Conference Call on NicOx SA’s 2011 Half Year Financial Results

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS CEDEX, FRANCE--(Marketwire - July 26, 2011) -

ALERT

Conference call on NicOx’s 2011 Half Year Financial Results

TO:

Investors, Analysts and Journalists

WHAT:

NicOx S.A. will release its 2011 half year financial results on July 29 before the opening of the market trading in France and will host a conference call at 3:00 pm CET.

WHO:

Michele Garufi, Chairman and CEO

Eric Castaldi, Chief Financial Officer

Gavin Spencer, VP Business Development

WHEN:

Friday July 29 - 3:00 pm CET (2:00 pm UK - 9:00 am EST)

Phone number: +44 (0)20 7136 2053 or +1 212 444 0893 (for conference call and Q&A session).

A presentation will be available on NicOx’s website: www.nicox.com.

A replay of the conference call will be available from July 29 at 6:00 pm CET until August 5. To listen to the replay, please dial +44 (0) 20 7111 1244 or +1 347 366 9565 - Access code: 4351249#

Thanks to confirm your participation to Irène Lalande, Investor and Media Relations Coordinator. Tel: +33 (0)4 97 24 53 11 / lalande@nicox.com

NicOx (Bloomberg: COX:FP, Reuters: NCOX.PA) is a pharmaceutical company focused on the research, development and future commercialization of drug candidates. NicOx is applying its proprietary nitric oxide-donating R&D platform to develop an internal portfolio of New Molecular Entities (NMEs) for the potential treatment of inflammatory, cardio-metabolic and ophthalmological diseases.

The Company’s pipeline includes several nitric oxide-donating NMEs, which are in development internally and with partners, who include Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada), Bausch + Lomb, and Ferrer.

NicOx S.A. is headquartered in France and is listed on Euronext Paris (Compartment B: Mid Caps).

Risks factors which are likely to have a material effect on NicOx’s business are presented in the 4th chapter of the « Document de référence, rapport financier annuel et rapport de gestion 2010 » filed with the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on February 25, 2011 and available on NicOx’s website (www.nicox.com) and on the AMF’s website (www.amf-france.org).

Conference call NicOx’s 2011 Half Year Financial Results: http://hugin.info/143509/R/1533435/467129.pdf

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