Eiger Bio to Present at Upcoming ChinaBio® Partnering Forum 2019

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 30, 2019 – Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:EIGR), focused on the development and commercialization of targeted therapies for serious rare and ultra-rare diseases, today announced that David Cory, President and CEO, will participate and present a corporate update at the ChinaBio^® Partnering Forum 2019 on May 8^th in Shanghai, China.

Eiger will host one-on-one meetings at the ChinaBio^® Partnering Forum.

About Eiger
Eiger is a late stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a pipeline of first-in-class, well-characterized drugs for serious rare and ultra-rare diseases for patients with high unmet medical needs and for which no approved therapies exist.

The company’s lead program is in Phase 3, developing lonafarnib, a first-in-class prenylation inhibitor for the treatment of Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) infection.  The company is rapidly advancing peginterferon lambda, a first-in-class interferon, toward registration for the treatment of HDV.  Eiger is preparing an NDA and MAA for lonafarnib to treat Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS or Progeria) and Progeroid Laminopathies with plans to file in 2019.  For additional information about Eiger and its clinical programs, please visit www.eigerbio.com.