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Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Presents at Future Leaders in the Biotechnology Industry Conference March 27

Posted on: Monday, 24 March 2008, 09:00 CDT

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRT), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing small molecule drugs to treat diseases of aging such as Type 2 Diabetes, announced that it will be presenting at the BioCentury/Thomson Financial 15th Annual Future Leaders in the Biotechnology Industry Conference on Thursday, March 27 at 1:30 pm EDT. The presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed on the Sirtris website (www.sirtrispharma.com) in the "Investor Relations" section. A replay will be available after the presentation and will be archived on the company's website for two weeks.

In January, Sirtris announced positive Phase 1b clinical trial results with drug candidate SRT501, a proprietary formulation of resveratrol, in patients with Type 2 Diabetes. SRT501, which targets the SIRT1 enzyme, was found to be safe and well-tolerated, and significantly lowered glucose at the two-hour time point in an oral glucose tolerance test conducted as part of the 28 day Phase 1b trial of patients with Type 2 Diabetes who were naive to treatment. Sirtris' new chemical entities (NCEs) activate SIRT1 and are chemically distinct from and 1000 times more potent, in vitro, than resveratrol. The NCEs have been shown to lower glucose and improve insulin sensitivity in predictive pre-clinical models of Type 2 Diabetes. SIRT1 activators have the potential to be a frontline therapy for Type 2 Diabetes.

About Sirtris Pharmaceuticals

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing proprietary, orally available, small molecule drugs with the potential to treat diseases associated with aging, including metabolic diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes. Our drug candidates are designed to mimic certain beneficial health effects of calorie restriction, without requiring a change in eating habits, by activation of sirtuins, a recently discovered class of enzymes that the Company believes control the aging process. The company's headquarters are in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, the potential therapeutic effects of SIRT1 activators including NCEs for diseases of aging, such as Type 2 Diabetes: the progress and results of pre-clinical and clinical studies of SIRT1 activators, such as SRT501 and Sirtris' NCEs; and the potential of sirtuin modulators to receive regulatory approval. These forward-looking statements about future expectations, plans and prospects of Sirtris Pharmaceuticals involve significant risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including risks related to the lack of results that would provide a basis for predicting whether any of the Company's product candidates will be safe or effective, or receive regulatory approval, the possibility that results of pre-clinical studies are not necessarily predictive of clinical trial results, the Company's potential inability to initiate and complete pre-clinical studies and clinical trials for its product candidates, the fact that none of the Company's product candidates has received regulatory approvals, the potential inability of the Company to gain market acceptance of the Company's product candidates, and those other risks factors that can be found in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from those Sirtris Pharmaceuticals contemplated by these forward-looking statements. Sirtris Pharmaceuticals does not undertake to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect a change in its views or events or circumstances that occur after the date of this release.

Source: Business Wire

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