BOTHELL, Wash. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) announced today that Scott Cormack, President and Chief Executive Officer, will provide a corporate presentation at the Stifel 2014 Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 10:55 a.m. ET at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. The presentation will include an overview of apatorsen Phase 2 development plans, as well as additional data from custirsen Phase 3 SYNERGY exploratory analyses.

A live audio webcast can be accessed through the Investor Relations page of the OncoGenex website at www.OncoGenex.com. The webcast replay will be archived for 60 days.

About OncoGenex
OncoGenex is a biopharmaceutical company committed to the development and commercialization of new therapies that address treatment resistance in cancer patients. OncoGenex has a diverse oncology pipeline, with each product candidate having a distinct mechanism of action and representing a unique opportunity for cancer drug development. OncoGenex and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. have entered a global collaboration and license agreement to develop and commercialize OncoGenex' lead drug candidate, custirsen. Custirsen is currently in Phase 3 clinical development as a treatment in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer and in patients with advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer. Apatorsen is in Phase 2 clinical development and OGX-225 is currently in pre-clinical development. More information is available at www.OncoGenex.com and at the company's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/OncoGenex_IR.

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