LAVAL, QC, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Labopharm Inc. today announced that James R. Howard-Tripp, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will present at the Cowen and Company 29th Annual Health Care Conference at The Boston Marriott Copley Place, on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Interested parties may access the live webcast for this presentation by visiting the “Events” section of the homepage of the Company’s website at www.labopharm.com. Please connect at least 15 minutes prior to the presentation to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be required to join the webcast. An audio archive of the presentation will be available for 30 days.
About Labopharm Inc.
Labopharm is an emerging leader in optimizing the performance of existing small molecule drugs using its proprietary controlled-release technologies. The Company’s lead product, a unique once-daily formulation of tramadol, is being commercially launched in key markets globally and its second product, a novel formulation of trazodone for the treatment of major depressive disorder, is under regulatory review by the FDA. The Company also has a robust pipeline of follow-on products in both pre-clinical and clinical development. Labopharm’s vision is to become an integrated, international, specialty pharmaceutical company with the capability to internally develop and commercialize its own products. For more information, please visit www.labopharm.com.
CONTACT: At Labopharm: Mark D’Souza, Senior Vice-President and Chief
Financial Officer, Tel: (450) 686-0207; At The Equicom Group: Jason Hogan,
Media and Investor Relations, Tel: (416) 815-0700, jhogan@equicomgroup.com;
French: Joe Racanelli, Tel: (514) 844-7997, jracanelli@equicomgroup.com