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-- Arena to Receive $65 Million in Milestone Payments from Eisai -- SAN DIEGO, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) announced today that the Office of the Federal Register filed for public inspection the US Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) final rule placing BELVIQ( )(pronounced BEL-VEEK) into Schedule IV of the Controlled Substances Act. The scheduling designation will be effective 30 days after tomorrow's expected publication in the Federal...

-- Conference Call and Webcast Scheduled for Today at 5:15 p.m. Eastern Time -- SAN DIEGO, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) today provided a corporate update and reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Recent Developments: BELVIQ(® )(lorcaserin HCl) The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) published its Comprehensive Diabetes Management Algorithm. This document provides treatment...

-- Conference Call and Webcast Scheduled for Today at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time -- SAN DIEGO, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) today provided a corporate update and reviewed financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012. "2012 was a momentous year for Arena with the FDA approval of our first drug, BELVIQ," said Jack Lief, Arena's President and Chief Executive Officer. "It is a time of great pride, with BELVIQ...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) announced today that the company is scheduled to present a corporate overview at the Cowen and Company 33rd Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (7:00 a.m. Pacific Time), at The Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available under the investor relations section of Arena's website...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) announced today that it will host a conference call and webcast to provide a corporate update and discuss fourth quarter and full year 2012 financial results before the NASDAQ Global Select Market opens on Monday, March 4, 2013. The conference call and webcast will begin at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (5:30 a.m. Pacific Time). The conference call may be accessed by dialing 877.643.7155 for domestic callers...

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) announced today that the company is scheduled to present a corporate overview at two upcoming investor conferences at The Waldorf Astoria in New York City: 15th Annual BIO CEO & Investor ConferencePresentation: February 12, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time (10:30 a.m. Pacific Time) Leerink Swann Global Healthcare Conference Presentation: February 13, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time (11:30 a.m....

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) announced today that the company is scheduled to present at the 31st Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time (6:30 p.m. Eastern Time) at The Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, California. Jack Lief, Arena's President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to provide a corporate overview. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be...

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) announced today that the company is scheduled to present a corporate overview at the Oppenheimer 23rd Annual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at 9:25 a.m. Eastern Time (6:25 a.m. Pacific Time) at The Waldorf Astoria in New York City. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available under the investor relations section of Arena's website at www.arenapharm.com. A replay...

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) today announced that it has entered into a co-development and license agreement with Ildong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., for temanogrel, Arena's internally discovered inverse agonist of the serotonin 2A receptor. The agreement grants Ildong exclusive rights to commercialize temanogrel in South Korea for myocardial infarction, acute coronary syndrome, stroke, peripheral artery disease, and other...

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) announced today that the company is scheduled to present at the Piper Jaffray 24(th) Annual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 28, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (5:00 a.m. Pacific Time) at The New York Palace Hotel in New York City. Jack Lief, Arena's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Craig M. Audet, Arena's Senior Vice President, Operations and Head of Global Regulatory...