NEW YORK, Dec. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Y-mAbs”) (Nasdaq: YMAB), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer, announced today that it will host an R&D event and live webcast featuring several key opinion leaders (“KOLs”) to discuss the Company’s advanced antibody-based therapeutic pipeline and recent clinical and corporate developments on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from 12:00-2:00pm EST in New York City.

The event will feature presentations by KOLs Dr. Shakeel Modak, M.D., MRCP, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (“MSK”), Dr. Kim Kramer, M.D., MSK, and Dr. Jaume Mora, M.D., Ph.D., SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital, who will discuss the current treatment landscape and unmet medical needs for treating patients with high-risk pediatric neuroblastoma and other solid tumors. Drs. Modak, Kramer, and Mora will be available to answer questions at the conclusion of the event.

Y-mAbs management will also provide an in-depth overview of the Company’s broad and advanced product pipeline as well as a review of recent corporate and clinical developments. Y-mAbs is advancing two pivotal-stage product candidates, naxitamab and omburtamab, targeting tumors that express GD2 and B7-H3, respectively.

Members of the media and public may access the event via a live webcast.

About Y-mAbs

Y-mAbs is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer. The Company has a broad and advanced product pipeline, including two pivotal-stage product candidates—naxitamab and omburtamab—which target tumors that express GD2 and B7-H3, respectively.

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Contact

Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.
230 Park Avenue, Suite 3350
New York, NY 10169
USA 

+1 646 885 8505 

E-mail: [email protected]

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