SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/18/09 -- Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYPB) today announced that Sabrina Martucci Johnson, its Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Cowen and Company 29th Annual Health Care Conference on March 19, 2009.

The Cowen conference is being held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA. Ms. Johnson is scheduled to present on Thursday, March 19th at 11:05 a.m. Eastern Time. The audio broadcast of this presentation can be accessed at http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/conflobby.zhtml?ticker=CYPB&item_id=2111184.

A replay of the presentation will be available at the same web address as well as on Cypress' website, http://www.cypressbio.com/events.php.

About Cypress Bioscience

Cypress Bioscience, Inc. provides therapeutics and personalized medicine services, facilitating improved and individualized patient care. Cypress addresses the evolving needs of specialist physicians and their patients by identifying unmet medical needs in the areas of pain, rheumatology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation, including challenging disorders such as fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis. This approach to improving patient care creates a unique partnership with physicians. Current products include Savella(TM) (milnacipran HCI) and the Avise PG(SM) and Avise MCV(SM) therapeutic monitoring, diagnostic and prognostic tests for rheumatoid arthritis.

For more information about Cypress, please visit the Company's website at www.cypressbio.com.