KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [KBIO] to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, March 11, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [KBIO], a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the lives of seriously ill patients with difficult-to-treat diseases through a portfolio of proprietary, patient-targeted, first-in-class monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. 

In honor of the occasion, David Pritchard, President & CEO, will ring the Closing Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET   

Contact:

Joan E. Kureczka

Kureczka/Martin Associates

Tel: (415) 821-2413

Mobile:  (415) 690-0210

Joan@Kureczka-Martin.com

Consuelo Alatorre

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Tel: (650) 243-3120

Mobile: (650) 278-6805

calatorre@kalobios.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jen Knapp

(212) 401-8916

Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

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Webcast:

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About KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [KBIO]:

KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is developing a portfolio of proprietary, patient-targeted, first-in-class monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) designed to significantly improve the lives of seriously ill patients with difficult-to-treat diseases.

Currently, KaloBios has three drug development programs:

• KB003, an anti-GM-CSF mAb with potential to treat inflammatory diseases, is being developed for the treatment of severe asthma and is currently enrolling patients in a 150 patient Phase 2 study in the United States, Europe and Australia.
• KB001-A, an anti-PcrV mAb fragment, is partnered exclusively with Sanofi Pasteur and is being developed for the prevention and treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) infection. KaloBios has retained rights for the cystic fibrosis (CF) indication and has initiated a 180 patient Phase 2 study in CF subjects with chronic Pa infection in the United States. Sanofi is pursuing a ventilator associated pneumonia prevention indication in the intensive care setting.
• KB004, an anti-EphA3 mAb, has potential in treating hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. KaloBios is currently testing this drug in a Phase 1 study in subjects with hematologic malignancies.

For more information on KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, please visit the web site at http://www.kalobios.com.

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