Phase 2 clinical trials for the treatment of cystic fibrosis and diffuse scleroderma in 2015. For more information, please visit www.CorbusPharma.com.
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Released December 3, 2014