Biotech Calendar: Key Dates for March

BOSTON, Mass. (TheStreet) -- A calendar of important, potentially stock-moving biotech events for March:

March 7-9:
Cowen & Co. Annual Healthcare Conference

March 9-13:
National Comprehensive Cancer Network Annual Meeting (NCCN)

March 10:
Human Genome Sciences (HGSI): FDA drug approval decision date for Benlysta in lupus.
Dendreon (DNDN): FDA approval decision for expansion of Provenge manufacturing capacity at New Jersey facility.

March 18-22:
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) annual meeting.

March 24-27:
American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) meeting.

March 26:
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY): FDA drug approval decision date for Yervoy in melanoma.

March 30 - April 3:
European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) annual meeting.

Other potential biotech events in March:

Cell Therapeutics (CTIC): Outcome of FDA appeal meeting for pixantrone in aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

A.P. Pharma (APPA): Meeting with FDA to discuss requirements for resubmission of APF530 for chemotherapy-induced nausea following last year's rejection letter.

Achillion Pharmaceuticals: (ACHN) Top-line results from 28-day, phase IIa study of hepatitis C drug ACH-1625.

Celgene (CELG): Top-line results from phase II study of amrubicin in small-cell lung cancer.

Corcept Therapeutics: (CORT) FDA approval filing for Corlux in Cushing's syndrome.

--Written by Adam Feuerstein in Boston.



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