 LA JOLLA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market NASDAQ:MNOV and the JASDAQ Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Code Number: 4875, today announced that MediciNova will be added to the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index NASDAQ: NBI effective prior to the market open on Monday, December 21, 2020. 