Data and Safety Monitoring Board Recommends Continuation of Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.' VALOR Trial Based on Periodic Safety Review

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 9, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNSS) today announced that the independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the VALOR trial has completed a planned periodic safety review and recommended that the trial continue as planned without changes to study conduct. The VALOR trial is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, pivotal trial of vosaroxin, the Company's lead product candidate, in patients with first relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

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