Panelists Announced for Second Annual Regen Med and Advanced Therapies Investor Day; March 26 in New York

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - Mar 6, 2014) - The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) today announced the slate of panel topics and speakers for its upcoming second annual Regen Med and Advanced Therapies Investor Day, co-hosted by financial firms Piper Jaffray and Maxim Group. Expected to attract over 350 investors, members of the media and the field's top executives, the 2014 meeting has expanded to include 32 company presentations, three analyst-led panels highlighting the sector's key opinion leaders and featured speakers from Mesoblast, Celgene Cellular Therapeutics and GE Healthcare.

The program's three panel sessions will feature leading medical experts focusing on the clinical potential for advanced therapies in cardiovascular disease; how gene therapy may fundamentally change our approach in the oncology space; and strategies for navigating the rapidly evolving commercialization and manufacturing pathway.

"Stem cell therapy to treat cardiovascular disease is moving rapidly with several important clinical trial read-outs this year. I am honored to host such an outstanding panel of experts to share their perspective on advances in the field," said Ted Tenthoff, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Piper Jaffray and moderator of the program's cardiovascular panel.

2014 Panel Sessions:
Advanced Therapy Treatments for Cardiovascular Disease
Edward Tenthoff, Managing Director & Senior Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray (moderator)
Douglas Losordo, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, NeoStem
Marc Penn, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Research, Summa Cardiovascular Institute
Thomas Povsic, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center
Andre Terzic, M.D., Ph.D., Michael S. & Mary Sue Shannon Director, Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine

Gene-Modified Therapies: Will They Change Our Approach to Treating Cancer?
Joshua Schimmer, M.D., M.B.A., Managing Director & Senior Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray (moderator)
Bruce Levine, Ph.D., Barbara and Edward Netter Associate Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy, University of Pennsylvania
Robert Ross, M.D., Vice President, Clinical Development, bluebird bio

Commercialization Strategies & Pathways to Market
Jason Kolbert, M.B.A., Senior Managing Director & Head of Healthcare Research, Maxim Group (moderator)
Joyce Frey-Vasconcells, Ph.D., Regulatory Expert, Frey-Vasconcells Consulting
Gregory Russotti, Ph.D., Vice President, Technical Operations, Celgene Cellular Therapeutics