Idera to Present at the 37th Annual Cowen and Company Health Care Conference

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and EXTON, Pa., March 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. IDRA, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing toll-like receptor and RNA therapeutics for patients with cancer and rare diseases, today announced that Idera's Chief Medical Officer, Joanna Horobin, M.B., Ch.B. will provide a corporate overview and update at the 37^th Annual Cowen and Company Health Care Conference on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 11:20 a.m. Eastern Time at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.

Live audio webcast of Idera's presentations will be accessible in the Investors and Media section of Idera's website at http://www.iderapharma.com.  Archived versions will also be available on the Company's website after the event for 90 days. 

About Idera Pharmaceuticals
Idera Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel nucleic acid-based therapies for the treatment of certain cancers and rare diseases. Idera's proprietary technology involves using a TLR-targeting technology, to design synthetic oligonucleotide-based drug candidates to act by modulating the activity of specific TLRs. In addition to its TLR programs, Idera has created a third generation antisense technology platform using its proprietary technology to inhibit the production of disease-associated proteins by targeting RNA. To learn more about Idera, visit www.iderapharma.com.

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