Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: JAV - News) today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Martin J. Driscoll, will give a corporate overview, including a discussion of the company’s commercial and clinical programs at BioCentury’s NewsMakers in the Biotech Industry Conference at 11:30am ET on September 4, 2008. The conference is being held at the Millennium Broadway Hotel – 145 W. 45th Street in New York City.

For more information on the conference, please visit the link below:

www.biocentury.com/BCApp/BioCenturyCommon/BCConferences.aspx?ss=1

About Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.:

With corporate headquarters in Cambridge, MA, Javelin applies innovative proprietary technologies to develop new drugs and improved formulations of existing drugs to target unmet and underserved medical needs in the pain management market. The Company has one marketed drug in the UK and three drug candidates in US Phase 3 clinical development. For additional information about Javelin, please visit the company's website at http://www.javelinpharmaceuticals.com.

Forward Looking Statement:

This news release contains forward-looking statements. Such statements are valid only as of today, and we disclaim any obligation to update this information. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future experience and results to differ materially from the statements made. These statements are based on our current beliefs and expectations as to such future outcomes. Drug discovery and development involve a high degree of risk. Factors that might cause such a material difference include, among others, uncertainties related to the ability to attract and retain partners for our technologies, the identification of lead compounds, the successful preclinical development thereof, the completion of clinical trials, the FDA review process and other governmental regulation, our ability to obtain working capital, our ability to successfully develop and commercialize drug candidates, and competition from other pharmaceutical companies.