Axovant Gene Therapies to Present at 2019 Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axovant Gene Therapies Ltd. AXGT, a clinical-stage company developing innovative gene therapies, today announced that Parag Meswani, Pharm.D., senior vice president, commercial strategy & operations, will present at the annual Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa at 4:30 PM PT on October 3, 2019 in Carlsbad, California.

Organized by the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, the Cell & Gene Meeting on the Mesa is a three-day conference featuring more than 80 dedicated company presentations by leading public and private companies, highlighting technical and clinical achievements over the past 12 months in the areas of cell therapy, gene therapy, gene editing, tissue engineering, and broader regenerative medicine technologies, as well as over 100 panelists and featured speakers.

A live video webcast of all company presentations will be available at: http://www.meetingonthemesa.com/webcast and will also be published on the conference website shortly after the event.  Please visit www.meetingonthemesa.com for full information including registration.

About Axovant
Axovant, part of the Roivant family of companies, is a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing a pipeline of innovative product candidates for debilitating neurological and neuromuscular diseases. Our current pipeline of gene therapy candidates targets GM1 gangliosidosis, GM2 gangliosidosis (including Tay-Sachs disease and Sandhoff disease), and Parkinson's disease. Axovant is focused on accelerating product candidates into and through clinical trials with a team of experts in gene therapy development and through external partnerships with leading gene therapy organizations. For more information, visit www.axovant.com.

About Roivant
Roivant Sciences aims to improve health by rapidly delivering innovative medicines and technologies to patients. It does this by building Vants – nimble, entrepreneurial biotech and healthcare technology companies with a unique approach to sourcing talent, aligning incentives, and deploying technology to drive greater efficiency in R&D and commercialization. For more information, please visit www.roivant.com.

Contacts:
Media and Investors
Parag V. Meswani, Pharm.D.
(212) 547-2523
media@axovant.com
investors@axovant.com