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XenoPort Announces Plan to Focus on its Growing HORIZANT Business and Names Vincent J. Angotti Chief Executive Officer and Director

October 1, 2015 4:05 PM EDT

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- XenoPort, Inc. (Nasdaq: XNPT) announced today a strategic shift to focus on and maximize the value of its commercial product, HORIZANT® (gabapentin enacarbil) Extended Release Tablets. As part of this shift, XenoPort will discontinue development of XP23829 on its own and seek to partner this and other high potential development stage assets.

In connection with the decision to focus on commercializing HORIZANT, Ronald W. Barrett, Ph.D., has retired as Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of XenoPort, effective immediately. Vincent J. Angotti, Executive Vice... More