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NantKwest and ImmunityBio to Present at the Jefferies Virtual Healthcare Conference
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.,--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NantKwest, Inc. (NASDAQ: NK) and ImmunityBio, Inc., today announced that Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D., Chairman and CEO
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[{"type":"text","content":" EL SEGUNDO, Calif.,--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nNantKwest, Inc. (NASDAQ: NK) and ImmunityBio, Inc., today announced that Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D., Chairman and CEO of both companies, will present at the Jefferies Virtual Healthcare Conference on June 3, 2020 at 4:30 pm ET.\n\n\nThe presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed through the NantKwest and ImmunityBio websites, NantKwest.com and ImmunityBio.com. An archived replay will be available on the websites for approximately 30 days.\n\n\nAbout NantKwest\n\n\nNantKwest (NASDAQ: NK) is an innovative, clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on harnessing the power of the innate immune system to treat cancer and virally-induced infectious diseases. NantKwest is the leading producer of clinical dose forms of off-the-shelf natural killer (NK) cell therapies. The activated NK cell platform is designed to destroy cancer and virally-infected cells. The safety of these optimized activated NK cells—as well as their activity against a broad range of cancers—has been tested in Phase I clinical trials in Canada and Europe, as well as in multiple Phase I and II clinical trials in the United States. By leveraging an integrated and extensive genomics and transcriptomics discovery and development engine, together with a pipeline of multiple, clinical-stage, immuno-oncology programs, NantKwest’s goal is to transform medicine by delivering off-the-shelf living drugs-in-a-bag and bringing novel NK cell-based therapies to routine clinical care. NantKwest is a member of the NantWorks ecosystem of companies. For more information, please visit www.nantkwest.com.\n\n\nhaNK is a registered trademark of NantKwest, Inc.\n\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning or implying that NantKwest will be successful in improving the treatment of cancer and/or Covid-19. Risks and uncertainties related to this endeavor include, but are not limited to, obtaining FDA approval of NantKwest’s NK cells, as well as other therapeutics, as part of the NANT Cancer Vaccine platform as a cancer treatment and/or Covid-19 treatment.\n\n\nForward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to various risk...