BRISBANE, Calif., Sept. 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC:KBIO), a biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing medicines for patients with neglected and rare diseases, announced that Cameron Durrant, MD, chairman and CEO, will speak at the Pharmaceutical Strategy Conference in New York City September 28-30, 2016. Dr. Durrant will discuss how innovative paradigms, such as the company’s Responsible Pricing Model, can make a transformative impact on two critical issues facing the industry: reputation and pricing.
“The Responsible Pricing Model is a leading commitment to operate in a new way, embedding affordability, transparency and reasonable return into our pricing as we execute our strategy to bring needed medicines to patients,” said Dr. Durrant. “We are pleased to be part of the Pharmaceutical Strategy Conference to connect with like-minded stakeholders and lead real progress for our industry.”
Details of the discussion panels follow:
Title: Industry Image Panel: Confronting Pharma’s Reputation Problem
Date: Thursday, September 29, 2016, 2:00 p.m. EDT
Participants: Dr. Cameron Durrant, KaloBios Pharmaceuticals; Dr. Benjamin Cowen, Milestone Pharmaceuticals; Lucy Abreu, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies; Gautam Gupta, Pfizer
Title: Reimbursement / Market Access Focus Panel: The Road To Value-Based Drug Pricing
Date: Friday, September 30, 2016, 9:15 a.m. EDT
Participants: Dr. Edmund Pezalla, Aetna; David Gilman, Huron Consulting; Dr. Cameron Durrant, KaloBios Pharmaceuticals; Nathan Dowden, Rubius Therapeutics; Richard Ascroft, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
For more information on the conference, please visit https://lifesciences.knect365.com/pharmaceutical-strategy/.
About KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC:KBIO) is an emerging biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing medicines for patients with neglected and rare diseases through innovative and responsible business models. Lead compounds in the KaloBios portfolio are benznidazole for the potential treatment of Chagas disease in the U.S., and the proprietary monoclonal antibodies, lenzilumab and ifabotuzumab (formerly KB004), for the potential treatment of various solid and hematologic cancers such as CMML and potentially JMML. For more information, visit www.kalobios.com.
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