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Medarex Announces Presentations at Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research
 

PRINCETON, N.J., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medarex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX) announced today that the following clinical and preclinical abstracts are expected to be the subject of poster presentations at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), being held April 18-22, 2009 in Colorado:

  • "A Phase I, open-label, dose-escalation, multi-dose study of MDX-1401 (defucosylated human antiCD30 monoclonal antibody) in patients with CD30-positive refractory/relapsed Hodgkin's lymphoma" (Abstract #1227), R. Thertulien - Poster presentation from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, April 19, 2009.

  • "Efficacy of MDX-1110, an anti-Fucosyl-GM1 antibody in a SCLC tumor model" (Abstract #838), B. Chen - Poster presentation from 8:00 to 12:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, April 19, 2009.

  • "The critical role of cleavable linkers for minor groove binding alkylating agent (MGBA) based antibody-drug conjugates" (Abstract #1722), S. Gangwar - Poster presentation from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, April 19, 2009.

  • "Development of anti-Glypican 3 therapeutic antibodies" (Abstract #1233), L. Lu - Poster presentation from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. local time on Sunday, April 19, 2009.

  • "Efficacy and Toxicity of anti-mesothelin antibody drug conjugate" (Abstract #3235), C. Rao - Poster presentation from 8:00 to 12:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, April 21, 2009.

Abstracts and information about the AACR and its Annual Meeting may be found at www.aacr.org.

About Medarex

Medarex is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and potential commercialization of fully human antibody-based therapeutics to treat life-threatening and debilitating diseases, including cancer, inflammation, autoimmune disorders and infectious diseases. Medarex applies its UltiMAb(R) technology and product development and clinical manufacturing experience to generate, support and potentially commercialize a broad range of fully human antibody product candidates for itself and its partners. Over forty of these therapeutic product candidates derived from Medarex technology are in human clinical testing or have had INDs submitted for such trials, with the most advanced product candidates currently in Phase 3 clinical trials, the subject of regulatory applications for marketing authorization or approved in Canada and Europe. Medarex is committed to building value by developing a diverse pipeline of antibody products to address the world's unmet healthcare needs. For more information about Medarex, visit its website at www.medarex.com.

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