MediciNova, Inc. To Present Data On MN-001 For The Treatment Of NASH (Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis) During The JDDW 2014 (Japan Digestive Disease Week 2014)

LA JOLLA, Calif., July 7, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc. a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (Nasdaq:MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it will present at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology and the 18th General Meeting of the Japan Society of Hepatology during the Japan Digestive Disease Week (JDDW) 2014 in Kobe, Japan.

Preclinical data have demonstrated the benefits of MN-001 for the treatment of NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) in an animal model. The presentation at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Gastroenterology and the 18th General Meeting of the Japan Society of Hepatology will extend understanding about the mechanism by which MN-001 improves pathology in NASH, for which there is a large unmet medical need.

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