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Transcept Pharmaceuticals to Present at Two Upcoming Investor Conferences

--Wedbush Securities Life Sciences Best Ideas Conference --Collins Stewart Health Care Event

POINT RICHMOND, Calif., July 20, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSPT), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of proprietary products that address important therapeutic needs in the field of neuroscience, today announced Transcept management is scheduled to present at two upcoming investor conferences.

Transcept management is scheduled to present a general business overview at:


    Wedbush Securities Life Sciences Best Ideas Conference
    New York, NY
    August 3, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. EDT

    Collins Stewart Health Care Event
    New York, NY
    August 11, 2010


A live audio webcast and replay of the presentation at Wedbush Securities conference will be available at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/wedbush13/transcept/ and on the Transcept Investor webpage at www.transcept.com. There will be no formal presentation and no webcast from the Collins Stewart conference.

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 the field of 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


SOURCE Transcept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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