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Emisphere Technologies, Inc.

Emisphere Technologies Reports Encouraging Data from Independent Clinical Study Assessing the Effects of Oral GLP-1 and PYY3-36, Combined with Eligen® Technology on Appetite Suppression

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, June 8th, 2009

Emisphere Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: EMIS) announced data from a clinical study designed to assess the effect of oral administration of two peptides, GLP-1 and PYY3-36, utilizing Emisphere’s Eligen® Technology on appetite suppression. The study was conducted at the University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland by Professor Christoph Beglinger, of the Clinical Research Center, Department of Biomedicine Division of Gastroenterology, and Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at the hospital.

The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted in 16 normal weight males between the ages of 18 and 40. The study was designed to investigate the...

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