SAN DIEGO, Sept. 2, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Market (Nasdaq:MNOV) and the Hercules Market of the Osaka Securities Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that Shintaro Asako, Chief Financial Officer of MediciNova, will present a company overview at the Rodman and Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference on Monday, September 13, 2010 at 3:40 p.m. Eastern time. The conference is being held at The Palace Hotel in New York City.