THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Opexa Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXA), a biopharmaceutical company developing personalized immunotherapies including multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica (NMO), today announced that Neil K. Warma, President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) 2015 International Convention on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at 1:45 p.m. EDT in Theater 1. The conference will be held at The Pennsylvania Convention Center (June 15-18, 2015, Philadelphia, PA).

A live webcast of the Company presentation can be accessed here, or via the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.opexatherapeutics.com. An archive of the webcast will be available on the Company's website until September 15, 2015.

About Opexa

Opexa is a biopharmaceutical company developing a personalized immunotherapy with the potential to treat major illnesses, including multiple sclerosis (MS) as well as other autoimmune diseases such as neuromyelitis optica (NMO). These therapies are based on Opexa’s proprietary T-cell technology. The Company’s leading therapy candidate, Tcelna®, is a personalized T-cell immunotherapy that is in a Phase IIb clinical development program (the Abili-T trial) for the treatment of secondary progressive MS. Tcelna consists of myelin-reactive T-cells, which are expanded ex vivo from the patient’s peripheral blood and reintroduced into the patient in an attenuated form via subcutaneous injections. This process triggers a potent immune response against specific subsets of autoreactive T-cells known to attack myelin for each individual patient.

For more information visit the Opexa Therapeutics website at www.opexatherapeutics.com.

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