Verastem to Present at the 16th Annual Needham Healthcare Conference

Verastem, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSTM), focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat cancer, today announced that the company will present at the 16th Annual Needham Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, April 4th at 3:00 p.m. ET at The Westin Grand Central in New York City.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on the company’s website at www.verastem.com. An archived presentation will be available for 90 days.

About Verastem, Inc.

Verastem, Inc. (NASDAQ:VSTM) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to improve outcomes for patients with cancer. Verastem is currently developing duvelisib, a dual inhibitor of phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K)-delta and PI3K-gamma, which has successfully met its primary endpoint in a Phase 2 study in iNHL and is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical trial in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). In addition, Verastem is developing the focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitor defactinib, which is currently being evaluated in three separate clinical collaborations in combination with immunotherapeutic agents for the treatment of several different cancer types, including pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer and non-small cell lung cancer, and mesothelioma. Verastem’s product candidates seek to treat cancer by modulating the local tumor microenvironment, enhancing anti-tumor immunity and reducing cancer stem cells. For more information, please visit www.verastem.com.

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Verastem, Inc.Brian Sullivan, 781-292-4214Director, Corporate [e-mail]