Press Release
NPS Pharmaceuticals to Present at Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference
BEDMINSTER, N.J., Nov 21, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: NPSP) announced today that Francois Nader, M.D., president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the 20th Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference in New York on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. ET. The presentation will be available as a live webcast with a replay available approximately three hours after the presentation has concluded. Interested parties may access the webcast from the NPS website, http://www.npsp.com.
About NPS Pharmaceuticals
NPS Pharmaceuticals is developing specialty therapeutics for gastrointestinal and endocrine disorders with high unmet medical needs. The company is currently advancing two late-stage programs. Teduglutide, a proprietary analog of GLP-2, is in Phase 3 clinical development for intestinal failure associated with short bowel syndrome as GATTEX(TM) and in preclinical development for gastrointestinal mucositis and pediatric gastrointestinal conditions. NPSP558 (parathyroid hormone 1-84 [rDNA origin] injection) is in Phase 2 clinical development as a hormone therapy for hypoparathyroidism. NPS complements its proprietary programs with a royalty-based portfolio of products and product candidates that includes strategic partnerships with Amgen, GlaxoSmithKline, Kyowa Kirin, Nycomed and Ortho-McNeil. Additional information is available at http://www.npsp.com.
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