Sapphire Therapeutics, Inc. to Present Results From Anamorelin Phase 2 Cachexia/Anorexia Studies at American Society of Clinical Oncology and Endocrine Society Annual Meetings in June

BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 26, 2007 -- Sapphire Therapeutics, Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company that develops compounds acting within the ghrelin pathway to treat metabolic and oncologic diseases, has announced that results from Phase 2 studies of anamorelin (formerly known as RC-1291) in cancer cachexia/anorexia subjects in the United States have been accepted for presentation at the 2007 annual meetings of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) (June 1-5 in Chicago) and of the Endocrine Society (ENDO) (June 2-5 in Toronto). The presentation at ASCO will disclose the results from a 12-week randomized study comparing anamorelin treatment to placebo in cancer patients; the ENDO presentation will reveal data from a short-term crossover study in cancer patients.

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