SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Somaxon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOMX) today announced that Richard Pascoe, the company’s president and chief executive officer, will present a company update at the JMP Securities Healthcare Focus Conference on Monday, October 6, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. The conference will take place at the Le Parker Meridien Hotel in New York.