SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cortexyme, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRTX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering a novel disease-modifying therapeutic approach to treat what it believes to be a key underlying cause of Alzheimers and other degenerative diseases, today announced Casey Lynch, the companys chief executive officer, chair, and co-founder will present at the 3rd Annual Neuroscience Innovation Forum on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 3:45 p.m. PST / 6:45 p.m. EST. The Forum will take place on the eve of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in downtown San Francisco.

A live webcast of the corporate presentation will be accessible at the Investor Calendar page under the News & Events heading of the Cortexyme investor site (ir.cortexyme.com). The webcast will be archived at that location for 90 days.

In addition to the corporate presentation, Ms. Lynch will participate in a plenary session at the Forum, Advances in Alzheimers & Other Cognitive Disorders, earlier in the day. This event will feature brief presentations from a panel of neuroscience drug development experts followed by a roundtable discussion moderated by co-chairs Christian Jung, Partner at the Dementia Discovery Fund, and Sumant Kulkarni, Managing Director of Biotechnology Equity Research at Canaccord Genuity LLC.

About Cortexyme, Inc.

Cortexyme (Nasdaq: CRTX) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering a novel, disease-modifying therapeutic approach to treat what it believes to be a key underlying cause of Alzheimers disease and other degenerative diseases. Cortexyme is targeting a specific, infectious pathogen found in the brain of Alzheimers patients and tied to neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in animal models. The companys lead investigational medicine, COR388, is the subject of the GAIN Trial, an ongoing Phase 2/3 clinical study in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimers. To learn more about Cortexyme, visit http://www.cortexyme.com or follow @Cortexyme on Twitter.

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