Cardiome To Hold Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results Conference Call On November 6

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VANCOUVER, Oct. 24, 2013 /CNW/ - Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME /TSX: COM) today announced that it will report financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013 on the morning of Wednesday, November 6, 2013. Cardiome will hold a conference call and webcast at 8:00 a.m. Eastern (5:00 a.m. Pacific) on that day to discuss the results.

To access the conference call, please dial 416-764-8688 or 888-390-0546 and use conference ID 22279968. The webcast can be accessed through Cardiome's website at www.cardiome.com.

Webcast and telephone replays of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call through December 4, 2013.  Please dial 416-764-8677 or 888-390-0541 and enter code 279968 to access the replay.

About Cardiome Pharma Corp.
Cardiome Pharma Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of new therapies that will improve the health of patients around the world. Cardiome has one marketed product, BRINAVESS^TM (vernakalant IV), approved in Europe and other territories for the rapid conversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm in adults.

Cardiome is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market (CRME) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (COM). For more information, please visit our web site at www.cardiome.com.

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SOURCE: Cardiome Pharma Corp.

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