Inovio Pharmaceuticals to Host Clinical Trials Update Conference Call

BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex:INO), a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today that it will host a conference call on Monday, September 13, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to update investors on clinical trial results and plans for further studies.

Interested parties may listen to the audio part of the conference call by dialing toll-free (877) 407-3140 in the U.S. and Canada, and (201) 689-8473 outside the U.S. and Canada.

An audio/slide webcast of the conference call, real-time or archived, will be viewable by going to Inovio’s website, www.inovio.com, and clicking on "Conference Call." The archived version will be available until December 14, 2010.

A replay of the audio-only part of the conference call will be available through September 27, 2010, by dialing toll-free (877) 660-6853 in the U.S. and Canada, and (201) 612-7415 outside the U.S. and Canada, and entering both the account (#286) and the conference ID (#356576).

About Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Inovio is developing a new generation of vaccines, called DNA vaccines, to treat and prevent cancers and infectious diseases. The company’s SynCon™ vaccines are designed to provide broad cross-strain protection against known as well as newly emergent strains of pathogens such as influenza. These vaccines, in combination with Inovio’s proprietary electroporation delivery devices, have been shown to be safe and generate significant immune responses. Inovio’s clinical programs include HPV/cervical cancer (therapeutic), avian flu, and HIV vaccines (both preventive and therapeutic). Inovio is developing its universal influenza vaccines in collaboration with scientists from the University of Pennsylvania. Other partners and collaborators include Merck, National Cancer Institute, HIV Vaccines Trial Network, National Microbiology Laboratory of the Public Health Agency of Canada, and PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative. More information is available at www.inovio.com.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements relating to our business, including our plans to develop electroporation-based drug and gene delivery technologies and DNA vaccines and our capital resources. Actual events or results may differ from the expectations set forth herein as a result of a number of factors, including uncertainties inherent in pre-clinical studies, clinical trials and product development programs (including, but not limited to, the fact that pre-clinical and clinical results referenced in this release may not be indicative of results achievable in other trials or for other indications, that results from one study may not necessarily be reflected or supported by the results of other similar studies and that results from an animal study may not be indicative of results achievable in human studies), the availability of funding to support continuing research and studies in an effort to prove safety and efficacy of electroporation technology as a delivery mechanism or develop viable DNA vaccines, the adequacy of our capital resources, the availability or potential availability of alternative therapies or treatments for the conditions targeted by the company or its collaborators, including alternatives that may be more efficacious or cost-effective than any therapy or treatment that the company and its collaborators hope to develop, evaluation of potential opportunities, issues involving patents and whether they or licenses to them will provide the company with meaningful protection from others using the covered technologies, whether such proprietary rights are enforceable or defensible or infringe or allegedly infringe on rights of others or can withstand claims of invalidity and whether the company can finance or devote other significant resources that may be necessary to prosecute, protect or defend them, the level of corporate expenditures, assessments of the company's technology by potential corporate or other partners or collaborators, capital market conditions, our ability to successfully integrate Inovio and VGX Pharmaceuticals, the impact of government healthcare proposals and other factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, our Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 2010, and other regulatory filings from time to time. There can be no assurance that any product in Inovio's pipeline will be successfully developed or manufactured, that final results of clinical studies will be supportive of regulatory approvals required to market licensed products, or that any of the forward-looking information provided herein will be proven accurate.



CONTACT:

Investors:
Inovio Pharmaceuticals
Bernie Hertel, 858-410-3101
[email protected]
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Media:
Richardson & Associates
Jeff Richardson, 805-491-8313
[email protected]

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INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:   Health  Biotechnology  Clinical Trials  Infectious Diseases  Oncology  Pharmaceutical

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