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CRGN shows at ASCO this week

CuraGen to Present CR011-vcMMAE Data at ASCO





- Update from Advanced Breast Cancer and Melanoma Studies

- Conference Call to be Hosted on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at 11:00 am

BRANFORD, Conn., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CuraGen Corporation (Nasdaq: CRGN) today announced plans for three data presentations from its ongoing clinical trials of CR011-vcMMAE, an antibody-drug conjugate that targets GPNMB, in patients with advanced breast cancer and melanoma at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Orlando, Florida.

The titles, dates, and times of the presentations are as follows:

#9032 A phase I/II study of CR011-vcMMAE, an antibody-drug conjugate targeting glycoprotein NMB in patients with advanced melanoma. Sunday, May 31, 2009, poster presentation from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM with a discussion session from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM.

#9063 Pharmacokinetics of CR011-vcMMAE, an antibody-drug conjugate, in a phase I study of patients with advanced melanoma. Monday, June 1, 2009, poster presentation from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM.

#1067 A phase I/II study of CR011-vcMMAE, an antibody-drug conjugate, in patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. Monday, June 1, 2009, poster presentation from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM.

Abstracts are available and can be viewed on the ASCO Web site at www.asco.org.

Reprints of the presentations will be made available on CuraGen's website at http://www.curagen.com or can be requested by emailing [e-mail] following the presentations.