EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals to Participate in Bloomberg Intelligence Healthcare Event on February 12

BOSTON, Feb. 05, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:EPRS), a biosimilar company focused on the global development and commercialization of biosimilar monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), today announced it will participate in multiple panel discussions at the 4^th Annual Bloomberg Intelligence Healthcare Event on Friday, Feb. 12. The panels will begin at 1:30 pm ET and focus on the evolving strategies for biosimilars, as well as provide legal and regulatory updates on biosimilars.

The conference will be held on Friday, Feb. 12 starting at 8:30 am ET in New York City. Additional information is available at http://b.bloomberg.com/BIHealthCare-regsa. The link to the live audio webcast and replay of the presentation will be available through Bloomberg terminals at Live .

About EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals
EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:EPRS) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the global development and commercialization of biosimilar monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). EPIRUS’ goal is to improve global patient access to important, cost-effective medicines.  EPIRUS' current pipeline of biosimilar product candidates includes: BOW015 (infliximab, reference biologic Remicade®); BOW050 (adalimumab, reference biologic Humira®); BOW070 (tocilizumab, reference biologic Actemra®); BOW080 (eculizumab, reference biologic Soliris®); BOW090 (ustekinumab, reference biologic STELARA®); and BOW100 (golimumab, reference biologic SIMPONI®)ⁱ. The reference products for these candidates together generated approximately $29.2 billion in global sales for 2014, according to EvaluatePharma®. EPIRUS has established multiple partnerships to support its regulatory and commercialization efforts in global markets. For more information visit EPIRUS’ website at www.epirusbiopharma.com.

ⁱ Remicade is a registered trademark of Johnson and Johnson (www.jnj.com); Humira is a registered trademark of AbbVie (www.abbvie.com); Actemra is a registered trademark of Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha Corp., a member of the Roche Group (www.gene.com); Stelara is owned and marketed by Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson (www.jnj.com); Simponi is marketed by Janssen Biotech Inc (www.janssenbiotech.com); Soliris is a registered trademark of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (www.alxn.com)

Contact Information:

For media inquiries:
Hope Buggey, FleishmanHillard 
+1-919-336-3786  
hope.buggey@fleishman.com 

For investor inquiries:
Marek Ciszewski, J.D., EPIRUS Biopharmaceuticals
+1-617-553-9716
mciszewski@epirusbiopharma.com