VistaGen Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: VTGN) to Ring

ADVISORY, March 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What: VistaGen Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: VTGN ), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new generation medicines for depression and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders, will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Shawn K. Singh, CEO & Director , will ring the Closing Bell. 

Where: Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43 ^rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When: Monday, March 13, 2017 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET     

VistaGen Contact: Mark A. McPartland (650) 577-3600 IR@vistagen.com  

Nasdaq MarketSite: Emily Pan (646) 441-5120 emily.pan@nasdaq.com

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About VistaGen VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTGN ), is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new generation medicines for depression and other central nervous system ( CNS ) disorders. VistaGen's lead CNS product candidate, AV-101, is a new generation oral antidepressant drug candidate in Phase 2 development. AV-101's mechanism of action is fundamentally differentiated from all FDA-approved antidepressants and atypical antipsychotics used adjunctively to treat MDD, with potential to drive a paradigm shift towards a new generation of safer and faster-acting antidepressants. AV-101 is currently being evaluated by the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health ( NIMH)  in a Phase 2a monotherapy study in MDD being fully funded by the NIMH and conducted by Dr. Carlos Zarate Jr., Chief, Section on the Neurobiology and Treatment of Mood Disorders and Chief of Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch at the NIMH. VistaGen is preparing to launch a 280-patient Phase 2b study of AV-101 as an adjunctive treatment for MDD patients with inadequate response to standard, FDA-approved antidepressant therapies. Dr. Maurizio Fava of Harvard University will be the Principal Investigator of the Phase 2b study. AV-101 may also have the potential to treat multiple CNS disorders and neurodegenerative diseases in addition to MDD, including chronic neuropathic pain, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, where modulation of the NMDAR, AMPA pathway and/or key active metabolites of AV-101 may achieve therapeutic benefit.

VistaStem Therapeutics is VistaGen's wholly owned subsidiary focused on applying human pluripotent stem cell  (hPSC)  technology, internally and with third-party collaborators, to discover, rescue, develop and commercialize proprietary new chemical entities  (NCEs),  including small molecule NCEs with regenerative potential, for CNS and other diseases, and cellular therapies involving stem cell-derived blood, cartilage, heart and liver cells. In December 2016, VistaGen exclusively sublicensed to BlueRock Therapeutics LP, a next generation regenerative medicine company established by Bayer AG and Versant Ventures, rights to certain proprietary technologies relating to the production of cardiac stem cells for the treatment of heart disease.

For more information, please visit  www.vistagen.com  and connect with VistaGen on  Twitter ,  LinkedIn  and  Facebook .

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