Curemark CEO Joan Fallon To Speak At 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival

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Mar 06, 2014, 01:32 ET

RYE, N.Y., March 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Joan Fallon, founder and CEO of Curemark LLC, a research-driven biotechnology company focused on neurological disorders, will be a featured speaker at the SXSW Interactive Festival to be held March 7-11 in Austin, Texas.

SXSW Interactive, part of South by Southwest,™ brings together the brightest minds in cutting-edge technologies, digital creativity and startup innovation. Dr. Fallon will be joined by Amy Millman, President of Springboard Enterprises. They will discuss recommendations for tax and other incentives to help early-stage life sciences companies manage the formidable costs of research and development and intellectual property protection. The core conversation to take place at SXSW is an outgrowth of a 2013 White House briefing where Dr. Fallon initially presented her ideas.

As CEO of Curemark, Dr. Fallon leads her company's effort toward developing CM-AT, the first novel treatment for autism. Curemark previously announced its successful Phase III clinical trial for CM-AT. There is currently no FDA-approved treatment for the core symptoms of autism.

"I am honored to be a speaker at this year's SXSW Interactive and deeply grateful to be a part of such a cutting-edge forum," Dr. Fallon said. "Start-ups are the lifeblood of American job creation and innovation. A package of incentives would provide significant help for small companies working on potential breakthroughs in life science technologies," she added.

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 previously announced that its Phase III double blind randomized placebo controlled multicenter clinical trial of CM-AT for autism met its primary and secondary endpoints. To learn more about our innovative science, visit www.curemark.com

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