AtheroGenics Regains Compliance With NASDAQ Listing Requirement

ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - March 04, 2008) - AtheroGenics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AGIX), a pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases, today announced that the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel has granted the Company's request for continued listing of its securities on The NASDAQ Global Market. The company filed its Form 10-K on March 3, 2008, evidencing that it satisfied a NASDAQ requirement to have more than $50 million in revenue and $50 million in total assets for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.