Corautus Genetics Inc. To Host Conference Call On November 10, 2005

ATLANTA, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Corautus Genetics Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative gene transfer therapy products for the treatment of cardiovascular (severe angina) and peripheral vascular disease, will release its third quarter 2005 financial results on Thursday, November 10, 2005. Corautus will also host a conference call to discuss the results and progress of its therapeutic development program at 11:00 A.M. Eastern time on November 10. Richard Otto, President and Chief Executive Officer of Corautus, will host the call.

To access the live webcast, please log on to the Corautus’ website at www.corautus.com and go to the Investor Relations section. Alternatively, domestic callers may participate in the conference call by dialing (866) 202-3109, and international callers may participate in the conference call by dialing (617) 213-8844. The participant passcode for access to the conference is “Corautus”. Webcast and telephone replays of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call. Domestic callers can access the replay by dialing (888) 286-8010, and international callers can access the replay by dialing (617) 801-6888; the PIN access number is 24706690.

About Corautus Genetics Inc.

Corautus Genetics Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of gene transfer therapy products for the treatment of cardiovascular (severe angina) and peripheral vascular disease. Corautus is currently developing and testing a gene transfer product using the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-2 (VEGF-2) gene to promote therapeutic angiogenesis in ischemic muscle. Corautus has a strategic alliance with Boston Scientific Corporation to develop, commercialize and distribute the VEGF-2 gene therapy products. For more information, please visit http://www.corautus.com.

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release may contain forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to certain factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, events and performances to differ materially from those referred to in such statements. These risks include statements which address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future, such as projections about our future results of operations or our financial condition, benefits from the alliance with Boston Scientific, research, development and commercialization of our product candidates, and in particular whether early-stage clinical trial results are any indication of results in subsequent clinical trials, anticipated trends in our business, manufacture of sufficient and acceptable quantities of our proposed products, approval of our product candidates, meeting additional capital requirements, benefits from listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market, and other risks that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks are discussed in Corautus Genetics Inc.'s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including, but not limited to, the risk factors in Corautus’ 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 22, 2005, which are incorporated by reference into this press release.

Corautus Genetics Inc.

CONTACT: Michael K. Steele of Corautus Genetics Inc., +1-404-526-6212, ormsteele@corautus.com

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