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Nuvo Research to Present at Upcoming Healthcare Conferences

^{Published on 2011-09-01 12:12:09 - Market Wire}
 

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Sept. 1, 2011 /CNW/ - Nuvo Research Inc. (TSX: NRI), a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to building a portfolio of products for the topical treatment of pain and the development of its immune modulating drug candidate WF10, announced it will present at two upcoming healthcare conferences in September.

Nuvo management will present at the Stifel Nicolaus Healthcare Conference 2011 in Boston on September 8^th, 2011 at 9:45 am EDT.

A live audio webcast of the Company's presentation at this conference will be accessible from the Nuvo Research website.  Please connect at least 15 minutes prior to the presentation to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be required to join the webcast. An audio archive of the presentation will be available for 30 days.

Management will also be presenting at the Rodman & Renshaw 13th Annual Healthcare Conference in New York on September 13^th, 2011 at 10:00 am EDT.

A live audio webcast of this presentation will also be accessible from the Nuvo Research website.  Please connect at least 15 minutes prior to the presentation to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be required to join the webcast. An audio archive of the presentation will be available for 90 days.

About Nuvo Research Inc.
Nuvo Research is a publicly traded, Canadian specialty pharmaceutical company, headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario.  The Company is building a portfolio of products for the treatment of pain through internal research and development and by in-licensing and acquisition.  The Company's Pain Group, located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, is focused on the development and commercialization of topically delivered pain products.  The Company's product portfolio includes Pennsaid, Pliaglis and Synera.  Pennsaid, a topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), is used to treat the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee.  Pennsaid is sold in the United States by Mallinckrodt Inc., a Covidien company (NYSE: COV), in Canada by Paladin Labs Inc. (TSX:PLB) and in several European countries. Pliaglis is a topical local anesthetic cream, which is U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved to provide topical local analgesia for superficial dermatological procedures.  The Company has licensed worldwide marketing rights to Pliaglis to Galderma Pharma S.A., a global specialty pharmaceutical company focused on dermatology.  Synera is a topical patch that combines lidocaine, tetracaine and heat, approved in the United States to provide local dermal analgesia for superficial venous access and superficial dermatological procedures and in Europe, for surface anaesthesia of normal intact skin.  Nuvo currently markets Synera in the United States and its licensing partner, EuroCept International B.V., has initiated a pan-European launch of Synera (under the name Rapydan) in several European countries.  Through its subsidiary, Nuvo Research GmbH, based in Leipzig, Germany, the Company is also developing the compound WF10, for the treatment of immune related diseases.  For more information, please visit [ www.nuvoresearch.com ].

Forward-Looking Statements
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