Ovid Therapeutics to Participate at the William Blair Biotech Focus Conference 2020

NEW YORK, Aug. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ovid Therapeutics Inc. OVID, a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing medicines that transform the lives of people with rare neurological diseases, today announced that Amit Rakhit, M.D., MBA, President and Chief Medical Officer, will participate in a panel discussion at the William Blair Biotech Focus Conference 2020. The panel is titled, "New Therapies Impacting the Epilepsy Treatment Landscape," and will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. ET.

A live audio webcast of the discussion can be accessed through the Events & Presentations section of the Company's website at investors.ovidrx.com. An archived replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's website following the live presentation.

About Ovid Therapeutics
Ovid Therapeutics Inc. is a New York-based biopharmaceutical company using its BoldMedicine^® approach to develop medicines that transform the lives of patients with rare neurological disorders. Ovid has a broad pipeline of potential first-in-class medicines. The Company's most advanced investigational medicine, OV101 (gaboxadol), is currently in clinical development for the treatment of Angelman syndrome and Fragile X syndrome. Ovid is also developing OV935 (soticlestat) in collaboration with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited for the potential treatment of rare developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE). For more information on Ovid, please visit www.ovidrx.com.

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