Medivation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Provides Corpor...(these diseases and offer hope to critica...),Health

Date:11/4/2009

these diseases and offer hope to critically ill patients and their caregivers. In September 2008, Medivation announced a global agreement with Pfizer, Inc to develop and commercialize dimebon (latrepirdine) for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Huntington diseases. With Pfizer, Medivation is conducting a broad dimebon clinical development program that includes several Phase 3 trials assessing the efficacy and safety of dimebon taken alone or in combination with other Alzheimer's medications in patients with mild, moderate and severe Alzheimer's disease. The companies are also conducting a Phase 3 trial of dimebon in Huntington disease. In October 2009, Medivation entered a global agreement with Astellas Pharma Inc. to develop and commercialize MDV3100 for prostate cancer. The first Phase 3 clinical trial in the MDV3100 development program, known as the AFFIRM trial, is under way in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer who have previously been treated with docetaxel-based chemotherapy. For more information, please visit us at http://www.medivation.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the continued clinical development of Medivation's product candidates, the timing of clinical trial initiation and clinical trial data, the therapeutic and commercial potential of Medivation's product candidates, the performance of Medivation's obligations under its collaboration agreement with Pfizer and continuing true-up payments thereunder, potential future milestone payments under Medivation's collaboration agreement with Astellas, and future expected financial results, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in
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