Cerecor to present at the American Society for Cli

BALTIMORE, MD --(Marketwired - May 30, 2017) - Cerecor Inc. ( NASDAQ : CERC ), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments to make a difference in the lives of patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders, today announced that Ronald Marcus MD, Chief Medical Officer, will present at the American Society for Clinical Psychopharmacology Conference in Miami Beach on May 30th, 2017. The presentation is titled "A Clinical Development program in Psychiatry for a Selective Kappa Antagonist" and is focused on the results from a previously reported National Institute of Mental health of the National Institutes of Health sponsored proof-of concept study of CERC-501 in treatment resistant depression.

About CERC-501

CERC-501 is a potent and selective oral KOR antagonist being developed as an adjunctive treatment of MDD and a therapy for substance use disorders. KORs have been shown to play an important role in stress, mood and addiction. CERC-501 has been observed to have activity in animal models of depression, substance withdrawal and dependence, and it has been generally well-tolerated in five human clinical trials.

Currently, three externally-funded clinical trials are being conducted to evaluate the use of CERC-501 in treating depressive symptoms, stress-related smoking relapse and cocaine addiction, respectively. One study is being conducted under the auspices of the National Institute of Mental Health, the second is a collaboration between Cerecor and Yale University with funding from the National Institutes of Health and the third is being conducted at Rockefeller University Hospital with funding from a private foundation.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism at the National Institutes of Health has given Cerecor a $1.0 million grant to progress the development of CERC-501 for the treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder ("AUD"). In addition, the Department of Defense has provided research funding to conduct a study of CERC-501 in animal models for co-morbid Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and AUD.

About Cerecor

Cerecor is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative drug candidates to make a difference in the lives of patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. In addition to CERC-501, Cerecor has three other novel compounds in development: CERC-301, CERC-611 and CERC-406.

CERC-301 is an oral, NR2B selective, NMDA receptor antagonist being developed as an adjunctive treatment of MDD. CERC 301 may have the potential to be a first-in-class medication that may significantly reduce depressive symptoms in a matter of days. In a recent Phase 2 trial in MDD, CERC-301 missed the primary endpoint but the 20 mg dose showed signals of efficacy at day 2. Cerecor is currently evaluating multiple development options for CERC-301.

CERC-611 is a potent and selective Transmembrane AMPA Receptor Regulatory Proteins ("TARP")-γ8-dependent α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid ("AMPA") receptor antagonist, which Cerecor plans to develop as an adjunctive therapy for the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondarily generalized seizures in patients with epilepsy.

Cerecor has one preclinical stage asset, CERC-406, a brain penetrant catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor with potential precognitive activity.

For more information about the Company and its products, please visit www.cerecor.com or contact Mariam E. Morris, Chief Financial Officer, at (410) 522-8707.