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PRINCETON, N.J., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medarex, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEDX) announced today that the following clinical and preclinical abstracts for ipilimumab in melanoma, prostate cancer and other cancers, as well as for anti-PD-1 and anti-CD70 antibody candidates for cancer treatment, are expected to be the subject of presentations at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, being held May 30-June 3, 2008 in Chicago:

Survival, Response, Safety and Biomarker Data of Ipilimumab in Melanoma

-- "Antitumor response and new lesions in advanced melanoma patients on

ipilimumab treatment" (Abstract #3020, Developmental Therapeutics:

Immunotherapy Session) -- Poster presentation and discussion from 2:00

p.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time on Friday, May 30, 2008.

-- "Long-term survival of patients with advanced melanoma who received

ipilimumab administered at 10mg/kg every 3 weeks for 4 doses (induction

dosing)" (Abstract #3018, Developmental Therapeutics: Immunotherapy

Session) - Poster presentation and discussion from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00

p.m. local time on Friday, May 30, 2008.

-- "Potential immune biomarkers of gastrointestinal toxicities and

efficacy in patients with advanced melanoma treated with ipilimumab

with or without prophylactic budesonide" (Abstract #3022, Developmental

Therapeutics: Immunotherapy Session) -- Poster presentation and

discussion from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time on Friday, May 30,

2008.

-- "Novel efficacy criteria for antitumor activity to immunotherapy using

the example of ipilimumab, an anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody"

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