Copenhagen, 2014-08-18 07:57 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Copenhagen, 18 August 2014 – Zealand Pharma A/S (“Zealand”) (NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen: ZEAL) will announce its interim report for H1 2014 on Thursday 21 August, in accordance with the company’s financial calendar.
Conference Call ─ 1400 CET / 0800 EDT on 21 August 2014
On the day of the report, at 1400 CET/ 0800 EDT, Zealand will host a conference call to present the interim results and give an update on the status and outlook for the company’s main products, which will be followed by a Q&A session. The call will be hosted by David Solomon, President and CEO, Mats Blom, CFO, and Hanne Leth Hillman, Vice President and Head of R and Corporate Communications.
The conference call will be conducted in English and can be accessed via the following numbers:
DK: + 45 3272 8018
US: + 1 866 6828 490
UK and international: +44 (0) 1452 555 131
A live audio cast of the call including an accompanying slide presentation will be available via the following link: http://www.media-server.com/m/p/y9zpu4uq
The audio cast can also be accessed from the investor section of Zealand’s website ( www.zealandpharma.com ) and participants are advised to register approximately 10 minutes before the call starts. An on-demand version of the audio cast will also be available on the website following the call.
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For further information, please contact:
Hanne Leth Hillman, Vice President and Head of IR & Corporate Communications
Tel: +45 5060 3689, email: hlh@zealandpharma.com
About Zealand Pharma
Zealand Pharma A/S (“Zealand”) (NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen: ZEAL) is a biotechnology company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Zealand has leading expertise in the discovery, design and development of novel peptide medicines and a mature portfolio of therapeutic products, which are all based on internal inventions. The company’s focus lies in the field of cardio-metabolic diseases, diabetes and obesity in particular, and its lead product is lixisenatide, a once-daily prandial GLP-1 agonist for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, marketed as Lyxumia ® under a license agreement with Sanofi. Lyxumia ® is approved in several countries globally, including Europe and Japan. In the US, submission of an NDA is expected in 2015, after completion of a cardiovascular outcome study, ELIXA. A once-daily single injection combination of Lyxumia ® and Lantus ® (LixiLan) is in Phase III development by Sanofi with planned first regulatory filing as early as at the end of 2015.
Zealand has a partnering strategy for the development and commercialization of its products and in addition to the license agreement with Sanofi in Type 2 diabetes, the company has two collaborations with Boehringer Ingelheim in diabetes/obesity and cardio-metabolic diseases, one with Lilly in diabetes and obesity, one with Helsinn Healthcare in chemotherapy induced diarrhea and a license agreement with AbbVie in acute kidney injury.
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