Antares Pharma, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AIS) today announced that it will present at the BMO Capital Markets 9th Annual Focus on Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.

Antares Pharma’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Paul K. Wotton, Ph.D. will present Wednesday, August 5th at 4:30 p.m. ET (Eastern Time).

Investors may access a live audio web cast of Antares's presentation at the following link: http://www.bmocm.com/conferences/2009healthcare/webcast/. A web cast replay of the presentation can also be accessed via Antares’s website at www.antarespharma.com, under the Investors section.

About Antares Pharma

Antares Pharma is a product development company committed to improving pharmaceuticals through its patented drug delivery systems. Antares has multiple development partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies. The Company’s products are designed to improve safety and efficacy profiles by minimizing dosing and reducing side effects while enabling improved patient compliance. Antares has three validated drug delivery systems: the ATDTM Advanced Transdermal Gel Delivery system; subcutaneous injection technology platforms, including VibexTM disposable pressure-assisted auto injectors, ValeoTM/Vision® reusable needle-free injectors, and disposable multi-use pen injectors; and Easy TecTM oral disintegrating tablets (ODT). Two of the systems have generated FDA-approved products. Antares Pharma has corporate headquarters in Ewing, New Jersey, with subsidiaries performing research, development, manufacturing and product commercialization activities in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Basel, Switzerland.

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