On June 13, 2019 Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. ("Medicenna" or "the Company") (TSX: MDNA,OTCQB: MDNAF), a clinical stage Immuno-Oncology company, reported that it will host a Key Opinion Leader call and webcast for the investment community on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 1 PM, EDT (Press release, Medicenna Therapeutics, JUN 13, 2019, View Source [SID1234537071]).
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The event will be focused on Medicenna’s MDNA55 recurrent glioblastoma (rGBM) program which recently completed enrolment and will discuss preliminary top-line tumor response results to be presented at the Inaugural Immuno-Oncology Pharma Congress held on June 18, 2019 during World Pharma Week in Boston, MA.
Featured Speakers:
John H. Sampson, MD, PhD, Robert H. and Gloria Wilkins Distinguished Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery at Duke University in Durham, NC
Dr. Sampson leads an active research laboratory investigating new modalities of brain tumor infusion using Convection Enhanced Delivery (CED) and immunotherapy and is internationally recognized in the field of neurosurgery, neuro-oncology and immunotherapy. In addition, he has special training in the design and conduct of clinical trials. Dr. Sampson earned his medical degree from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada and a PhD in neuro- immunology and brain tumor immunotherapy at Duke University. He completed his MBA at the Fuqua School of Business. He has authored more than 240 peer-reviewed publications in this field and has been continuously funded by the NIH since 2000.
Martin Bexon, MD, Head of Clinical Development at Medicenna
Dr. Bexon, has extensive experience in early and late stage clinical development including medical affairs particularly in oncology and hematology. While at CSL Behring he led multiple global clinical studies and as Global Medical Director, he led their medical affairs function. At Hoffman-La Roche Dr. Bexon designed and implemented multiple global clinical trials enrolling more than 10,000 subjects. He has also led teams filing numerous regulatory submissions on both sides of the Atlantic and Japan. Prior to joining pharma, he practiced in the clinic as a pediatrician.
Conference call and webcast details:
Date: June 18, 2019
Time: 1:00 pm EDT
To access the conference audio:
Local dial in: 416-764-8609
North American Toll Free: 1-888-390-0605
Conference ID No.: 65571448
To access the webcast and slide presentation:
Following the event, the archived webcast and Medicenna presentation will be available on the Company’s website at www.medicenna.com. The webcast will be archived for 30 days after the event.