Curemark Attends North American Bio Forum at Canadian Government Invitation

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Sep 13, 2010, 09:44 ET

RYE, N.Y., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Matthew F. Heil, Ph.D., senior vice president of research and development at Curemark LLC (www.curemark.com), a drug research and development company focused on the treatment of neurological diseases, recently attended the North American Bio Forum 2010 in Laval, Canada, at the invitation of the Canadian government/Laval Technopole, Curemark said.

Held by the Laval Technopole International Business Centre and The Biotech City on September 1 and 2, the Forum discussed "From Discovery to Clinical Trials – Securing a Third Party Alliance." The conference was attended by international pharmaceutical and biotech executives and researchers from North America and around the world.

"It was extremely gratifying to be invited to join this conference organized and hosted in Laval, one of Canada's premier centers for biotech research and innovation," Heil said. "With the dedicated commitment of the public sector, this area has become a thriving science hub attracting scores of pharmaceutical and biotech companies, research facilities and start-ups."

Curemark is currently developing an autism treatment, CM-AT, which is now in Phase III clinical trials. CM-AT targets enzyme deficiencies in autistic children that affect the availability of amino acids, the building blocks of chemicals essential to brain function. Curemark's autism therapy has been granted Fast Track status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The FDA also has given clearance to Curemark's Investigational New Drug (IND) application for a Phase III clinical trial to study the use of the company's compound CM-4612 in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

About CUREMARK LLC

Curemark is a drug research and development company focused on the treatment of neurological and other diseases, especially those with dysautonomic components, by addressing certain key gastrointestinal/pancreatic secretory deficiencies. The company's initial products are based upon breakthrough observations by its founder, Dr. Joan Fallon, which revealed a lack of protein digestion in children with autism and ADHD. To learn more about our innovative science, visit www.curemark.com

Safe Harbor Statement

This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results and experiences to differ materially from anticipated results and expectations expressed in such forward-looking statement. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the mechanism of action of CM-AT, its potential advantages, its potential for use in treating autism, as well as the timing, progress and anticipated results of the clinical development and regulatory processes concerning CM-AT. These statements are based on our current beliefs and expectations as to such future outcomes, and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future experience and results to differ materially from the statements made. Factors that might cause such a material difference include, among others, risks that the results of clinical trials will not support our claims or beliefs concerning the effectiveness of CM-AT, our ability to finance our development of CM-AT, regulatory risks, and our reliance on third party researchers and other collaborators. We assume no obligation to update these statements, except as required by law.

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