Poxel Announces Participation in Two Upcoming Investor Conferences

Poxel SA (Euronext – POXEL - FR0012432516), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative treatments for type 2 diabetes, today announced that it will be featured as a presenting company at the Jefferies 2016 London Healthcare Conference and will be available for meetings at the Oppenheimer 2016 Life Sciences Summit. The Jefferies 2016 London Healthcare Conference is being held from November 16-17^th at The Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London and the Oppenheimer 2016 Life Sciences Summit will be held on November 29^th at the Sofitel Hotel in New York City.

Thomas Kuhn, CEO of Poxel, will provide an overview of the Company's business at the Jefferies 2016 London Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 16^th at 1:20 pm GMT and will be available to participate in one-on-one meetings with investors. The Company’s management team will also be available for one-on-one meetings at the Oppenheimer 2016 Life Sciences Summit on November 29^th.

The presentation will be webcast live. To access the webcast, please visit the following link http://wsw.com/webcast/jeff100/poxel.pa. The webcast replay will remain available for 90 days following the live presentation.

About Poxel SA

Poxel uses its development expertise in metabolism to advance a pipeline of drug candidates focused on the treatment of type 2 diabetes. We have successfully completed our Phase 2 trials for our first-in-class lead product, Imeglimin, which targets mitochondrial dysfunction, in the U.S. and EU and have fully enrolled a Phase 2b clinical study in Japan. Our second program, PXL770, a direct AMPK activator, is in Phase 1 development. We intend to generate further growth through strategic partnerships and pipeline development. (Euronext: POXEL, www.poxel.com)

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