NEW YORK, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Emisphere Technologies, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on a unique and improved delivery of therapeutic molecules using its eligen(R) technology, today announced that the company will present at the BIO CEO & Investor Conference on February 12, 2008 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Michael V. Novinski, President and Chief Executive Officer of Emisphere, will present for the company at 2:45 PM in the Lexington Suite of the Hotel. Gary Riley, BVSc, MVSc, Vice President, Nonclinical Development and Applied Biology, will co-present.
For more information on the BIO CEO & Investor Conference, including registration, hotel accommodations and an up-to-date program, please visit the conference Web site at http://ceo.bio.org/opencms/ceo/2008/index.jsp.
About Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
Emisphere Technologies, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on a unique and improved delivery of therapeutic molecules using its eligen(R) technology. These molecules and compounds could be currently available or in development. Such molecules are usually delivered by injection; in many cases, their benefits are limited due to poor bioavailability, slow on-set of action or variable absorption. The eligen(R)technology can be applied to the oral route of administration as well other delivery pathways, such as buccal, rectal, inhalation, intra-vaginal or transdermal. The web site is: www.emisphere.com.
Safe Harbor Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The statements in this release and oral statements made by representatives of Emisphere relating to matters that are not historical facts (including without limitation those regarding future performance or financial results, the timing or potential outcomes of research collaborations or clinical trials, any market that might develop for any of Emisphere’s product candidates and the sufficiency of Emisphere’s cash and other capital resources) are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the likelihood that actual performance or results could materially differ, that future research will prove successful, the likelihood that any product in the research pipeline will receive regulatory approval in the United States or abroad, the ability of Emisphere and/or its partners to develop, manufacture and commercialize products using Emisphere’s drug delivery technology, or Emisphere’s ability to fund such efforts with or without partners. Emisphere undertakes no obligation to update any of these statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as to the date hereof. Accordingly any forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with the additional risks and uncertainties detailed in Emisphere’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in Emisphere’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (file no. 000-17758) filed on March 6, 2007, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed on May 7, 2007 (file no. 000-17758) and for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed on August 7, 2007 (file No. 000-17758).
CONTACT: Bob Madison, Senior Director Corporate Communications, Emisphere
Technologies, Inc., +1-973-532-8001; or Adam Friedman, Adam Friedman
Associates, +1-212-981-2529, ext. 18
Web site: http://www.emisphere.com/
