Receptos to present scientific podium presentation about RPC1063 at DDW 2012

Receptos Inc. today announced that company personnel will deliver a scientific podium presentation about RPC1063 at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) annual meeting at 9 a.m. PDT on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. DDW attracts thousands of physicians, researchers, and academics from around the world to share the latest research in gastrointestinal health topics, for which DDW is the premier scientific conference. Based on an abstract entitled "A small molecule S1P1 receptor agonist with significant efficacy in animal models of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)," Receptos scientific personnel will discuss positive preclinical data with RPC1063 in two distinct in vivo models of IBD.

"Based on exciting data from these preclinical studies, as well as data from a recently completed Phase 1 clinical safety study, Receptos will initiate a Phase 2 clinical trial with RPC1063 in 2012 in inflammatory bowel disease," said Faheem Hasnain, President and Chief Executive Officer of Receptos. "The acceptance of these preclinical efficacy data for presentation at DDW underscores the need for efficacious oral treatments for the therapeutic treatment of IBD and the excitement on the part of scientific and clinical investigators to explore the novel profile of RPC1063 in patients suffering from this debilitating disease."