Aug. 27, 2009 (Business Wire) -- POZEN Inc. (NASDAQ: POZN) announced today that John R. Plachetka, Pharm.D., the company’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners 2009 Healthcare Conference on Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 3:50 p.m. (ET), at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. Dr. Plachetka’s presentation will be webcast and archived on POZEN’s home page at www.pozen.com.
POZEN is a pharmaceutical company committed to developing therapeutic advancements for diseases with unmet medical needs where it can improve efficacy, safety, and/or patient convenience. POZEN’s efforts are focused primarily on the development of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of acute and chronic pain and other pain-related conditions. POZEN has development and commercialization alliances with GlaxoSmithKline for Treximet®, which was approved in 2008 by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the acute treatment of migraine attacks, with or without aura, in adults, and with AstraZeneca for VIMOVO™, the proposed trade name for the proprietary fixed dose combination of naproxen with the proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole magnesium in a single tablet for conditions such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in patients who are at risk for developing NSAID-associated gastric ulcers. The Company’s common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol “POZN”. For detailed company information, including copies of this and other press releases, see POZEN’s website: www.pozen.com.
