MAP Pharmaceuticals to Present at Upcoming Investor Conference

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAPP) today announced that the Company will participate in the 2011 Wedbush Life Sciences: Management Access Conference on Tuesday, August 16, at 8:35 a.m. ET in New York.

A live webcast of the event will be available on the Investor Relations section of MAP Pharmaceuticals' website at http://www.mappharma.com. A replay also will be available within 24 hours for seven days following the presentation.

About MAP Pharmaceuticals

MAP Pharmaceuticals is an emerging biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing new therapies to address undermet patient needs in neurology.  The Company is developing LEVADEX®, an orally inhaled investigational drug for the acute treatment of migraine. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for filing the New Drug Application for LEVADEX for the potential acute treatment of migraine in adults. MAP Pharmaceuticals has entered into a collaboration agreement with Allergan, Inc. to co-promote LEVADEX to neurologists and pain specialists in the U.S. and Canada. The Company also applies its proprietary drug particle and inhalation technologies to generate new pipeline opportunities by enhancing the therapeutic benefits of proven drugs, while minimizing risk by capitalizing on their known safety, efficacy and commercialization history. Additional information about MAP Pharmaceuticals can be found at http://www.mappharma.com.

LEVADEX has not been approved for marketing in the United States or any other country for any indication.

CONTACTS:

Lisa Borland

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(650) 386-3122

[email protected]



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