Seattle Genetics to Present at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Published on Wednesday, 04 January 2012 09:09 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

BOTHELL, Wash.-( Business Wire )-

Seattle Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGEN) announced today that Clay B. Siegall, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 30^th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time. The presentation will be webcast live and available for replay from Seattle Genetics’ website at http://www.seattlegenetics.com in the Investors and News section.

About Seattle Genetics

Seattle Genetics is a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of monoclonal antibody-based therapies for the treatment of cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval of ADCETRIS™ on August 19, 2011 for two indications. ADCETRIS is being developed in collaboration with Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company. In addition, Seattle Genetics has three other clinical-stage ADC programs: SGN-75, ASG-5ME and ASG-22ME. Seattle Genetics has collaborations for its ADC technology with a number of leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, including Abbott, Bayer, Celldex Therapeutics, Daiichi Sankyo, Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline, Millennium, Pfizer and Progenics, as well as ADC co-development agreements with Agensys, an affiliate of Astellas, and Genmab. More information can be found at www.seattlegenetics.com.

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