BioXcel Therapeutics to Present at the BofA Securities 2023 Health Care Conference

NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTAI), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing artificial intelligence approaches to develop transformative medicines in neuroscience and immuno-oncology, today announced that Vimal Mehta, Ph.D., CEO of BioXcel Therapeutics, will participate in a fireside chat at the BofA Securities 2023 Health Care Conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 10:15 a.m. PT. He will be joined by Robert Risinger, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Neuroscience, and Matt Wiley, Chief Commercial Officer.

To access a live webcast of the presentation, please visit the  under the “News/Events” tab in the Investors & Media section of the Company’s website at . A webcast replay will be available for 90 days.

About BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc.

BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company utilizing artificial intelligence approaches to develop transformative medicines in neuroscience and immuno-oncology. The Company’s drug re-innovation approach leverages existing approved drugs and/or clinically validated product candidates together with big data and proprietary machine learning algorithms to identify new therapeutic indications. The Company’s commercial product, IGALMI™ (developed as BXCL501), is a proprietary, sublingual film formulation of dexmedetomidine approved for the acute treatment of agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar I or II disorder in adults. The safety and effectiveness of IGALMI have not been established beyond 24 hours from the first dose. For more information, please visit  and also see the IGALMI full . BXCL501 is under evaluation for at-home use for the acute treatment of agitation in bipolar and schizophrenia patients, for acute treatment of Alzheimer’s-related agitation, and as an adjunctive treatment for major depressive disorder. The safety and efficacy of BXCL501 for these uses have not been established. The Company is also developing BXCL502 as a potential therapy for chronic agitation in dementia. Under its subsidiary, OnkosXcel Therapeutics LLC, the Company is developing BXCL701, an investigational, oral innate immune activator for the treatment of aggressive forms of prostate cancer and advanced solid tumors that are refractory or treatment naïve to checkpoint inhibitors. The safety and efficacy of BXCL502 and BXCL701 have not been established. For more information, please visit .

Forward-Looking Statements

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Contact Information

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BioXcel Therapeutics

Erik Kopp

1.203.494.7062

Investor Relations

BioXcel Therapeutics

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1.475.355.8462

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