MORRISVILLE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Furiex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: FURX), a drug development collaboration company, announced that June Almenoff, M.D., Ph.D., president and chief medical officer of Furiex, is scheduled to present at the Stifel Nicolaus Healthcare Conference 2011 on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 9:10 a.m. ET at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston, Mass. Dr. Almenoff will provide a corporate overview and discuss Furiex’s therapeutic pipeline.