06, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Altimmune,
Inc., a clinical stage immunotherapeutic
company, today announced that its abstract related to the development of an assay to detect low frequency antigen-specific T cells in HepTcell trial participants was accepted for presentation at the BSI/NVVI Congress 2016 taking place December 6 - 9, 2016 in Liverpool, U.K. HepTcell is Altimmune’s first-in-class T cell-activating immunotherapeutic in development for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (CHB).