Achieve Life Sciences Announces Presentation at 2023 American Society of Pharmacognosy Annual Meeting

SEATTLE and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHV), a late-stage pharmaceutical company committed to the global development and commercialization of cytisinicline for smoking cessation and nicotine dependence, today announced participation on a panel during the 2023 American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) Annual Meeting, being held at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel Conference Center in Rockville, MD from July 22-26, 2023.

Achieve management, John Bencich, Chief Executive Officer, and Richard Stewart, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, will present on a public/private partnerships panel titled “SEEDing Biomedical Innovation: Support for Small Businesses at National Institute of Health” to be held on Monday, July 24, 2023, at 10:30 AM EDT.

For additional information on the 2023 ASP Annual Meeting, including registration details, please visit the meeting website.

About Achieve and Cytisinicline 
Achieve’s focus is to address the global smoking health and nicotine addiction epidemic through the development and commercialization of cytisinicline. Tobacco use is currently the leading cause of preventable death that is responsible for more than eight million deaths worldwide and nearly half a million deaths in the United States annually.^1,2 More than 87% of lung cancer deaths, 61% of all pulmonary disease deaths, and 32% of all deaths from coronary heart disease are attributable to smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke.²

In addition, there are over 11 million adults in the United States who use e-cigarettes, also known as vaping.³ In 2022, approximately 2.5 million middle and high school students in the United States reported using e-cigarettes.⁴ Currently, there are no FDA-approved treatments indicated specifically as an aid to nicotine e-cigarette cessation.

Cytisinicline is a plant-based alkaloid with a high binding affinity to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. It is believed to aid in treating nicotine addiction for smoking and e-cigarette cessation by interacting with nicotine receptors in the brain, reducing the severity of withdrawal symptoms, and reducing the reward and satisfaction associated with nicotine products. Cytisinicline is an investigational product candidate being developed for the treatment of nicotine addiction and has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for any indication in the United States.