SAN DIEGO, April 7, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company that is publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Market (Nasdaq:MNOV) and the Jasdaq Market of the Osaka Securities Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced details on its planned business update conference call conducted by management today, Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 4:30pm(Eastern).