RICHMOND, Va., May 12, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Insmed, Inc. (Nasdaq: INSM) today announced that the Company will be presenting at the Rodman & Renshaw 3rd Annual Healthcare Conference in Monte Carlo. Philip J. Young, Chief Business Officer of Insmed, will present a corporate overview Monday, May 15, 2006 at 8:40 a.m. CET in the Atlantique Salon of the Le Meridien Beach Plaza Hotel.
A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available via Insmed's corporate website, www.insmed.com. A replay of the presentation will be available for approximately 90 days.
About Insmed Incorporated
Insmed is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of drug candidates for the treatment of metabolic diseases and endocrine disorders with unmet medical needs. For more information, please visit www.insmed.com. The company's leading product, IPLEX was approved as an orphan drug by the United States Food and Drug Administration in December 2005 for the treatment of growth failure in children with severe primary IGF-I deficiency (Primary IGFD) or with growth hormone (GH) gene deletion who have developed neutralizing antibodies to GH.
About IPLEX
IPLEX, a complex of recombinant human IGF-I and its binding protein IGFBP-3 (rhIGF-I/rhIGFBP-3), is the only once-daily IGF-I replacement therapy. It is also the only FDA-approved therapy that provides both IGF-I and IGFBP-3 to treat children with severe primary IGFD. The drug, to be launched during the second quarter of 2006, is also being investigated for various other indications with unmet medical needs, including extreme insulin resistance, myotonic muscular dystrophy and HIV Associated Adipose Redistribution Syndrome (HARS).
About the Condition
Severe primary IGFD is a genetic or acquired condition in which patients do not generate sufficient quantities of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) due to defect in the growth hormone (GH) receptor/IGF-I pathway. Gene mutations leading to growth failure due to IGF-I deficiency have been identified in the growth hormone receptor, in the GH receptor signalling pathway, and in the IGF-I gene itself. Patients with severe primary IGFD present with marked short stature and a poor prognosis for adult stature.
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