SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jun 22, 2007 -- Novacea, Inc. (NasdaqGM:NOVC - News) today announced that it has been selected to join the broad-market Russell 3000® Index, which is effective June 22 when Russell Investment Group reconstitutes its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes. The Russell 3000 tracks the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.