Shareholders Of EPIX Pharmaceuticals And Predix Pharmaceuticals Vote For Merger

EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIX) today announced that its shareholders have voted to approve the Company's merger with Predix Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc., which was previously announced on April 3, 2006, as well as each of the other proposals related to the merger. In addition, the shareholders of Predix also approved the transaction. The companies expect that the merger will close tomorrow, August 16th.