COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascendis Pharma A/S (Nasdaq: ASND), a biopharmaceutical company that utilizes its innovative TransCon™ technology to address significant unmet medical needs, today announced upcoming presentations related to its technology platform and rare endocrine disease pipeline.

Six poster presentations will take place at the upcoming conferences, including the Ninth International Congress of the Growth Hormone Research (GRS) and Insulin-like Growth Factors (IGF) Societies from September 14-17, 2018; the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) annual meeting from September 27-29, 2018; and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) annual meeting from September 28-October 1, 2018. Additionally, the company will make an oral presentation about its TransCon technology platform at the Boulder Peptide Symposium taking place September 24-27.

“These presentations highlight our ability to design product candidates that address unmet medical needs, using our innovative TransCon technology platform,” said Jan Mikkelsen, Ascendis Pharma’s President and CEO. “As our endocrinology pipeline advances and matures in the clinic, we continue to build awareness among the scientific and medical communities, reflecting our strong commitment to patients and science.”

Details about the presentations are listed below. Following the sessions, the presentations will be available on the company’s website under Selected Publications in the Pipeline section.

About Ascendis Pharma A/S

Ascendis Pharma is applying its innovative platform technology to build a leading, fully integrated biopharma company focused on making a meaningful difference in patients’ lives. Guided by its core values of patients, science and passion, the company utilizes its TransCon^™ technology to create new and potentially best-in-class therapies.

Ascendis Pharma currently has a pipeline of three wholly-owned, independent rare disease endocrinology product candidates in clinical development. Additionally, Ascendis Pharma has multi-product collaborations with Sanofi in diabetes and Genentech in the field of ophthalmology and continues to expand into additional therapeutic areas for both internal and external development.

Ascendis is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with offices in Heidelberg, Germany and Palo Alto, California. 

For more information, please visit www.ascendispharma.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Internal contact:                          
Scott T. Smith                                                           
Chief Financial Officer                             
(650) 352-8389                                               
ir@ascendispharma.com               

Media contact: 
Ami Knoefler
Head of Global Communications
(650) 739-9952
ack@ascendispharma.com 

Investor contact:
Patti BankWestwicke Partners
(415) 513-1284
patti.bank@westwicke.com