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Calidi Biotherapeutics Announces Speaker Presentation at ASGCT Conference in Boston on May 14, 2026 Highlighting the RedTail Platform’s Ability to Deliver Genetic Medicines to Distal Sites of Disease with Systemic Therapy
SAN DIEGO, April 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Calidi Biotherapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American: CLDI) (“Calidi” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company pioneering the development of targeted genetic medicines, will present new data at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts on May 14, 2026. The Company will present data on its RedTail platform. RedTail is Calidi’s systemically delivered virotherapy platform designed to selectively target tumors
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