SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anesiva, Inc. today announced that it will host a briefing for the investment community to review the company’s launch and commercialization plans for Zingo(TM) (lidocaine hydrochloride monohydrate) powder intradermal injection system. The briefing will take place on Friday October 12, 2007 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time in New York City. To access the live audio broadcast or the subsequent archived recording, please visit http://www.anesiva.com.
Anesiva’s management and will review the company’s manufacturing and commercialization plans as well as the timeline for the Zingo launch. The meeting will also feature William T. Zempsky, M.D., a pediatric pain specialist and associate professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, who will discuss clinical experience with Zingo and the role it can play in pediatric medicine.
About Zingo
Zingo is a ready-to-use, single-use, needle-free system that delivers sterile lidocaine powder into the epidermis of the skin and provides topical, local analgesia in one to three minutes after administration. This rapid onset, which may be especially useful in pediatric populations and busy emergency room settings, means the product can be incorporated into a medical procedure allowing uninterrupted care, an important advantage over current options. In addition to the hospital setting, Zingo may be used in physicians’ offices and clinical laboratories. Anesiva also recently completed enrollment of a Phase 3 trial evaluating Zingo in adults with the goal of expanding the label beyond the pediatric population.
About Anesiva and its Diverse Portfolio of Pain Products
Anesiva, Inc. is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company that seeks to be the leader in the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic treatments for pain. The company has one FDA-approved product, Zingo(TM) (lidocaine hydrochloride monohydrate) powder intradermal injection system, to reduce pain associated with peripheral venous access procedures in children three to 18 years of age. The second product in Anesiva’s pipeline, Adlea(TM) (formerly 4975), has been shown to reduce pain after only a single administration for weeks to months in multiple settings in numerous mid-stage clinical trials for site-specific, moderate-to-severe pain. Anesiva is based in South San Francisco, CA. For more information about Anesiva’s leadership in the development of products for pain management, and an overview of the clinical challenges being addressed by its product candidates, go to http://www.anesiva.com.
CONTACT: Paul Goodson, Sr. Dir., Investor Relations of Anesiva, Inc.,
+1-650-246-6898, investors@anesiva.com
Web site: http://www.anesiva.com//
