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Artiva Biotherapeutics to Participate in the 25th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference

Artiva Biotherapeutics Announces Participation in 25th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference

By Maya Rios ARTV

Artiva Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech firm focused on cell therapies for autoimmune diseases and cancers, will participate in panel discussions and a fireside chat at the upcoming Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference, showcasing its lead AlloNK® program and pipeline advancement.

Artiva Biotherapeutics to Participate in the 25th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference
ARTV

Key Points

  • Artiva's lead program AlloNK® is an off-the-shelf NK cell therapy targeting B-cell driven autoimmune diseases with ongoing clinical trials.
  • The company will present at the 25th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference, enhancing investor and industry visibility.
  • Artiva has a strategic partnership with GC Cell, securing exclusive worldwide rights to NK cell technology outside Asia-Pacific regions.

SAN DIEGO, April 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTV), a clinical-stage biotechnology company whose mission is to develop effective, safe and accessible cell therapies for patients with devastating autoimmune diseases and cancers, today announced that Artiva management will participate in a panel as well as a fireside chat at the 25th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 2:15 p.m. EDT.

To access the audio webcast and subsequent archived recording of this and other company presentations, please visit the Investors section of Artiva’s website. The archived audio webcast will remain available for replay on Artiva’s website for 90 days.

About Artiva Biotherapeutics
Artiva is a clinical-stage biotechnology company whose mission is to develop effective, safe and accessible cell therapies for patients with devastating autoimmune diseases and cancers. Artiva’s lead program, AlloNK® (also known as AB-101), is an allogeneic, off-the-shelf, non-genetically modified, cryopreserved NK cell therapy candidate designed to enhance the antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity effect of monoclonal antibodies to drive B-cell depletion. AlloNK is currently being evaluated in three ongoing clinical trials for the treatment of B-cell driven autoimmune diseases, including a company-sponsored basket trial across autoimmune diseases that includes rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren’s disease and an investigator-initiated basket trial in B-cell driven autoimmune diseases. Artiva’s pipeline also includes CAR-NK candidates targeting both solid and hematologic cancers. Artiva was founded in 2019 as a spin out of GC Cell, formerly GC Lab Cell Corporation, a leading healthcare company in the Republic of Korea, pursuant to a strategic partnership granting Artiva exclusive worldwide rights (excluding Asia, Australia and New Zealand) to GC Cell’s NK cell manufacturing technology and programs. 

Artiva is headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information, please visit www.artivabio.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding upcoming events or Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc.’s (the “Company”) participation at such events. These forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of the management of the Company as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company. Such statements reflect the current views of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the events or circumstances referred to in the forward-looking statements may not occur. These and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results to differ from current expectations are discussed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date this press release is given. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contacts:

Investors
Noopur Batsha Liffick, MPH
NBL LifeSci Advisory LLC
[email protected]

Media
Jessica Yingling, Ph.D.
Little Dog Communications Inc.
[email protected]

Source: Artiva Biotherapeutics, Inc.


Risks

  • Clinical trial outcomes for AlloNK® and other CAR-NK candidates remain uncertain and may impact commercialization prospects.
  • Dependence on strategic partnerships and intellectual property licensing agreements could pose operational risks.
  • Market competition in cell therapy and biotechnology sectors could affect future growth and market share.

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