Pain Therapeutics to Present at the 20th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--April 20, 2001 Pain Therapeutics, Inc Pain Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, that engages in the research and development of drugs for use in pain management, primarily in the area of opioid painkillers in the United States. . (Nasdaq:PTIE PTIE Ptarmigan Telegraph Interface Equipment ), a developer of next-generation opioid painkillers, today announced that it will lead a symposium at the 20th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society on Sunday, April 22, in Phoenix, Arizona. The symposium will review certain cellular, preclinical and clinical aspects of low-dose opioid antagonist technology and is entitled "Selective Blockade of Excitatory ex·ci·ta·tive or ex·ci·ta·to·ry adj. Causing or tending to cause excitation. Adj. 1. excitatory - (of drugs e.g. Opioid Hyperalgesic Functions Enhances Morphine's Analgesic Potency and Attenuates Opioid Tolerance/Dependence Liability." The moderators will be Barry Sherman, M.D., executive vice president and chief medical officer of Pain Therapeutics; Stanley Crain, Ph.D., professor of Neurosciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM) is a graduate school of Yeshiva University. It is a private medical school located in the Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus of Yeshiva University in the Morris Park ; Scott Hamann, M.D., Ph.D., University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. Medical Center and Ricardo Cruciani, M.D., Ph.D. The American Pain Society is a non-profit organization whose members include scientists, clinicians, policy analysts and others. The Society's annual meeting is a scientific exchange of basic information and breakthrough techniques in the field of pain management. About Pain Therapeutics, Inc. Pain Therapeutics, Inc., is an emerging leader in the area of pain management. The Company is developing a new generation of proprietary painkillers that addresses the deficiencies of morphine and other opioid painkillers that are widely used in clinical medicine. The Company is currently in Phase II clinical trials with multiple drug candidates. Pain Therapeutics is traded on Nasdaq under the symbol PTIE. For additional information, please visit the Company's Web site at www.paintrials.com. |
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