Alfacell Corporation to Present at Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw 9th Annual Healthcare Conference
Released: 10/29/07 08:30 AM EDT

SOMERSET, N.J., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Alfacell Corporation (NASDAQ:ACEL) today announced that Lawrence A. Kenyon, executive vice president, chief financial officer and corporate secretary, will present an overview of the company's product development programs at 10:55 a.m. EDT on Nov. 5, 2007, at the Acumen BioFin Rodman & Renshaw 9th Annual Healthcare Conference at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City.

The live Webcast of the presentation will be available on Alfacell's Web site at www.alfacell.com. A replay of the Webcast will be available online for 90 days.

About Alfacell Corporation

Alfacell Corporation is the first company to advance a biopharmaceutical product candidate that works in a manner similar to RNA interference (RNAi) through late-stage clinical trials. The product candidate, ONCONASE(R), is an RNase that overcomes the challenges of targeting RNA for therapeutic purposes while enabling the development of a new class of targeted therapies for cancer and other life-threatening diseases. In addition to an ongoing Phase IIIb study in malignant mesothelioma, Alfacell is conducting a Phase I/II trial of ONCONASE in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and other solid tumors. For more information, visit www.alfacell.com.

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Source: Alfacell Corporation