NEW YORK & SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2006--Axonyx Inc. (NASDAQ: AXYX - News) announced today that Gosse B. Bruinsma, MD and Neil Kurtz, MD, the Chief Executive Officers of Axonyx Inc. and TorreyPines Therapeutics, Inc., respectively, will host a webcast and conference call today at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss today's merger announcement between the two companies.