Cellular Biomedicine Group Announces Upcoming Presentation to Release 48-Week Data from Phase I Clinical Trial for AlloJoin™ Off-the-Shelf Allogeneic Stem Cell Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis

SHANGHAI, China and CUPERTINO, Calif., March 14, 2018 -- Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CBMG) (“CBMG” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm engaged in the development of immunotherapies for cancer and stem cell therapies for degenerative diseases, today announced a scheduled presentation to release 48-week clinical data from the Phase I clinical trial in China of its AlloJoin^TM allogeneic human adipose-derived mesenchymal progenitor cell (haMPC) off-the-shelf therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA.) The data will be presented at the B. Riley FBR Inaugural China Healthcare Investing & Partnering Symposium (CHIPS), to be held March 15-17, 2018 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Hangzhou, China. Company management will also participate in a panel discussion at the conference.

Conference: CHIPS 2018

Date: Thursday, March 15, 2018
Time: 2:00 pm CST
Panel: Licensing Transactions: What do Chinese Pharmas Want?
Location: Intercontinental Hotel in Hangzhou, China
Panelist: Tony (Bizuo) Liu, CEO

Date: Friday, March 16, 2018
Time: 2:00 pm CST
Title: Phase I Clinical Trial on Allogeneic Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Progenitor Cell (AlloJoin^TM) Therapy for KOA, 48-week follow-up data
Location: Room B, Intercontinental Hotel in Hangzhou, China
Presenter: ChengXiang (Chase) Dai, MD, GM, Stem Cell Business Unit
The presented data analysis will be available on the Company’s website following the presentation.

About Cellular Biomedicine Group
Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBMG) develops proprietary cell therapies for the treatment of cancer and degenerative diseases. We conduct immuno-oncology and stem cell clinical trials in China using products from our integrated GMP laboratory. Our GMP facilities in China, consisting of twelve independent cell production lines, are designed and managed according to both China and U.S. GMP standards.  Our Shanghai facility includes a ”Joint Laboratory of Cell Therapy” with GE Healthcare and a “Joint Cell Therapy Technology Innovation and Application Center” with Thermo Fisher Scientific, which partnerships focus on improving manufacturing processes for cell therapies. CBMG currently has ongoing CAR-T Phase I clinical trials in China; CARD-1 for Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) and CALL-1 for adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), utilizing CBMG’s proprietary and optimized CD19 construct, as well as an ongoing Phase I trial in China for AlloJoin™ (CBMG’s “Off-the-Shelf” Allogeneic Human Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell) for the treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA). To learn more about CBMG, please visit www.cellbiomedgroup.com.  

Forward-Looking Statements
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Contacts:
Sarah Kelly 
Director of Corporate Communications, CBMG
+1 650 566-5064
[email protected]