SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - September 02, 2008) - Cytokinetics, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CYTK) announced today that additional interim results from an ongoing Phase IIa clinical trial of CK-1827452 were presented as a poster presentation at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2008, at the Messe München GmbH in Munich, Germany. The trial is evaluating an intravenous formulation of CK-1827452, a novel cardiac myosin activator being developed for the potential treatment of patients with either acutely decompensated or chronic heart failure. CK-1827452 is the subject of a collaboration and option agreement between Cytokinetics and Amgen Inc.
