Transition Therapeutics to Hold Conference Call on First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results on Monday, November 10th, at 4:3...( TORONTO Nov. 7 / Transition Thera...),Health

TORONTO, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Transition Therapeutics Inc. ("Transition" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: TTHI, TSX: TTH) will hold a conference call on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 4:30 P.M. EST to discuss the First Quarter fiscal 2009 financial results. Dr. Tony Cruz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will host the call. Transition will announce its financial results for this period in a press release to be issued prior to the call. In order to participate in the conference call, please call 1-800-954-1051 (North America), 1-212-231-2901 (International). A replay of the conference call will be available on Transition's website http://www.transitiontherapeutics.com for seven days following the call.

About Transition

Transition is a biopharmaceutical company, developing novel therapeutics for disease indications with large markets. Transition's lead products include ELND005 (AZD-103) for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and TT-223 for the treatment of diabetes. Transition has an emerging pipeline of preclinical drug candidates acquired externally and developed internally using its proprietary drug discovery engine. Transition's shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the symbol "TTHI" and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "TTH". For additional information about the Company, please visit http://www.transitiontherapeutics.com.

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