Atara Bio to Present at the Cowen and Company 36th Annual Health Care Conference

Monday, February 29, 2016 1:00 PM UTC

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 29, 2016 -- Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATRA), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing meaningful therapies for patients with severe and life-threatening diseases that have been underserved by scientific innovation, today announced that Isaac Ciechanover, M.D., the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Cowen and Company 36th Annual Health Care Conference on Monday, March 7, 2016 at 3:20 p.m. ET. The conference will be held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel in Boston, MA.

A live webcast of the presentation will be available by visiting the Investors section of the Atara Bio website at www.atarabio.com. An archived replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's website for 14 days following the presentation.

About Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc.

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company developing meaningful therapies for patients with unmet medical needs in diseases that have seen limited therapeutic innovation, with an initial focus on immunotherapy and oncology. Atara Bio's programs include T-cell product candidates and molecularly targeted product candidates. The T-cell product candidates include EBV-CTL, CMV-CTL and WT1-CTL and harness the power of the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells and cells infected with certain viruses. The molecularly targeted product candidates include STM 434. These product candidates target activin and myostatin, members of the TGF-beta family of proteins, and have demonstrated the potential to have therapeutic benefit in a number of clinical indications.

INVESTOR & MEDIA CONTACT:

Investors: 		
Steve Klass		
212-213-0006 x331	
[email protected] 	

Media:
Justin Jackson 
212-213-0006 x327
[email protected]

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