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NEW YORK, April 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BeyondSpring Inc. (NASDAQ:BYSI), a global clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative cancer therapies, announced today that Dr. Lan Huang, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO, will present at Joseph Gunnar's Pioneers 2017 Conference on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 10:30 am ET in the Lotus East Room of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 80 Columbus Circle at 60th Street in New York City.
Investors attending the conference who wish to meet with management for a one-on-one meeting should notify their appropriate contact or e-mail conference@jgunnar.com.
For more information and registration, please visit the conference website.
BeyondSpring is a global clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative immuno-oncology cancer therapies with a robust pipeline from internal development and from collaboration with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and University of Washington. BeyondSpring’s lead asset, Plinabulin, is in a Phase 3 clinical trial as a direct anticancer agent in non-small cell lung cancer and a Phase 2/3 clinical trial in the prevention of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. BeyondSpring has a seasoned management team with many years of experience bringing drugs to market.
Studies on Plinabulin's method of action indicate that Plinabulin activates GEF-H1, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor. GEF-H1 activates downstream transduction pathways leading to the activation of the protein c-Jun. Activated c-Jun enters the nucleus of dendritic cells to upregulate immune-related genes, which contributes to the up-regulation of a series of genes leading to dendritic cell maturation, T-cell activation and other effects that prevent neutropenia.