HOPKINTON, Mass., May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the Company will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. EDT at the offices of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, 60 State Street, Boston, MA.
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About Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALSE) is engaged in the development of therapeutic and diagnostic products primarily for disorders in the central nervous system (CNS). The Company maintains a world-class intellectual property position in the field of regenerative therapeutics. The Company's energy and focus is reflected in several important initiatives. Cethrin, a recombinant-protein-based drug designed to promote nerve repair after acute spinal cord injury, demonstrated positive interim results in a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. The Company's research and pre-clinical programs include, Inosine for the treatment of spinal cord injury and stroke, Oncomodulin for the treatment of ocular injury and disease and research programs directed at a number of regenerative therapies including bone repair. The Company has a robust molecular imaging development program targeting diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and potentially dementia. The Company's lead molecular imaging product candidate is Altropane which is in Phase III clinical trials for the diagnosis of Parkinsonian Syndromes including Parkinson's Disease. The Company has research collaborations with Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston.
Alseres is a trademark and Cethrin and Altropane are registered trademarks of Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
CONTACT: Sharon Correia of Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc., +1-508-497-2360,
ext. 224, scorreia@alseres.com; or Adam Friedman of Adam Friedman
Associates, +1-212-981-2529, ext. 18, adam@adam-friedman.com
Web site: http://www.alseres.com/
