Catalyst Pharmaceuticals to Participate in Two Upcoming Investor Conferences
September 20 2018 - 8:03AM
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Catalyst) (Nasdaq: CPRX), a
biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing
innovative therapies for people with rare debilitating, chronic
neuromuscular and neurological diseases, today announced that
management will participate in the following upcoming investor
conferences:
- Oppenheimer Fall Summit Focused on
Specialty Pharma and Rare Diseases on September 27th at The Langham
Hotel in New York City
Management will attend one-on-one investor meetings during the
Oppenheimer conference.
- Cantor Fitzgerald Global Healthcare Conference on
October 3rd at the InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel in New
York City
Management will present at the Cantor Conference
on Wednesday, October 3rd at 9:45 AM ET. The presentation materials
will be posted at www.catalystpharma.com in the Investor section
under Events and Presentations.
About Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical
company focused on developing and commercializing innovative
therapies for people with rare debilitating, chronic neuromuscular
and neurological diseases, including Lambert-Eaton myasthenic
syndrome (LEMS), congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS), MuSK
antibody positive myasthenia gravis, and spinal muscular atrophy
type 3. Firdapse® (amifampridine phosphate) has received
Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) for the treatment of LEMS and Orphan Drug
Designation for LEMS, CMS and myasthenia gravis. Firdapse is the
first and only approved drug in Europe for symptomatic treatment in
adults with LEMS.
Catalyst is also developing CPP-115 to treat
refractory infantile spasms. CPP-115 has been granted U.S. Orphan
Drug Designation for the treatment of infantile spasms by the FDA
and has been granted E.U. Orphan Medicinal Product Designation for
the treatment of West syndrome by the European Commission. In
addition, Catalyst is developing a generic version of Sabril®
(vigabatrin).
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties, which may cause Catalyst's actual results
in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. A
number of factors, including (i) whether Firdapse will ever be
approved for commercialization, (ii) whether, even if Firdapse is
approved for commercialization, Catalyst will be successful in
commercializing Firdapse, (iii) whether Catalyst will be the first
company to receive an approval for amifampridine (3,4-DAP), giving
it 5-year marketing exclusivity for its product, and (iv) those
other factors described in Catalyst's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year 2017 and its other filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), could adversely affect
Catalyst. Copies of Catalyst's filings with the SEC are available
from the SEC, may be found on Catalyst's website, or may be
obtained upon request from Catalyst. Catalyst does not undertake
any obligation to update the information contained herein, which
speaks only as of this date.
Investor Contact
Brian Korb
Solebury Trout
(646) 378-2923
bkorb@troutgroup.com
Company Contact
Patrick J. McEnany
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals
Chief Executive Officer
(305) 420-3200
pmcenany@catalystpharma.com
Media Contact
David Schull
Russo Partners
(212) 845-4271
david.schull@russopartnersllc.com
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