FRANKLIN, Mass., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Echo Therapeutics, Inc. , a diabetes management company developing the needle-free Symphony(TM) tCGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring (tCGM) system and the Prelude(TM) SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery, announced today that Patrick T. Mooney, M.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 4th Annual JMP Securities Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 1pm ET. The presentation will occur live and will be held at The New York Palace Hotel in New York, NY.
About Echo Therapeutics
Echo Therapeutics is focused on medical devices and specialty pharmaceuticals. Echo is developing the Symphony tCGM System as a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system for patients with diabetes and for use in hospital critical care units. Echo is also developing its needle-free Prelude SkinPrep System for transdermal drug delivery of a wide range of novel topical reformulations of widely-used, FDA-approved products.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Those risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks related to regulatory approvals and the success of Echo’s ongoing studies, including the efficacy of Echo’s Symphony tCGM System and Prelude SkinPrep System, the failure of future development and preliminary marketing efforts related to Echo’s Symphony tCGM System and Prelude SkinPrep System, Echo’s ability to secure additional commercial partnering arrangements, risks and uncertainties relating to Echo’s ability to develop, market and sell diagnostic and transdermal drug delivery products based on its skin permeation platform technologies, including the Symphony tCGM System and Prelude SkinPrep System, the availability of substantial additional equity or debt capital to support its research, development and product commercialization activities, and the success of its research, development, regulatory approval, marketing and distribution plans and strategies, including those plans and strategies related to its Symphony tCGM System and its Prelude SkinPrep System. These and other risks and uncertainties are identified and described in more detail in Echo’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and its current reports on Form 8-K. Echo Therapeutics, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.
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SOURCE Echo Therapeutics, Inc.
CONTACT: Patrick T. Mooney, M.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Echo Therapeutics, Inc., +1-508-530-0329
Web site: http://www.echotx.com/
