Arrowhead to Present at Upcoming Scientific Conferences

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Arrowhead to Present at Upcoming Scientific Conferences

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Arrowhead Research Corporation (NAS: ARWR) , a targeted therapeutics company, today announced that the company will present data on the Dynamic PolyConjugate™ (DPC) siRNA delivery system and the ARC-520 hepatitis B drug candidate at upcoming scientific conferences.

Scheduled conference presentations in May include the following:


15thAnnual North American TIDES Conference - Boston, MA, USA, May 12-15, 2013

May 14, 2013 - An oral presentation titled, "Development of DPC Technology for Therapeutic siRNA Delivery," will be presented by David Lewis, Ph.D., Vice President, Biology;

May 15, 2013 - An oral presentation titled, "Co-injection of a Targeted, Reversibly Masked Endosomolytic Polymer Dramatically Improves the Efficacy of Small Interfering RNA-Conjugates In Vivo," will be presented by David B. Rozema, Ph.D., Vice President, Chemistry;

Digestive Disease Week 2013 - Orlando, FL, USA, May 18-21, 2013

May 18, 2013 - A poster presentation titled, "Long duration of effect from an RNAi therapeutic to treat chronic hepatitis B virus infection correlates with persistence of the phosphorylated guide strand," will be presented by Christine Wooddell, Ph.D., Senior Scientist.

About Arrowhead Research Corporation

Arrowhead Research Corporation is a clinical stage targeted therapeutics company with development programs in oncology, obesity, and chronic hepatitis B virus. The company is leveraging its platform technologies to design and develop peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs) that specifically home to cell types of interest while sparing off-target tissues, create targeted drugs based on the gene silencing RNA interference (RNAi) mechanism, and work with partners to create improved versions of traditional small molecule drugs.

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