Omeros Corporation to Present at the 2013 Future Leaders in the Biotech Industry Conference

SEATTLE, March 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER), a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation, bleeding and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced that it has been chosen to present at the 2013 Future Leaders in the Biotech Industry Conference. Gregory A. Demopulos, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 5, 2013.

The presentation will be webcast. The live and archived webcasts can be accessed on the "Events" page of the Company's website at www.omeros.com.

About Omeros Corporation

Omeros is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products targeting inflammation, coagulopathies and disorders of the central nervous system. The Company's most clinically advanced product candidates, OMS302 for lens replacement surgery and OMS103HP for arthroscopy, are derived from its proprietary PharmacoSurgery platform designed to improve clinical outcomes of patients undergoing a wide range of surgical and medical procedures. Omeros has five clinical development programs. Omeros may also have the near-term capability, through its GPCR program, to add a large number of new drug targets and their corresponding compounds to the market. Behind its clinical candidates and GPCR platform, Omeros is building a diverse pipeline of protein and small-molecule preclinical programs targeting inflammation, coagulopathies and central nervous system disorders.

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