MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADVM) a gene therapy company committed to discovering and developing novel medicines for patients suffering from diseases with few or burdensome treatment options, announced today that Amber Salzman, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Adverum, will present at two upcoming investor conferences:

• Jefferies 2016 London Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 2:40 pm GMT in London
   
• 28^th Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 4:00 pm ET in New York

The audio portions of the corporate presentation at Jefferies and the fireside chat at Piper Jaffray will be accessible live through the investors’ section of the Company’s website at www.adverum.com. A replay will be available for 14 days following the presentations.

About Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.
Adverum is a gene therapy company committed to discovering and developing novel medicines that can offer life-changing benefits to patients living with rare diseases or diseases of the eye who currently have limited or burdensome treatment options. Adverum has a robust pipeline that includes product candidates to treat wet AMD, A1AT deficiency, and hereditary angioedema.  Leveraging a next-generation adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based directed evolution platform, the Company generates product candidates designed to provide durable efficacy by inducing sustained expression of a therapeutic protein. Adverum has collaboration agreements with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to research, develop, and commercialize gene therapy products for ophthalmic diseases and Editas Medicine to explore the delivery of genome editing medicines for the treatment of inherited retinal diseases. Adverum has clinical development expertise and core capabilities in vector optimization, process development, manufacturing, and assay development. For more information please visit www.adverum.com.

Contact for Adverum:
Jill Steier
Senior Vice President
The Trout Group LLC
646-378-2946
jsteier@troutgroup.com