MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WALTHAM,
Mass. and PRINCETON, N.J. -- GPC Biotech AG (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: GPC;
TecDAX index; Nasdaq: GPCB) today announced that the Company will be
presenting at the Rodman & Renshaw 3rd Annual Global Healthcare Conference
in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
The presentation will be given by Mirko Scherer, Ph.D., Chief Financial
Officer of the Company and is scheduled for Monday, May 15, 2006 at 12:20
CET/6:20 AM EDT. The presentation will be webcast live and will be
accessible through the GPC Biotech Web site at http://www.gpc-biotech.com.
A replay will be available via the Web site following the live event.
GPC Biotech AG is a biopharmaceutical company discovering and
developing new anticancer drugs. The Company's lead product candidate --
satraplatin -- has achieved target enrollment in a Phase 3 registrational
trial as a second-line chemotherapy treatment in hormone-refractory
prostate cancer. The U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation to
satraplatin for this indication, and GPC Biotech has begun the rolling NDA
submission process for this compound. GPC Biotech is also developing a
monoclonal antibody with a novel mechanism-of-action against a variety of
lymphoid tumors, currently in Phase 1 clinical development, and has ongoing
drug development and discovery programs that leverage its expertise in
kinase inhibitors. GPC Biotech AG is headquartered in Martinsried/Munich
(Germany). The Company's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary has sites in Waltham,
Massachusetts and Princeton, New Jersey. For additional information, please
visit the Company's Web site at http://www.gpc-biotech.com.
For further information, please contact:
GPC Biotech AG
Martin Braendle
Associate Director, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Phone: +49 (0)89 8565-2693
ir@gpc-biotech.com
In the U.S.: Laurie Doyle
Associate Director, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Phone: +1 781-890-9007 X267
usinvestors@gpc-biotech.com
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http://www.gpc-biotech.com/
CONTACT:
Martin Braendle, Associate Director, Investor
Relations & Corporate Communications, +49 (0)89 8565-2693,
ir@gpc-biotech.com, or In the U.S.: Laurie Doyle, Associate
Director, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications,
+1-781-890-9007 X267, usinvestors@gpc-biotech.com, both of GPC
Biotech AG
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