uniQure to Participate in Multiple Upcoming Industry Conferences in September

LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands, Aug. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NASDAQ: QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, today announced that it will participate in the following upcoming conferences in September:

• Citi 14^th Annual Biotech Conference, September 4 – 5, Boston, MA.
  
  
  
  • , chief executive officer at uniQure, and  , M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president research and product development, will attend and participate in investor meetings at the conference on Wednesday September 4.
  
  • Mr. Kapusta also will participate in the panel discussion “Peering Into the Gene Therapy Crystal Ball - What Does the Future Look Like?” that same day at 10:15 a.m. ET. The live webcast of the panel discussion can be accessed through the link displayed in the . The webcast replay will be available for at least 72 hours following the live event.
  
   
• Wells Fargo 2019 Healthcare Conference, September 4 – 5, Boston, MA. 
  
  
  
  • Matt Kapusta and Sander van Deventer will attend and participate in investor meetings at the conference on Thursday, September 5.
  
  • Mr. Kapusta also will present a corporate update on Thursday, September 5, at 10:20 a.m. ET.   The live webcast of the corporate update can be accessed through the link displayed in the . The webcast replay will be available for at least 72 hours following the live event.
  
   
• Morgan Stanley 17^th Annual Global Healthcare Conference, September 9 – 11, New York City.
  
  
  
  • Matt Kapusta will host investor meetings at the conference on Monday, September 9, and also participate in a fireside chat at 8:10 a.m. ET. The live webcast of the panel discussion can be accessed through the link displayed in the . The webcast replay will be available for at least 72 hours following the live event.
  
   
• National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) 15^th Workshop on Novel Technologies and Gene Transfer for Hemophilia, September 13 – 14, Washington, DC.
  
  
  
  • On Friday, September 13 at 9:15 a.m. ET, Eileen Sawyer, Ph.D., vice president of medical affairs, will present “Recent Progress in the Development Program of AMT-061 for Persons with Severe or Moderately Severe Hemophilia B.”
  
  
  
  • At 2:00 p.m. ET on Friday, September 13, Sander van Deventer will present “Overcoming pre-existing immunity”.
  
   
• The 5th Animal Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases, September 15 – 18, Chateau Liblice, CZ.
  
  
  
  • On Monday September 16, Melvin Evers, Ph.D., associate director research at uniQure, will  present “The development of microRNA-based gene therapy for Huntington’s disease.”
  
  
  
  • Astrid Valles-Sanchez, Ph.D., senior scientist at uniQure, will  present “Translational efficacy measures of huntingtin lowering in small and large animal models of Huntington’s disease” on Tuesday September 17.
  
   
• International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders – MDS 2019, September 22 -26, 2019, Nice, FR. 
  
  
  
  • uniQure will deliver the following presentations on the development of AMT-130 for Huntington’s disease during the conference:
  
  
  
  
  • Title: MRI, Clinical, and Neuropathological Findings after Bilateral Intra-striatal Administration of rAAV5-miHTT in Non-human Primates
    
    Abstract number: 18
    
    Presentation Date: Monday, September 23
    
    Presentation time: 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. CET
    
    
    
    
  • Title: Translating Preclinical Data to a Human Equivalent Dose for AMT-130 AAV Gene Therapy for Early Manifest Huntington’s Disease Patients
    
    Abstract number: 14
    
    Presentation Date: Monday, September 23
    
    Presentation time: 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. CET
    
    
    
    
  • Title: Sustained Mutant Huntingtin Lowering in the Brain and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Huntington’s Disease Minipigs Mediated by AAV5-miHTT Gene Therapy
    
    Abstract number: 53
    
    Presentation Date: Monday, September 23
    
    Presentation time: 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. CET
    
    
    
    
  • Title: Exploring the Effects of Intrastriatal AAV5-miHTT Lowering Therapy on MRS Signal and Mutant Huntingtin Levels in the Q175FDN Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease
    
    Abstract number: 25
    
    Presentation date: Monday, September 23
    
    Presentation time: 1:45 – 3:15 p.m. CET                               

About uniQure

uniQure is delivering on the promise of gene therapy – single treatments with potentially curative results. We are leveraging our modular and validated technology platform to rapidly advance a of proprietary gene therapies to treat patients with hemophilia B, hemophilia A, Huntington's disease, Fabry disease, spinocerebellar ataxia Type 3 and other diseases.