Inovio Pharmaceuticals to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Feb. 02, 2016 -- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) today announced that management will participate at three upcoming investor conferences in February:

BIO CEO & Investor Conference
February 8-9, 2016
New York, NY

RBC Capital Markets Global Healthcare Conference
February 23-24, 2016
New York, NY

Sachs Cancer BioPartnering & Investment Forum
February 24, 2016
New York, NY

Dr. J. Joseph Kim, President and CEO, will give a corporate presentation at the BIO CEO & Investor Conference on February 8^th at 10:00AM EST. A live and archived version of Dr. Kim’s presentation will be made available through the “Webcast” tab on Inovio’s home page at www.inovio.com as well as at the following URL: http://bit.ly/1Tsad4s

Dr. Kim will also present at the RBC Global Healthcare Conference on February 23^rd at 9:00AM EST. A live and archived version of Dr. Kim’s presentation will be made available through the “Webcast” tab on Inovio’s home page at www.inovio.com. 

Dr. Niranjan Sardesai, COO, will give a corporate presentation at the Sachs Cancer BioPartnering & Investment Forum on February 24^th at 12:20PM EST. Dr. Sardesai will also participate in the Immuno-Oncology Combination Strategies panel being held on February 24^th at 10:20AM EST.

About Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Inovio is taking immunotherapy to the next level in the fight against cancer and infectious diseases. We are the only immunotherapy company that is generating T cells in vivo in high quantity that are fully functional and whose killing capacity correlates with relevant clinical outcomes with a favorable safety profile. With an expanding portfolio of immune therapies, the company is advancing a growing preclinical and clinical stage product pipeline. Partners and collaborators include MedImmune, Roche, University of Pennsylvania, DARPA, GeneOne Life Science, Drexel University, NIH, HIV Vaccines Trial Network, National Cancer Institute, U.S. Military HIV Research Program, and University of Manitoba. For more information, visit 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, our expectations regarding our research and development programs 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 the studies or trials may not be successful or achieve the results desired, including safety and efficacy for VGX-3100 and INO-3112, that pre-clinical studies and clinical trials may not commence or be completed in the time periods anticipated, 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, our ability to support our broad pipeline of SynCon® active immune therapy and vaccine products, our ability to advance our portfolio of immune-oncology products independently, the ability of our collaborators to attain development and commercial milestones for products we license and product sales that will enable us to receive future payments and royalties, 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, our ability to enter into partnerships in conjunction with our research and development programs, evaluation of potential opportunities, issues involving product liability, 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, 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, 2014, our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, 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.

CONTACTS:                                                                                                                             
Investors: Bernie Hertel, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, 858-410-3101, [email protected]
Media: Jeff Richardson, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, 267-440-4211, [email protected]