Geneva, Switzerland, July 21, 2010 - Allosteric modulation company Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (SIX:ADXN) will discuss its financial results for the first half of 2010 and update the status of key products in development during a teleconference and webcast for investors, analysts and the media on Wednesday, July 28 at 16:00 CET (15:00 BST/10:00 EST).

Addex last updated its pipeline status during its R&D Day on May 11, 2010. The slides and recorded webcasts from the R&D Day are available at www.addexpharma.com.

The live webcast and slides, as well as the webcast replay and transcript, will be available at www.addexpharma.com.

Addex Pharmaceuticals (www.addexpharma.com) discovers and develops allosteric modulators for human health and is focused on validated therapeutic targets for diseases of the central nervous system, metabolic disorders and inflammation. Subject to the completion of Phase I testing and regulatory approvals, Phase II clinical trials are expected to start in 2010 in four indications for two lead products: ADX48621, an mGluR5 negative allosteric modulator (NAM), in dystonia and Parkinson’s disease levodopa-induced dyskinesia (PD-LID); and ADX71149, an mGluR2 positive allosteric modulator (PAM), in schizophrenia and anxiety. ADX71149 is licensed to Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.  A third product, ADX71943, GABA-B receptor PAM with potential for chronic pain, is scheduled to enter Phase I testing around the end of 2010. In addition, Merck & Co., Inc. has licensed rights to two preclinical products: mGluR4 PAM for Parkinson's disease and mGluR5 PAM for schizophrenia. Additional preclinical discovery stage programs include: mGluR2 NAM, GLP1R PAM, IL1R1 NAM and TNFR1 NAM. Roche Venture Fund and SR-One, corporate venture arm of GlaxoSmithKline, are investors in Addex.

Chris Maggos
Investor Relations & Communications
Addex Pharmaceuticals
+41 22 884 15 11
chris.maggos(at)addexpharma.com
 

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