CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MNTA - News), a biotechnology company specializing in the characterization and engineering of complex drugs, announced today that Susan K. Whoriskey, Vice President, Licensing & Business Development, will present at the NewsMakers in the Biotech Industry Conference on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 4:00 pm EDT at Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York, NY. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the “Investors” section of the Company’s website located at http://www.momentapharma.com. A replay of the presentation will be posted on the Momenta website approximately thirty minutes after the event and will be available through October 7, 2006.
About Momenta:
Momenta Pharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company specializing in the detailed characterization and engineering of complex sugars. Momenta is applying its technology to create technology-enabled generic versions of sugar-based and other complex drug products, develop improved versions of existing drugs, and discover novel drugs and new biological processes. The Company’s most advanced product candidate is M-Enoxaparin, a technology-enabled generic version of Lovenox®. Momenta’s first improved drug candidate is M118, a rationally engineered anticoagulant specifically designed for acute coronary syndromes. The Company is developing other novel drug candidates through its discovery effort focused on understanding sugar-based biological processes. Momenta was founded in 2001 based on technology initially developed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.
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