Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. to Speak at Canaccord Genuity Global Growth Conference

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Orexigen® Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, today announced that the Company will be speaking at the Canaccord Genuity Global Growth Conference. The details are as follows:

Date: August 11, 2010

Time: 2:00pm (EDT)

Location: InterContinental Boston

Speaker: Graham Cooper, Chief Financial Officer

About Orexigen Therapeutics

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity. The Company has submitted an NDA with the FDA for its lead investigational product, Contrave®. The Company’s second product, Empatic, has completed Phase 2 clinical development. Each product candidate is designed to act on a specific group of neurons in the central nervous system with the goal of achieving appetite suppression and sustained weight loss, through combination therapeutic approaches. Further information about the Company can be found at http://www.Orexigen.com.

SOURCE Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.

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