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Transcept Pharmaceuticals to Present at Lazard Capital Markets Healthcare Conference on November 17

RICHMOND, Calif., Nov 10, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSPT) today announced that it will present at the Lazard Capital Markets 6th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 17, at 2:10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. A live audio webcast and replay of the presentation will be available on the Transcept investor webpage at www.transcept.com.

About Transcept

Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary products that address important therapeutic needs in neuroscience. The most advanced Transcept product candidate is Intermezzo(R) (zolpidem tartrate sublingual tablet), for which a New Drug Application (NDA) was submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in September 2008 seeking approval as a prescription sleep aid for use in the middle of the night at the time a patient awakens and has difficulty returning to sleep. In October 2009, Transcept received a Complete Response Letter from the FDA on the Intermezzo(R) NDA and is working to respond to issues raised in the letter. Transcept and Purdue Pharmaceutical Products, L.P. have entered into a collaboration agreement for the development and commercialization of Intermezzo(R) in the United States. For further information, please visit the company's website at: www.transcept.com.

    Contact:

    Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Greg Mann
    Director, Corporate Communications
    (510) 215-3567
    gmann@transcept.com

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