CELEBRATION, Fla., Oct. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zevra Therapeutics, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ZVRA) (Zevra, or the Company), a rare disease therapeutics company, today announced that Neil F. McFarlane, President and Chief Executive Office of Zevra, will participate in a Rare Disease Panel at the 2024 Maxim Healthcare Virtual Summit, presented by Maxim Group LLC on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 2 p.m. ET.

• Maxim Group 2024 Annual Healthcare Conference Rare Disease Panel on Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET.

This conference will be live on M-Vest. To attend, investors can register and watch the company discussion on the M-Vest page. The archived presentation will also be accessible under “Events & Presentations” on the Investor Relations section of Zevra’s website at investors.zevra.com.

About Zevra

Zevra Therapeutics is a rare disease company combining science, data, and patient needs to create transformational therapies for diseases with limited or no treatment options. Our mission is to bring life-changing therapeutics to people living with rare diseases. With unique, data-driven development and commercialization strategies, the Company is overcoming complex drug development challenges to make new therapies available to the rare disease community.

For more information, please visit www.zevra.com or follow us on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, including without limitation statements regarding upcoming events or Zevra’s participation at such events. Forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to Zevra and its current plans or expectations. They are subject to several known and unknown uncertainties, risks, and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These and other important factors are described in detail in the "Risk Factors" section of Zevra’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, Zevra’s Quarterly Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, and Zevra’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. While we may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, except as required by law, we disclaim any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure that such expectations will prove correct. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date after the date of this press release. 

Contacts: 

Nichol Ochsner 
+1 (732) 754-2545 
nochsner@zevra.com  

Russo Partners Contacts:

David Schull
+1 (858) 717-2310
david.schull@russopartnersllc.com

Ignacio Guerrero-Ros, Ph.D.
+1 (646) 942-5604
ignacio.guerrero-ros@russopartnersllc.com