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Intercell to Webcast Research & Development Day on Thursday, June 4, 2009

Posted on: Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 13:11 CDT

VIENNA and GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Intercell AG (VSE: ICLL) today announced that it will webcast its Research & Development Day being held in New York on Thursday, June 4 starting at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (6 pm CET, 5 pm GMT).

"This year's meeting will focus on the applications we are pursuing with our novel, needle-free vaccine patch technology," said Gerd Zettlmeissl, Chief Executive Officer of Intercell. "Our proprietary vaccine technology platforms have yielded a rich pipeline of products and enabled us to partner with leading pharmaceutical companies. We also look forward to providing an update on the launch of IXIARO(R), our novel vaccine to prevent Japanese Encephalitis, as well as our other partnered programs."

The featured speaker at the meeting is Dr. Herbert DuPont, a specialist in infectious disease and the primary investigator for the Intercell Travelers' Diarrhea Phase II clinical trial. Dr. Dupont will discuss the need for new vaccines particularly for travelers. Dr. DuPont currently serves as director for the Center for Infectious Diseases at The University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health. He also holds positions as the chief of internal medicine at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston and the Baylor College of Medicine H. Irving Schweppe, Jr., MD, chair in internal medicine. Dr. DuPont has been a director of the National Foundation of Infectious Diseases since 1981 and a vice president of the Foundation for the past three years.

In addition to Dr. DuPont, members of the Intercell management team will make presentations including, Gerd Zettlmeissl, Chief Executive Officer of Intercell AG, Thomas Lingelbach, Chief Operating Officer of Intercell AG, Reinhard Kandera, Chief Financial Officer of Intercell AG, Alexander von Gabain, Chief Scientific Officer of Intercell AG and Gregory M. Glenn, Chief Scientific Officer of Intercell USA.

Webcast Details

The slide and audio presentation will be available live from the investor relations section of the company's website at www.intercell.com. To ensure a timely connection to the webcast, it is recommended that users register at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled webcast (in addition, the webcast will be archived on www.intercell.com).

Agenda -- Introduction & Strategic Overview Gerd Zettlmeissl, CEO Intercell AG -- Travelers' Diarrhea: Vaccination and the importance of prevention Prof. Herbert DuPont, Guest speaker Professor and Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Texas, School of Public Health -- Intercell's Vaccine Patch Technology Gregory M. Glenn, CSO Intercell USA, Inc. -- Business Update Thomas Lingelbach, COO Intercell AG -- Scientific Update Alexander von Gabain, CSO Intercell AG -- Financial Update & Outlook Reinhard Kandera, CFO Intercell AG

About Intercell AG

Intercell AG is an innovative biotechnology company that develops novel vaccines for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases with substantial unmet medical needs. Intercell's vaccine to prevent Japanese Encephalitis is the Company's first product on the market.

The Company's technology platforms include an antigen-discovery system, adjuvants and a novel patch-based delivery system (Vaccine Patch, Vaccine Enhancement Patch). Based on these technologies, Intercell has strategic partnerships with a number of global pharmaceutical companies, including Novartis, Merck & Co., Inc., Wyeth, and Sanofi Pasteur.

The Company's pipeline includes a Travelers' Diarrhea Vaccine Patch (Phase II concluded), a Pseudomonas vaccine candidate (Phase II), a Vaccine Enhancement Patch to prevent Pandemic Influenza in combination with an injected vaccine, a vaccine program for S. aureus, which is being developed with Merck & Co., Inc. (Phase II/III), as well as a vaccine candidate for Pneumococcus (Phase I). In addition, three other products focused on infectious diseases are in pre-clinical development.

Intercell is listed on the Vienna stock exchange under the symbol "ICLL" (U.S. level one ADR symbol "INRLY").

For more information, please visit: www.intercell.com

This communication expressly or implicitly contains certain forward-looking statements concerning Intercell AG and its business. Such statements involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause the actual results, financial condition, performance or achievements of Intercell AG to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Intercell AG is providing this communication as of this date and does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Intercell AG

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