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Concert Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 27th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, January 12.


LEXINGTON, Mass. -- Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it will be presenting at the 27th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference being held at the Westin St. Francis Hotel The Westin St. Francis is a luxury hotel in the Union Square district of San Francisco, California. The hotel opened on March 21, 1904. The interior was destroyed in the 1906 Earthquake but the structure survived and the hotel re-opened in late 1907.  in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation).

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. Roger Tung, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Concert, will present an overview of the Company on Monday, January 12, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. (PT).

About Concert

Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical stage biotechnology company dedicated to creating medically and commercially important new medicines through a novel approach utilizing the naturally-occurring element deuterium deuterium (dtēr`ēəm), isotope of hydrogen with mass no. 2. The deuterium nucleus, called a deuteron, contains one proton and one neutron. . Concert applies its innovative platform to create highly differentiated compounds based on well-understood biological targets and drug molecules, yielding a rich pipeline of new chemical entities (NCEs). By leveraging decades of pharmaceutical experience to design NCEs from proven therapies, Concert's drug candidates have potential for first-in-class use in under-served medical conditions, as well as best-in-class efficacy and safety, while reducing R&D risk, time, and expense. The Company has over 100 patent applications for new drug candidates addressing a broad range of therapeutic areas, including HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome , vasomotor vasomotor /vaso·mo·tor/ (-mo´tor)
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, among others. Since its inception in 2006, Concert has raised more than $96 million and has been financed by leading venture capitalists and institutional investors. A listing of Concert's institutional shareholders and additional corporate information is available online at http://www.concertpharma.com.

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