Anesiva Announces March 5, 2008 Presentation at Susquehanna Financial Group Healthcare ...( SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO Calif. Feb. 2...)

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anesiva, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANSV) announced today that John P. McLaughlin, the company's chief executive officer, will present at the Susquehanna Financial Group SIGnificant Investment Options in Healthcare Conference in New York City on March 5, 2008 at 2:30 pm EDT.

To access the live webcast or the subsequent archived recording, log on to http://www.anesiva.com, go to the Investors page, and click on Events. Please connect to Anesiva's website several minutes prior to the start of the webcast to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be necessary.

About Anesiva and its Diverse Pipeline of Pain Products

Anesiva, Inc. is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company that seeks to be the leader in the development and commercialization of novel pharmaceutical products for pain management. The company has one FDA-approved product, Zingo(TM), for the reduction of pain associated with peripheral venous access procedures in children ages three to 18. The second product in Anesiva's pipeline, Adlea(TM), has been shown to reduce pain after only a single administration for weeks to months in multiple settings in numerous mid-stage clinical trials for site-specific, acute and chronic, moderate-to-severe pain. Anesiva is based in South San Francisco, CA. For more information about Anesiva's leadership in the development of products for pain management, and an overview of the clinical challenges being addressed by its product candidates, go to http://www.anesiva.com.