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 Wedbush 2011 Life Sciences Management Access Conference on Wednesday, August 17, 2011, at 1:50 p.m. ET at the Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York, N.Y. Dr. Almenoff will provide a corporate overview and discuss Furiex's therapeutic pipeline.