EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. and MIAMI, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Cambrex Corporation (NYSE: CBM) and DOR BioPharma, Inc. (AMEX: DOR) are
pleased to announce that Chris Dale, Ph.D., Vice President, Technology,
Cambrex Biopharmaceuticals business and Robert N. Brey, Ph.D., Chief
Scientific Officer, DOR BioPharma will be speakers at the BioProcess
International(TM) World 2005 Conference and Exhibition in Boston,
Massachusetts, USA on Monday, September 19, 2005 at 11:45 am ET.
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Dr. Dale and Dr. Brey will present a case study on the rational
development of a cost effective manufacturing process for the production of
RiVax(TM), a ricin vaccine developed by DOR BioPharma's biodefense division.
Cambrex is providing DOR with process development and cGMP production
services. Cambrex successfully reengineered the low yielding and inefficient
laboratory scale process and made a substantial improvement in productivity
and yield of RiVax. The manufacturing process will be reviewed with respect
to a cost of goods approach in the context of a vaccine procurement program.
Chris Dale, Ph.D., Vice President, Technology of the Cambrex Biopharma
business, has over twenty years of experience in recombinant and native
protein purification and over fifteen years experience of fermentation/cell
culture in bacterial, yeast and mammalian systems gained in academic and
industrial positions. Prior to joining Cambrex, Dr. Dale held positions at
Covance Biotechnology Services and SmithKline Beecham. Dr. Dale holds a BSc
in Microbiology from Coleg Prifysgol Cymru and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from
the University of Birmingham.
Dr. Robert Brey, Chief Scientific Officer, has been at DOR BioPharma since
1996. Previously, he held scientific and management positions in the
Lederle-Praxis division of American Cyanamid, now a division of Wyeth. From
1996 through 1998, in addition to serving as Vice President of DOR BioPharma,
he served as Corporate Vice President of InnoVaccines Corporation, a joint
venture with Elan Pharmaceutical Technologies. From 1994 through 1996, Dr.
Brey established the Vaccine Design Group to identify and develop novel
vaccine technologies and platforms. Before entering into drug and vaccine
delivery, he held senior scientific positions at Genex Corporation, one of the
first biotechnology companies formed to exploit genetic engineering.
Dr. Brey received an undergraduate degree in biology from Trinity College
in Hartford, Connecticut, his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of
Virginia and performed postdoctoral studies at MIT with Nobel laureate
Salvador Luria. Dr. Brey is an inventor or co-inventor of ten U.S. patents in
the area of vaccines.
For conference information, please visit
http://www.ibclifesciences.com/BPI/US/.
About Cambrex
Cambrex is a global, diversified life sciences company dedicated to
providing products and services to accelerate and improve the discovery and
commercialization of human therapeutics. The Company employs approximately
1900 worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.cambrex.com.
About DOR BioPharma, Inc.
DOR BioPharma, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the
development of therapeutic products and biomedical countermeasures for areas
of unmet medical need. Their lead product, orBec(R) (oral beclomethasone
dipropionate), is a potent, locally-acting corticosteroid being developed for
the treatment of intestinal Graft-versus-Host disease (iGVHD), a common
serious complication of bone marrow transplantation for cancer, as well as
other gastrointestinal disorders characterized by severe inflammation. DOR
BioPharma intends to file a new drug application (NDA) with the FDA for
orBec(R) for the treatment of iGVHD later this year.
Through the BioDefense Division, DOR BioPharma is developing biomedical
countermeasures pursuant to the paradigm established by the recently enacted
Project BioShield Act of 2004. The biodefense products in development are
bioengineered vaccines designed to protect against the deadly effects of ricin
toxin and botulinum toxin, both of which are considered serious bioterrorism
threats. The ricin toxin vaccine, RiVax(TM), is currently the subject of a
Phase I clinical trial in normal volunteers. DOR BioPharma has also initiated
a new botulinum toxin therapeutic development program based on rational drug
design.
For further information regarding DOR BioPharma, please visit the
Company's website located at http://www.dorbiopharma.com.
RiVax(TM) and orBec(R) are trademarks of DOR Biopharma, Inc
SOURCE Cambrex Corporation
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