ADVISORY, May 21, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Philip Yachmetz, Chief Business Officer of Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SVNT), will preside over the Opening Bell in support of the second annual National Gout Awareness Day. Joining Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will be Maurice Cheeks, long-time gout sufferer and current head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team; Lawrence Edwards, M.D., Chairman and CEO of the Gout & Uric Acid Education Society; and Ralph Schumacher, M.D., Rheumatologist and a Gout & Uric Acid Education Society Board member.
