Verona Pharma to Present at Jefferies 2017 Global Healthcare Conference


LONDON, May 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verona Pharma plc (AIM:VRP) (NASDAQ:VRNA) (“Verona Pharma”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercialising innovative therapeutics for the treatment of respiratory diseases with significant unmet medical needs, announced today that Jan-Anders Karlsson, PhD, CEO of Verona Pharma, is scheduled to present at the Jefferies 2017 Global Healthcare Conference.

An audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investors section of the company website, www.veronapharma.com.  A replay of the webcast will be made available for 90 days following the presentation.

Event: Jefferies Healthcare Conference
Date: June 8, 2017
Time: 11:30 AM EDT
Location: New York, NY

For further information, please contact:

Verona Pharma plc     Tel: +44 (0)20 3283 4200
Jan-Anders Karlsson, Chief Executive Officer     info@veronapharma.com 
       
N+1 Singer (Nominated Adviser and UK Broker)     Tel: +44 (0)20 7496 3000
Aubrey Powell / James White      
       
FTI Consulting (UK Media and Investor enquiries)     Tel: +44 (0)20 3727 1000
Simon Conway / Stephanie Cuthbert /
Natalie Garland-Collins
     veronapharma@fticonsulting.com 
       
ICR, Inc. (US Media and Investor enquiries)      
James Heins     Tel: +1 203-682-8251
James.Heins@icrinc.com
       
Stephanie Carrington     Tel. +1 646-277-1282
Stephanie.Carrington@icrinc.com