TORONTO and HOUSTON, Oct. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. (“Medicenna” or the “Company”) (TSX: MDNA, OTCQX: MDNAF), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on the development of Superkines for the treatment of cancer as well as autoimmune and inflammatory diseases is pleased to announce its participation in several upcoming conferences. These events provide an opportunity for Medicenna to showcase its innovative therapies and engage with the industry and investment community.

Upcoming Conference Participation:

Planet MicroCap Showcase: TORONTO 2025 in partnership with MicroCapClub

• Date: October 22^nd, 2025
• Location: Toronto, Ontario
• Format: Presentation and One-on-One meetings
• Time: 1:30 PM (Toronto, ON Local Time EST)
• Webcast: https://event.summitcast.com/view/34SFNFBix4cZpKNiohrXeh/HQcTy9Pb6JbVq9j9df4qGi
  
  

BIO-Europe 2025

• Date: November 3-5, 2025
• Location: Vienna, Austria
• Format: One-on-One Meetings
• Details: As one of the largest life sciences partnering events, BIO-Europe provides a venue for Medicenna to engage with potential partners and investors, highlighting its pipeline of Superkines and ongoing clinical trials.
  
  

Oppenheimer Miami Oncology Summit

• Date: November 6, 2025
• Location: Miami, Florida
• Format: Panels and Networking
• Details: This summit organized by Oppenheimer & Co. in partnership with the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center, focuses on oncology advancements, offering Medicenna a platform to discuss its innovative immunotherapy.
  
  

About Medicenna Therapeutics

Medicenna is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on developing novel, highly selective versions of IL-2, IL-4 and IL-13 Superkines and first-in-class Empowered Superkines. Medicenna’s long-acting IL-2 Superkine, MDNA11, is a next-generation IL-2 with superior affinity toward CD122 (IL-2 receptor beta) and no CD25 (IL-2 receptor alpha) binding, thereby preferentially stimulating cancer-killing effector T cells and NK cells. Medicenna’s IL-4 Empowered Superkine, bizaxofusp (formerly MDNA55), has been studied in 5 clinical trials enrolling over 130 patients, including a Phase 2b trial for recurrent GBM, the most common and uniformly fatal form of brain cancer. Bizaxofusp has obtained FastTrack and Orphan Drug status from the FDA and FDA/EMA, respectively. Medicenna’s early-stage BiSKITs™ (Bifunctional SuperKine ImmunoTherapies) and the T-MASK™ (Targeted Metalloprotease Activated SuperKine) programs are designed to enhance the ability of Superkines to treat immunologically “cold” tumors.

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Forward-Looking Statements

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Investor/Media Contact:

Shushu Feng
Investor Relations, Medicenna Therapeutics
(416) 964-5442
ir@medicenna.com