SAN DIEGO, Nov. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- MEI Pharma,
Inc. (Nasdaq: MEIP), an oncology company focused on the clinical
development of novel therapies for cancer, will host its Annual
Meeting of Stockholders at 10:00 a.m.
Pacific time on Thursday, December 1,
2016, at the Company's headquarters, located at 11975 El
Camino Real, Suite 101, San Diego,
CA 92130. Stockholders of record at the close of business on
October 5, 2016 are entitled to
receive notice of and vote at the Annual Meeting. A live webcast of
the meeting will be accessible at www.meipharma.com. A replay will
be available approximately one hour after its conclusion.
About MEI Pharma
MEI Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEIP) is a San Diego-based oncology company focused on
the clinical development of novel therapies for cancer. The
Company's portfolio of drug candidates includes Pracinostat, an
oral HDAC inhibitor that is partnered with Helsinn Healthcare, SA.
Pracinostat is being developed in combination with azacitidine for
the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed AML who are ≥75
years of age or unfit for intensive chemotherapy and high-risk MDS.
The Company's clinical-stage pipeline also includes ME-401, an oral
PI3K delta inhibitor currently in a Phase Ib study in patients with
recurrent chronic lymphocytic leukemia or follicular non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma, and ME-344, a mitochondrial inhibitor currently in an
investigator-sponsored study in combination with bevacizumab for
the treatment of HER2-negative breast cancer. For more information,
please visit www.meipharma.com.
Under U.S. law, a new drug cannot be marketed until it has
been investigated in clinical studies and approved by the FDA as
being safe and effective for the intended use. Statements included
in this press release that are not historical in nature are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe
harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. You should be aware that our actual results could differ
materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements,
which are based on management's current expectations and are
subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not
limited to, our failure to successfully commercialize our product
candidates; costs and delays in the development and/or FDA
approval, or the failure to obtain such approval, of our product
candidates; uncertainties or differences in interpretation in
clinical trial results; our inability to maintain or enter into,
and the risks resulting from our dependence upon, collaboration or
contractual arrangements necessary for the development,
manufacture, commercialization, marketing, sales and distribution
of any products; competitive factors; our inability to protect our
patents or proprietary rights and obtain necessary rights to third
party patents and intellectual property to operate our business;
our inability to operate our business without infringing the
patents and proprietary rights of others; general economic
conditions; the failure of any products to gain market acceptance;
our inability to obtain any additional required financing;
technological changes; government regulation; changes in industry
practice; and one-time events. We do not intend to update any of
these factors or to publicly announce the results of any revisions
to these forward-looking statements.
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