Prana's PBT2 Featured as a Top 10 Global Neuroscience Project

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwired - Nov 19, 2013) - Prana Biotechnology (NASDAQ: PRAN) (ASX: PBT), a leading innovative drug developer targeting disease modification in neurodegenerative diseases announced today that the Company will present at The 2013 Therapeutic Area Partnerships (TAP) meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Since launching eight years ago by Elsevier, TAP has come to be regarded as the industry's premier biopharmaceutical partnering event.

Dr. Peter Smith, Prana's VP Business Development, is presenting at 11:50 AM EST on Tuesday, November 19, 2013.

Elsevier Business Intelligence named clinical drug PBT2 as one of the Top 10 Neuroscience Projects to Watch earlier this year, following its selection by an independent panel. Each year a list is compiled to highlight compounds which address a large, unmet market, strong science and a diversity of indications.

PBT2 is a novel, best-in-class agent under development for Huntington's and Alzheimer's diseases with Phase 2 clinical trial results due for both in the first quarter of 2014.

About Prana Biotechnology Limited Prana Biotechnology was established to commercialise research into age-related neurodegenerative disorders. The Company was incorporated in 1997 and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in March 2000 and listed on NASDAQ in September 2002. Researchers at prominent international institutions including The University of Melbourne, The Mental Health Research Institute (Melbourne) and Massachusetts General Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, contributed to the discovery of Prana's technology.

For further information please visit the Company's web site at www.pranabio.com.

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