SELLAS Life Sciences to Present at the 2018 Cantor Global Healthcare Conference

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NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. SLS ("SELLAS" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel cancer immunotherapies for a broad range of cancer indications, today announced that Angelos Stergiou, M.D., ScD h.c., President and Chief Executive Officer of SELLAS, will present a corporate overview at the 2018 Cantor Global Healthcare Conference on Monday, October 1, 2018 at 2:20 p.m. ET at the Intercontinental Barclay Hotel in New York, NY.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available under "Events & Presentations" in the Investors section of SELLAS' website at www.sellaslifesciences.com/investors. A replay of the webcast will be available for up to 30 days on SELLAS' website following the presentation.

About SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.

SELLAS is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel cancer immunotherapeutics for a broad range of cancer indications. SELLAS' lead product candidate, galinpepimut-S (GPS), is licensed from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and targets the Wilms Tumor 1 (WT1) protein, which is present in an array of tumor types.  GPS has potential as a monotherapy or in combination to address a broad spectrum of hematologic malignancies and solid tumor indications. SELLAS has Phase 3 clinical trials planned for GPS in two indications, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) and is also developing GPS as a potential treatment for multiple myeloma (MM) and ovarian cancer. SELLAS plans to study GPS in up to four additional indications. SELLAS has received Orphan Drug (or Medicinal Product) designations for GPS from both the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for AML, MPM, and MM. GPS also received Fast Track designation for AML, MPM and MM from the FDA. SELLAS' second product candidate, NeuVax™ (nelipepimut-S), is a HER2-directed cancer immunotherapy being investigated for the prevention of the recurrence of breast cancer after standard of care treatment in the adjuvant setting. NeuVax™ has received Fast Track status designation by FDA for the treatment of patients with early stage breast cancer with low to intermediate HER2 expression, otherwise known as HER2 1+ or 2+, following standard of care.

For more information on SELLAS, please visit www.sellaslifesciences.com.

Investor Contacts:
Will O'Connor
Stern Investor Relations, Inc.
212-362-1200
ir@sellaslife.com

David Moser, JD
Sellas Life Sciences Group
813-864-2571
info@sellaslife.com

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