SAN MATEO, Calif., April 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NeurogesX, Inc. (Nasdaq:NGSX), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing a portfolio of novel non-opioid, pain management therapies, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Company’s request for an End-of-Phase 2 meeting to discuss the continued clinical investigation of NGX-1998 as a treatment for certain neuropathic pain conditions including, specifically, the Company’s plans for entering NGX-1998 into Phase 3 development. The Company anticipates that the End-of-Phase 2 meeting will occur in the third quarter of 2012.
