Starpharma to present at OTCQX Virtual Investor Conference

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Starpharma (ASX: SPL, OTCQX: SPHRY) today announced that as part of its OTCQX investor communications, a pre-recorded presentation by Chief Executive Officer Dr. Jackie Fairley will be broadcast at VirtualInvestorConferences.com on Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 10:30am (US ET time). The presentation is part of OTCQX's virtual investor conference dedicated to international companies.

The presentation will provide an overview of Starpharma for new investors; and highlight developments of the company's VivaGel^® and DEP^® portfolios.  

Interested parties are able to register at www.VirtualInvestorConferences.com or at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/0418prepr. An on-demand archive of the presentation will be available for 90 days at www.VirtualInvestorConferences.com.

About Starpharma

Starpharma Holdings Limited (ASX: SPL, OTCQX:SPHRY), located in Melbourne Australia, is an ASX 300 company and is a world leader in the development of dendrimer products for pharmaceutical, life science and other applications.

Starpharma's underlying technology is built around dendrimers – a type of synthetic nanoscale polymer that is highly regular in size and structure and well suited to pharmaceutical and medical uses.  Starpharma has two core development programs: VivaGel^® portfolio and DEP^® drug delivery with the Company developing a number of products internally and others via commercial partnerships.

VivaGel^®: Starpharma's portfolio includes women's health products based on VivaGel^® (SPL7013, astodrimer sodium), a proprietary dendrimer.  VivaGel^® BV is approved for marketing in the EU and Australia for bacterial vaginosis (BV). Starpharma has a license agreement with Aspen Pharmacare Australia Pty Ltd for the sales and marketing of VivaGel^® BV in Australia and New Zealand. Starpharma has also developed an antiviral condom which uses VivaGel^® in the lubricant, which is available in Australia and Canada under the Lifestyles^® Dual Protect™ brand. Starpharma has a number of license agreements to market the VivaGel^® condom in other regions, including China and Japan (Okamoto).

DEP^® - Dendrimer Enhanced Product^®: Starpharma's DEP^® drug delivery platform has demonstrated reproducible preclinical benefits across multiple internal and partnered DEP^® programs, including improved efficacy, safety and survival. Starpharma has two internal DEP^® products – DEP^® docetaxel and DEP^® cabazitaxel - in clinical development in patients with solid tumours, and further DEP^® products approaching clinical development. Starpharma's partnered DEP^® programs include a multiproduct DEP^® licence with AstraZeneca, which involves the development and commercialisation of two novel oncology compounds, with potential to add more.

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Forward Looking Statements

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