ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EnteroMedics
Inc. (NASDAQ:ETRM), a developer of minimally invasive medical
devices to treat obesity, metabolic diseases and other
gastrointestinal disorders, today announced the company will be
participating in the upcoming Ladenburg Thalmann 2017 Healthcare
Conference in New York, NY.
EnteroMedics' management is scheduled to present Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 11:00AM ET. Interested parties may access a
webcast of the presentation on the "Investors" section of the
company's website at www.enteromedics.com.
About EnteroMedics Inc.
EnteroMedics is a medical device company focused on the
development and commercialization of technology to treat obesity
and metabolic diseases. vBloc® Neurometabolic Therapy, delivered by
an FDA-approved pacemaker-like device called the vBloc® System, is
designed to help patients feel full and eat less by intermittently
blocking hunger signals on the vagus nerve. EnteroMedics recently
acquired the Gastric Vest System™ through its acquisition of
BarioSurg, Inc.
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the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified
by the use of words such as expect," "plan," "anticipate," "could,"
"may," "intend," "will," "continue," "future," other words of
similar meaning and the use of future dates. These forward-looking
statements are based on the current expectations of our management
and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties 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. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others: our
limited history of operations; our losses since inception and for
the foreseeable future; our limited commercial sales experience
with our vBloc® System for the treatment of obesity in the United States or in any foreign market
other than Australia and the
European Community; the competitive industry in which we operate;
our ability to maintain compliance with the Nasdaq continued
listing requirements; our ability to commercialize our vBloc®
System; our dependence on third parties to initiate and perform our
clinical trials; the need to obtain regulatory approval for any
modifications to our vBloc® System; physician adoption of our
vBloc® System and vBloc® Neurometabolic Therapy; our ability to
obtain third party coding, coverage or payment levels; ongoing
regulatory compliance; our dependence on third party manufacturers
and suppliers; the successful development of our sales and
marketing capabilities; our ability to raise additional capital
when needed; international commercialization and operation; our
ability to attract and retain management and other personnel and to
manage our growth effectively; potential product liability claims;
the cost and management time of operating a public company;
potential healthcare fraud and abuse claims; healthcare legislative
reform; and our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual
property protection for our technology and products. These and
additional risks and uncertainties are described more fully in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
particularly those factors identified as "risk factors" in Exhibit
99.3 of our current report on Form 8-K filed July 26, 2017. We
are providing this information as of the date of this press release
and do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statements contained in this document as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
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SOURCE EnteroMedics Inc.
