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Puma Biotechnology to Hold Conference Call to Provide Update on PB272 Clinical Trials in Patients with HER2 Mutations

December 17, 2013

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (NYSE:PBYI), a development stage biopharmaceutical company, will host a conference call at 1:30 p.m. PST (4:30 p.m. EST) on Monday, December 23, 2013, to provide an update on its clinical trials of PB272 (neratinib) in cancer patients with activating HER2 mutations. This includes the Company’s ongoing trials of neratinib in (1) patients with HER2 mutated non-small cell lung cancer; (2) patients with HER2-negative breast cancer who have a HER2 mutation; and (3) patients with solid tumors who have an activating HER2 mutation.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

The conference call may be accessed by dialing 1-877-709-8150 for domestic callers and 1-201-689-8354 for international callers. Please inform the operator that you would like to join the “Puma Biotechnology Clinical Update Call.”

The conference call will also be webcast live and accessible through the Investor Relations section of Puma’s website at http://www.pumabiotechnology.com/ir_events.html and will be archived there for 30 days following the call. Please visit Puma’s website several minutes prior to the start of the broadcast to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be necessary.

About Puma Biotechnology

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. is a development stage biopharmaceutical company that acquires and develops innovative products for the treatment of various forms of cancer. The Company focuses on in-licensing drug candidates that are undergoing or have already completed initial clinical testing for the treatment of cancer and then seeks to further develop those drug candidates for commercial use. The Company is initially focused on the development of PB272 (oral neratinib), a potent irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor, for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer and patients with non-small cell lung cancer, breast cancer and other solid tumors that have a HER2 mutation.

Further information about Puma Biotechnology may be found at www.pumabiotechnology.com.

Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results and expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and actual outcomes and results could differ materially from these statements due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to, the risk factors disclosed in the periodic reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Contact:

Puma Biotechnology, Inc.
Alan H. Auerbach or Mariann Ohanesian
+1-424-248-6500
info@pumabiotechnology.com
ir@pumabiotechnology.com
or
Russo Partners
Andreas Marathovouniotis or David Schull
+1-212-845-4235
andreas.marathis@russopartnersllc.com
david.schull@russopartnersllc.com