AVI BioPharma to Present Strategic Overview at Two Investor Conferences.Presentations to Take Place at Rodman & Renshaw 8th Annual Global Healthcare Conference and Paulson Investment's 29th Annual Westergaard SmallCap Conference PORTLAND, Ore. -- AVI BioPharma, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVII), President and COO Alan P. Timmins will present the company's business strategy and clinical development update at two investor conferences today. The first, Paulson Investment's 29th Annual Westergaard SmallCap Conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , includes four presentations by Timmins between 9 a.m. and 2:05 p.m. EST. A 10-minute webcast of Timmins' presentation will be available at 10:45 a.m. EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy via the conference Web site at http://www.westergaardsmallcap.com. Second, Timmins will present at the Rodman & Renshaw 8th Annual Global Healthcare Conference at 3:55 p.m. EST at the New York Palace
"I'm looking forward to discussing AVI's progress against our development and financial goals for 2006," said Timmins. "This has been an important year for the company in terms of advancing clinical programs in infectious disease and cardiovascular therapeutics. We have also executed on our partnership strategy and have achieved significant milestones in preclinical programs." About AVI BioPharma AVI BioPharma develops therapeutic products for the treatment of life-threatening diseases using third-generation NEUGENE([R]) antisense drugs. AVI's lead NEUGENE antisense compound is designed to target cell proliferation disorders, including cardiovascular restenosis, cancer and polycystic kidney disease Polycystic Kidney Disease Definition Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is one of the most common of all life-threatening human genetic disorders. . In addition to targeting specific genes in the body, AVI's antiviral program uses NEUGENE antisense compounds to combat disease by targeting single-stranded RNA viruses, including West Nile virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. , hepatitis C virus
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