OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 6th Annual Rodman and Renshaw Global Healthcare Conference
BOTHELL, WA and VANCOUVER, BC – May 13, 2010 – (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX News Network) -OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) announced today that Scott Cormack, OncoGenex’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 6th Annual Rodman and Renshaw Global Healthcare Conference on May 17 at 4:30 p.m. BST (11:30
a.m. EDT) at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, UK.
A live webcast will be available through the Investor Relations page of the OncoGenex Web site at http://ir.oncogenex.com. A webcast replay will be available approximately two hours after the call and will be archived for 90 days.
About OncoGenex
OncoGenex is a biopharmaceutical company committed to the development and commercialization of new cancer therapies that address treatment resistance in cancer patients. OncoGenex has a deep oncology pipeline, with each product candidate having a distinct mechanism of action and representing a unique opportunity for cancer drug development. OncoGenex and Teva have entered a global collaboration and license agreement to develop and commercialize OncoGenex’s lead drug candidate, OGX-011. The companies expect to initiate two Phase III trials in castrate resistant prostate cancer in 2010, and a third Phase III trial in non-small cell lung cancer in early 2011. OGX-427 is in Phase I clinical development; SN2310 has completed a Phase I clinical trial; and CSP-9222 and OGX-225 are currently in pre-clinical development.
More information is available at www.OncoGenex.com.
OncoGenex’s Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements concerning our anticipated product development activities and the timing of these activities. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, among others, uncertainties regarding our future operating results, the risk that our product candidates will not obtain the requisite regulatory approvals to commercialize or that the future sales of our product candidates may be less than expected, and the risk factors set forth in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2009. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained herein or to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof, other than as may be required by applicable law.
SOURCE: OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.