SALT LAKE CITY, April 20, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MYRX) today announced the presentation of preclinical data characterizing MPI-0486348, the lead compound in the company's Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt) inhibitor pre-clinical program at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 101st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.