Micromet to Present at the 2011 Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Micromet, Inc. (Nasdaq: MITI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of next-generation antibodies for the treatment of cancer, announced today that the Company will participate in the 2011 Piper Jaffray Health Care conference, to be held November 29 - 30, 2011 in New York City. Christian Itin, Ph.D., Micromet’s President and Chief Executive Officer will present a 30 minute corporate overview on November 29th at 10 AM ET.

The presentation will be webcast live and may be accessed by visiting the Micromet website at www.micromet.com. A replay of the webcast will also be available on the Company's website.

About Micromet, Inc.

Micromet is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative antibody-based therapies for the treatment of cancer. The Company is advancing a robust pipeline of novel therapeutics based on its proprietary BiTE® technology. The Company's lead product candidate blinatumomab (MT103) is currently the subject of a European pivotal trial in patients with minimal residual disease positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Micromet has collaborations with a number of leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including Amgen, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim, MedImmune, Nycomed and Sanofi.



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Micromet, Inc.
Jennifer Neiman
Director, Corporate Communications
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