MEDICINOVA INC. overview

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LA JOLLA, Calif., Feb. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that it will attend the Mizuho Healthcare Conference to be held at the Lotte New York Palace in New York City on March 2-3, 2017. Yuichi Iwaki, MD, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Geoffrey O'Brien, JD/MBA, Vice President and Executive Officer, will...

LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number:4875), today announced that the medical journal Neuropsychopharmacology has published a new article on MN-166 (ibudilast) written by Dr. Lara Ray and colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles. The article reports that MN-166 (ibudilast) was associated with mood improvements...

LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 20, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number:4875), today announced that the European Commission has granted Orphan Medicinal Product Designation (OMPD) for MN-166 (ibudilast) for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). OMPD offers potential benefits including protocol assistance, fee reductions, and 10-year market...

LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 19, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that the external Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the ongoing Phase 2b clinical trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in progressive multiple sclerosis (progressive MS) has reviewed the results of the interim efficacy analysis and made the recommendation to the...

LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 14, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that the Company will be added to the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NASDAQ:NBI) effective prior to the market open on Monday, December 19, 2016. The NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NBI) is designed to track the performance of a set of securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock...

LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that principal investigator Dr. Benjamin Rix Brooks, Director, Carolinas HealthCare System's Neuromuscular/ALS-MDA Center, today presented exploratory interim data from MediciNova's ongoing clinical trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...