Orexigen(R) Therapeutics to Speak at Upcoming C...( SAN DIEGO Sept. 9 /- Orex...)

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Orexigen((R) )Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: OREX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity, today announced that the Company will be speaking at two upcoming investor conferences. The details are as follows:

    Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference
    Date:  September 15, 2009
    Time:  9:45am Eastern Time
    Location:  Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York
    Speaker:  Michael Narachi, President and Chief Executive Officer

    NewsMakers in the Biotech Industry Conference
    Date:  September 16, 2009
    Time:  11:30am Eastern Time
    Location:  Millennium Broadway Hotel, New York
    Speaker:  Graham Cooper, Chief Financial Officer

About Orexigen Therapeutics

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of obesity. The Company's lead investigational product, Contrave((R),) has completed Phase 3 clinical trials and is on track for a regulatory submission with the FDA in the first half of 2010. The Company's second product, Empatic(TM), is in the later stages of Phase 2 clinical development, with results expected in the second half of 2009. Each product candidate is designed to act on a specific group of neurons in the central nervous system with the goal of achieving appetite suppression and sustained weight loss, through combination therapeutic approaches. Further information about the Company can be found athttp://www.Orexigen.com.