Recognition To Enhance Immune Therapy Visibility In Global Financial Markets

BETHESDA, Md., June 3, 2013 — Northwest Biotherapeutics (NASDAQ: NWBO) (NW Bio), a biotechnology company developing non-toxic DCVax® personalized immune therapies for solid tumor cancers, announced today that NW Bio was added to the MSCI Global MicroCap Index as of the close of the stock market on Friday, May 31, 2013.

MSCI Inc. is a leading provider of investment decision support tools to investors worldwide, including asset managers, banks, hedge funds and pension funds.  Among MSCI’s key products are its worldwide indices used in assessing portfolio risks and performance. Headquartered in New York, MSCI has offices in all the major financial centers, and subscribing clients around the globe. Companies are moved both in and out of these key indices twice a year based on certain size and liquidity requirements.

“Coming on the heels of an exciting show at ASCO, with strong interest in the Company and its technology and clinical trials, as well as the high level of investor interest at recent conferences such as the Marcum MicroCap Conference, it is gratifying that our progress over the last year has been recognized through inclusion in this well-followed MSCI index,” commented NW Bio CEO Linda Powers.

About Northwest Biotherapeutics

Northwest Biotherapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing immunotherapy products to treat cancers more effectively than current treatments, without toxicities of the kind associated with chemotherapies, and on a cost-effective basis, in both the United States and Europe.  The Company has a broad platform technology for DCVax® dendritic cell-based vaccines.  The Company’s lead program is a 312-patient Phase III trial in newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). GBM is the most aggressive and lethal brain cancer.  The Company also previously received clearance from the FDA for a 612-patient Phase III trial in prostate cancer, and clearance from the FDA for Phase I/II trials in multiple other cancers.  The Company has also conducted a Phase I/II trial with DCVax® for metastatic ovarian cancer together with the University of Pennsylvania. 

Disclaimer

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