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Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners to Present Today at 2010 Epilepsy Pipeline Update Conference
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. (NasdaqCM: CPRX) announced that it will be making a presentation today at the 2010 Epilepsy Pipeline Update Conference, an in-depth, two day forum being held at the Hyatt Embarcadero Hotel in San Francisco. For additional program information, please visit www.epilepsy.com/node/985708. As previously reported, the Company will present an overview of CPP-115, Catalyst's development stage anticonvulsant compound, as a potential treatment for a variety of epileptic conditions, including complex partial seizures and infantile spasms (West Syndrome). Further, the Company reported that its presentation materials from the conference are now posted on the Company's website, www.catalystpharma.com, under "Events and Presentations."
About Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners
Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of prescription drugs targeting diseases of the central nervous system with a focus on the treatment of drug addiction and epilepsy. The Company has obtained from Brookhaven National Laboratory an exclusive license for nine patents in the United States relating to the right to use vigabatrin to treat a wide variety of substance addictions and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Catalyst has also in-licensed worldwide rights to Brookhaven's vigabatrin-related foreign patents or patents pending in more than 30 countries. CPP-109, Catalyst's version of vigabatrin, has been granted "Fast Track" status by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of cocaine addiction. Catalyst has recently in-licensed worldwide rights to another patented drug, CPP-115, from Northwestern University. The Company intends to pursue development of CPP-115 for several indications, including epilepsy and drug addiction. For more information about the Company, go to www.catalystpharma.com.
SOURCE Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners
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