SEATTLE and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHV), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company committed to the global development and commercialization of cytisine for smoking cessation, today announced that John Bencich, Chief Financial and Operations Officer, will present at the H.C. Wainwright 20th Annual Global Investment Conference being held September 4^th to 6^th at The St. Regis New York.    

The Company's presentation will take place on Thursday, September 6^th at 4:40pm EDT. A live webcast of the presentation can be accessed at http://ir.achievelifesciences.com/events-and-webcasts. A replay of the webcast will also be archived on Achieve's website following the conference. 

About Achieve & Cytisine
Achieve's focus is to address the global smoking health epidemic through the development and commercialization of cytisine. Tobacco use is currently the leading cause of preventable death and is responsible for nearly six million deaths annually worldwide¹. It is estimated that 28.6% of all cancer deaths in the U.S. are attributable to cigarette smoking². 

Cytisine is a plant-based alkaloid with a high binding affinity to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Two prior, large-scale Phase 3 clinical studies of cytisine, with favorable outcomes, have been successfully completed in over 2,000 patients. The TASC trial was a 740 patient, double-blind, placebo controlled trial conceived by Professor Robert West at University College London and funded by the U.K. National Prevention Research Initiative. The CASCAID trial was a 1,310 patient, single-blind, non-inferiority trial comparing cytisine to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). The CASCAID trial was conceived by Dr. Natalie Walker, National Institute for Health Innovation, University of Auckland and funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand. Both trials were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. 

Achieve Contact 
Jason Wong 
jwong@bplifescience.com

(415) 375-3340 ext. 4 

¹World Health Organization. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2011, Geneva: World Health Organization, 2011.

²Annals of Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , 179 - 182.e1

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