Crystal Research Associates, LLC Issues Executive

NEW YORK, NY --(Marketwired - December 01, 2016) - Crystal Research Associates, LLC announced today that it has issued an Executive Informational Overview ^® (EIO) on Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. ( NYSE MKT : HEB ). The full 60-page report is available on Crystal Research Associates' website at www.crystalra.com .

Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company addressing critical unmet medical needs. Hemispherx has invested over two decades of R&D into safe, effective ways to modulate and amplify the immune system, and is now poised to enter a confirmatory Phase III U.S. trial with an RNA macromolecule that could become the only FDA-approved therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). This candidate, Ampligen®, was approved for CFS/ME in Argentina in August 2016 and is available to patients in Europe through an early access program (EAP). CFS/ME is a debilitating disease with no known treatment to date but very active patient advocacy groups.

Hemispherx also holds rights to an FDA-approved product for genital warts, Alferon N Injection®, which is believed to be the world's only approved natural interferon (IFN). Hemispherx has refined Alferon's manufacturing to drastically increase efficiencies and reduce costs, and now seeks FDA approval for the new production method before relaunching Alferon. Hemispherx is headquartered in Philadelphia with GMP manufacturing and research facilities in New Jersey.

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About Crystal Research Associates, LLC

For the past decade, Crystal Research Associates, LLC ( www.crystalra.com ) has successfully articulated the exceptional stories of small- and mid-cap companies to the Wall Street investor community. Our methods are well-established and diverse, from compiling and disseminating objective, factual information for both institutional and retail investor audiences to capitalizing on our expansive line of targeted distribution channels, which include industry-leading financial data and information providers. Our distribution efforts are accompanied by the use of prominent social media channels and by strategic and targeted appearances on national news programs and print media.

Crystal Research Associates is led by Wall Street veterans, Jeffrey Kraws and Karen Goldfarb. Together, Kraws and Goldfarb have built a unique business model, capitalizing on decades of experience as an award-winning sell-side analyst team to produce institutional-quality industry and market research in a manner that is easily understood by investors and consumers. Our firm's approach has been proven successful over the years as our products are published and available on Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters/First Call, Capital IQ, FactSet, and scores of other popular forums.

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