BioDelivery Sciences to present at the OneMedForum Emerging Company Finance Conference

January 05, 2010 By: NCTechNews Category: Biotechnology

(Raleigh, N.C.) BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BDSI) announced today that Dr. Mark A. Sirgo, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the OneMedForum Emerging Company Finance Conference to be held January 12-13, 2010, at The Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco.

BioDelivery Sciences’ presentation is scheduled for Tuesday, January 12, at 10:15 AM Pacific Time.

Dr. Sirgo will be providing an update on the October 2009 commercial launch of ONSOLIS (fentanyl buccal soluble film) as well as an update on BDSI’s product pipeline, which includes the recently announced positive topline Phase 2 data on BDSI’s BEMA Buprenorphine and two additional BEMA-formulated product candidates recently added to the development portfolio. Dr. Sirgo will also discuss anticipated milestones for 2010.

The presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed at www.biodeliverysciences.com. For those who are not available to listen to the live broadcast, the presentation will be archived.

BioDelivery Sciences (NASDAQ: BDSI) is a specialty pharmaceutical company that is leveraging its novel and proprietary patented drug delivery technologies to develop and commercialize, either on its own or in partnerships with third parties, new applications of proven therapeutics. BDSI is focusing on developing products to meet unmet needs in the areas of pain management and oncology supportive care. BDSI’s pain franchise currently consists of two products utilizing the Company’s patented BEMA buccal soluble film technology: ONSOLIS (fentanyl buccal soluble film) which was approved by FDA on July 16, 2009, for the management of breakthrough pain in patients with cancer, eighteen years of age and older, who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain, and BEMA Buprenorphine, an analgesic in Phase 2 clinical development with at least one potential target indication for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. Additional product candidates are being developed utilizing the BEMA technology for conditions such as nausea/vomiting and migraine. The Company is also working with its patented Bioral cochleate technology to facilitate oral dosing of drugs otherwise given by intravenous administration. The first product under development using the technology is Bioral Amphotericin B. The Company’s headquarters is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information please visit www.biodeliverysciences.com.

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