Biovest International, Inc. (OTCQB: “BVTI”), a majority-owned subsidiary of Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: “ABPI”), today announced that Biovest will present at the Lymphoma Coalition’s annual patient advocacy event leading up to the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Dec. 8-11. Biovest will provide an update on BiovaxID™, its late-stage, personalized cancer vaccine for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which has been featured in a series of recent web-based articles by lymphoma patient advocates reporting on the urgent, unmet need for additional consolidation therapeutic options for lymphoma patients concerned with safety and side-effects.

BiovaxID Presentation Details:

Event: Lymphoma Coalition Presentation & Reception Evening

Day/Time: Thursday, December 6th at 4:30 pm EST

Place: Marriott Perimeter Centre, 246 Perimeter Centre Parkway NE, Atlanta, Georgia

For More Information: www.lymphomacoalition.org

To review articles by lymphoma patient advocates reporting on BiovaxID and the unmet need for additional consolidation therapeutic options, please visit the following publication links:

  • AnnArbor.Comhttp://www.annarbor.com/health/patients-fight-back-when-the-fda-refuses-to-review-a-new-cancer-therapy/
  • LymphomaInfo.Nethttp://www.lymphomainfo.net/lifestyle/non-hodgkins/follicular/sign-the-petition-to-bring-the-lymphoma-vaccine-to-market

To request a meeting with Biovest at this Lymphoma Coalition event or at ASH, please contact Douglas Calder at 813-507-2558 or dwcalder@biovest.com.

About Biovest International, Inc.

Biovest International, Inc. develops active immunotherapies (cancer vaccines) which treat and diminish the aggressiveness of B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system. The Company’s lead personalized cancer vaccine product candidate, BiovaxID™, has been evaluated in three clinical trials conducted in collaboration with the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) demonstrating that BiovaxID increases the duration of cancer remission following chemotherapy and induces immune responses which correlate highly with long-term survival. Biovest is currently in the process of pursuing European and Canadian marketing approvals for BiovaxID.

Headquartered in Tampa, Florida with its bio-manufacturing facility based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Biovest is publicly-traded on the OTCQB™ Market with the stock-ticker symbol “BVTI”, and is a majority-owned subsidiary of Accentia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: “ABPI”).

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