NORWOOD, Mass., Dec. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: CRBP) (the "Company"), an emerging growth 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 that Yuval Cohen, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at VirtualInvestorConferences.com, a live and interactive online event, on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Dr. Cohen will provide an update on the Company's progress and anticipated near-term clinical development milestones for Resunab™, a novel synthetic oral specialized pro-resolving mediator drug with unique anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic activity, with initial treatment indications in both diffuse scleroderma and cystic fibrosis.

The VirtualInvestorConferences.com presentation is a real-time event where participants are invited to ask questions online in both the presentation hall as well as in the Corbus Pharmaceuticals "virtual trade booth." Dr. Cohen's live presentation will be available directly through VirtualInvestorConferences.com and an on-demand archive may be accessed for 90 days.

Corbus Pharmaceuticals will also post a link to the virtual conference on the Company's corporate website www.corbuspharma.com in its Investors section under News and Events on the IR Calendar.

About VirtualInvestorConferences.com
Since 2010, VirtualInvestorConferences.com, created by BetterInvesting (NAIC) and PR Newswire, has been the only monthly virtual investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for presenting companies to meet directly with retail investors using a graphically-enhanced online platform. Designed to replicate the look and feel of location-based investor conferences, VirtualInvestorConferences.com unites PR Newswire's leading-edge online conferencing and investor communications capabilities with BetterInvesting's extensive retail investor audience network.

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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SOURCE Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc.