Epizyme Continues To Build Senior Leadership Team With Appointment Of Matthew Ros As Chief Operating Officer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Epizyme, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPZM), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company creating novel epigenetic therapies for people with cancer, today announced that it has expanded its senior leadership team with the addition of Matthew Ros, who joins the company as Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Mr. Ros will be responsible for directing and operationalizing Epizyme’s launch readiness efforts for tazemetostat, and will report to Epizyme’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Bazemore.

“Matt’s proven leadership and deep commercial expertise in both oncology and rare diseases will be invaluable in developing Epizyme’s strategy for launching and commercializing tazemetostat across multiple tumor types,” said Mr. Bazemore. “Based on his experience leading strategy, commercial development, medical affairs and manufacturing, we believe Matt will have an immediate impact on the execution of Epizyme’s multi-year vision. We are delighted to have him join our experienced team.”

“The potential opportunity with tazemetostat, combined with the depth of Epizyme’s research engine and their discovery platform, hold great promise for patients and the future of the company,” said Mr. Ros. “I look forward to working with the entire team to bring tazemetostat and other epigenetic therapies to patients in need.”

Matthew Ros

Mr. Ros comes to Epizyme from Sanofi, where he was most recently Chief Operating Officer/Global Head of the Oncology Business Unit. While overseeing its $1.4 billion solid tumor and hematology franchise, he led its most recent restructuring and significantly contributed to the company’s revised business strategy. Prior to this role, Mr. Ros served in Genzyme’s Rare Disease business, leading its second largest franchise in Pompe Disease as its Vice President and Franchise head. Mr. Ros brings more than 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, franchise strategy and operations leadership in both global pharmaceutical and early-stage biotechnology companies. Outside of his professional commitments, Mr. Ros previously served on the Board of Trustees of CancerCARE, a leading national organization dedicated to providing free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer.

About Epizyme, Inc.

Epizyme, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company creating novel epigenetic therapeutics for cancer patients. Epizyme has built a proprietary product platform that the Company uses to create small molecule inhibitors of chromatin modifying proteins (CMPs), such as histone methyltransferases or HMTs. CMPs are part of the system of gene regulation, referred to as epigenetics, that controls gene expression. Genetic alterations can result in changes to the activity of CMPs, making them oncogenic (cancer-causing). By focusing on the genetic drivers of cancers, Epizyme's targeted science seeks to match the right medicines with the right patients.

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Contacts

Investors:
Rebecca Cohen, 617-401-0722
Epizyme, Inc.
Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
rcohen@epizyme.com

Media:
Michael Lampe, 484-575-5040
Scient Public Relations
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