For Immediate Release July 12, 2011
VANCOUVER, Canada – iCo Therapeutics Inc. (TSX-V: ICO) is pleased to announce that Dr. Peter Hnik, iCo’s Chief Medical Officer, will present at the Drug Repositioning Conference in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Hnik’s presentation, “Repositioning a Monoclonal Antibody for Niche Markets” will be a case study focused on Bertilimumab, (iCo-008), the company’s anti-eotaxin-1 human monoclonal antibody with 126-patient clinical history. Dr. Hnik’s presentation will take place at 2:30 pm on July 14, 2011. iCo licensed Bertilimumab systemic rights to IMMUNE Pharmaceuticals in June 2011. iCo retained rights to all ophthalmic indications and plans to develop Bertilimumab for severe ocular allergies and age-related macular degeneration.
About iCo Therapeutics
iCo Therapeutics Inc. is a Vancouver-based reprofiling company focused on redosing or reformulating drugs with clinical history for new or expanded indications. iCo has exclusive worldwide rights to three products: iCo-007, moving into Phase 2 for the treatment of DME, iCo-008 (Bertilimumab); a product with Phase 2 clinical history to be developed for severe ocular allergies and age-related macular degeneration; and iCo-009, an oral formulation of Amphotericin B for sight and life-threatening diseases. Immune Pharmaceuticals licensed systemic rights to iCo-008 in June 2011. iCo-009 also represents a new drug delivery technology with the potential to reprofile other parenteral administered drugs to the oral route of administration. iCo was awarded a Gold Leaf Award as the Early Stage Company of the Year from BIOTECanada in 2010 and is a Canada’s Top 10™ Competition winner. iCo trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “ICO”. For more information, visit the Company website at: icotherapeutics.cdmail.biz.
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