uniQure to Present at the Genetic Rx Boston Biotech Conference at Harvard Medical School

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Dec. 02, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lexington, MA and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, December 2, 2016 - uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE), a leader in human gene therapy, today announced its participation in two panel discussions at the 2016 Genetic Rx Conference taking place at the Harvard Medical School, in Boston, MA, on December 8, 2016.

Both Harald Petry, Ph.D. and Christian Meyer, MD, Ph.D. are among several industry leaders to co-host  the Genetic Rx Conference and each also will participate in the following panel discussions:

Key Collaborations with Academia

Participating: Harald Petry, PhD - Chief Scientific Officer

Time slot: Thursday, December 8th, 2:15 p.m. EST

Engaging Regulators, When and How?

Participating: Christian Meyer, MD, PhD - Chief Medical Officer

Time slot: Thursday, December 8th, 3.30 p.m. EST

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 pipeline of proprietary and partnered gene therapies to treat patients with liver/metabolic, central nervous system and cardiovascular diseases. www.uniQure.com

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