WESTON, Fla., Dec. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZVSA; “ZyVersa”), a clinical stage specialty biopharmaceutical company developing first-in-class drugs for treatment of patients with renal and inflammatory diseases who have unmet medical needs, announces that Stephen C. Glover, Co-Founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President, will participate in BIO Partnering @ JPM being held January 8-12, 2024 in San Francisco.

Details of the events are as follows:

During the conference, Mr. Glover will hold one-on-one meetings with pharmaceutical companies and investors to discuss ZyVersa’s business and clinical development strategy, recent corporate achievements, and anticipated milestones. To schedule a meeting with Mr. Glover, please sign up in the conference portal or contact Karen Cashmere, Chief Commercial Officer at kcashmere@zyversa.com. 

“2024 is expected to be a pivotal year for ZyVersa as we plan to initiate a Phase 2a clinical trial with our Cholesterol Efflux Mediator™ VAR 200 in development to ameliorate renal lipid accumulation that damages the kidney’s filtration system leading to kidney dysfunction and disease progression,” said Mr. Glover. “We look forward to meeting with industry strategics and investors during J.P. Morgan Week 2024 to discuss the value building opportunities expected with our VAR 200 program, as well as development plans for our proprietary Inflammasome ASC Inhibitor IC 100, which is designed to block initiation and perpetuation of damaging inflammation associated with a multitude of inflammatory diseases.”

To learn more about ZyVersa and its innovative and differentiated product pipeline, please visit www.zyversa.com.

About ZyVersa Therapeutics, Inc.

ZyVersa is a clinical stage specialty biopharmaceutical company leveraging advanced, proprietary technologies to develop first-in-class drugs. Our focus is on patients with renal or inflammatory diseases who have significant unmet medical needs. Our development pipeline includes clinical stage Cholesterol Efflux Mediator™ VAR 200 in development to alleviate damaging accumulation of cholesterol and lipids in the kidneys’ filtration system. The lead indication is treatment of rare kidney disease, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. VAR 200 has potential to treat other kidney diseases, including Alport syndrome and diabetic kidney disease. ZyVersa’s pipeline also includes proprietary inflammasome ASC inhibitor IC 100 that blocks initiation and perpetuation of damaging inflammation associated with a multitude of inflammatory diseases. IC 100 has potential to treat many different CNS and other inflammatory diseases. For more information, please visit www.zyversa.com.

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New factors emerge from time-to-time, and it is not possible for ZyVersa to predict all such factors, nor can ZyVersa assess the impact of each such factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to ZyVersa as of the date of this press release. ZyVersa disclaims any obligation to update such forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release, except as required by applicable law.

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Karen Cashmere
Chief Commercial Officer
kcashmere@zyversa.com 
786-251-9641                

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