Hiroaki Shigeta Not to Stand for Re-Election as Member of Board of Directors of MediciNova, Inc

MediciNova, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on developing therapeutics for the treatment of serious diseases with unmet medical needs and a commercial focus on the United States market. It is focused on its development activities on MN-166 (ibudilast) for neurological and other disorders, such as progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, degenerative cervical myelopathy, glioblastoma, substance dependence and addiction (e.g., methamphetamine dependence, opioid dependence, and alcohol dependence), prevention of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and Long COVID, and MN-001 (tipelukast) for fibrotic and other diseases, such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The Company's pipeline also includes MN-221 (bedoradrine) for the treatment of acute exacerbation of asthma and MN-029 (denibulin) for solid tumor cancers.