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Allogene Therapeutics Announces April 2019 Investor Conference Schedule
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALLO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering
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[{"type":"text","content":"SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allogene Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:ALLO), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of allogeneic CAR T (AlloCAR T™) therapies for cancer, today announced that management plans to present at the Jefferies Immuno-Oncology Cell Therapy Summit in April 2019.Friday, April 5, 201910:00 a.m. ETBoston, MAThis event will not be webcast.About Allogene TherapeuticsAllogene Therapeutics, with headquarters in South San Francisco, is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T cell (AlloCAR T™) therapies for cancer. Led by a world-class management team with significant experience in cell therapy, Allogene is developing a pipeline of \"off-the-shelf\" CAR T cell therapy candidates with the goal of delivering readily available cell therapy faster, more reliably and at greater scale to more patients.AlloCAR T cell therapies are engineered from cells of healthy donors, which is intended to allow for creation of inventory for on-demand use in patients. This approach is designed to eliminate the need to create personalized therapy from a patient's own cells, simplify manufacturing, and reduce the time patients must wait for CAR T cell treatment. The Allogene portfolio includes rights to 16 pre-clinical AlloCAR T cell therapy assets in addition to AlloCAR T therapy candidates ALLO-501 and UCART19. Allogene is the sponsor of the ALLO-501 program, which is expected to begin Phase 1 in the first half of 2019 for the treatment of relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). Servier is the sponsor of the UCART19 program, which is currently in Phase 1 for the treatment of relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). For more information, please visit www.allogene.com, and follow @AllogeneTx on Twitter and LinkedIn.Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements for AllogeneThis press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The press release may, in some cases, use terms such as \"predicts,\" \"believes,\" \"potential,\" \"proposed,\" \"continue,\" \"estimates,\" \"anticipates,\" \"expects,\" \"plans,\" \"intends,\" \"may,\" \"could,\" \"might,\" \"will,\" \"should\" or other words that conv...