WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Targacept, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRGT), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel NNR Therapeutics (TM), today announced that Alan A. Musso, Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present at the Deutsche Bank Securities 35th Annual Health Care Conference at the InterContinental Boston Hotel in Boston on Monday, May 3, 2010 at 9:20 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.