PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., March 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) announced today the election of George Bickerstaff to its Board of Directors.

Mr. Bickerstaff is an internationally recognized expert in finance, healthcare and information technology. He has served Novartis Pharma AG as its chief financial officer and held senior financial positions at IMS Health, Dun & Bradstreet and General Electric. He serves on numerous boards and is currently partner and managing director of M.M. Dillon & Co., an investment bank and financial advisory firm.

Dr. J. Joseph Kim, Inovio's President and CEO, said, "George Bickerstaff’s finance, operations and international business experience will be an asset to Inovio as we advance our products to commercialization and enter collaborative arrangements with other companies. The addition of George to our Board helps ensure that Inovio will continue to benefit from a deep and wide range of experience.”

About Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Inovio is taking immunotherapy to the next level in the fight against cancer and infectious diseases. We are the only immunotherapy company that has reported generating T cells in vivo in high quantity that are fully functional and whose killing capacity correlates with relevant clinical outcomes with a favorable safety profile. With an expanding portfolio of immune therapies, the company is advancing a growing preclinical and clinical stage product pipeline. Partners and collaborators include MedImmune, The Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania, DARPA, GeneOne Life Science, Plumbline Life Sciences, ApolloBio Corporation, Drexel University, NIH, HIV Vaccines Trial Network, National Cancer Institute, U.S. Military HIV Research Program, and Laval University. For more information, visit www.inovio.com.