SAN DIEGO, Sept. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Organovo Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONVO), an early-stage biotechnology company that is focusing on building high fidelity, 3D tissues that recapitulate key aspects of human disease, today announced that Keith Murphy, Executive Chairman, will participate in the H.C. Wainwright 24th Annual Global Investment Conference, September 12 - 14, 2022.
Organovo plans to advance drugs discovered in its cutting-edge human 3D disease models in inflammatory bowel disease. In November 2021, the company guided that it expected to establish its first such model in 2022. In May 2022, the company announced that it had done so, successfully achieving a 3D tissue model for Crohn’s Disease. Organovo expects to begin medicinal chemistry on a lead program for Crohn’s Disease in the first half of 2023.
Mr. Murphy will deliver the Organovo corporate presentation and meet with investment community members during the hybrid conference.
| Event: | H.C. Wainwright 24th Annual Global Investment Conference |
| September 12 - 14, 2022 | |
| Presentation Webcast: | Monday, September 12, 2022, 7:00 AM ET |
The corporate presentation will be webcast on the Investors section of the Organovo website at ir.organovo.com. Interested parties can access an archived version of the presentation on the company’s website for approximately 90 days.
About Organovo
Organovo is an early-stage biotechnology company that is developing and utilizing highly customized 3D human tissues as dynamic models of healthy and diseased human biology for drug development. The company’s proprietary technology is being used to build functional 3D human tissues that mimic key aspects of native human tissue composition, architecture, function and disease. Organovo’s advances include cell type-specific compartments, prevalent intercellular tight junctions, and the formation of microvascular structures. Management believes these attributes can enable critical complex, multicellular disease models that can be used to develop clinically effective drugs for selected therapeutic areas. For more information visit Organovo's website at www.organovo.com.
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