CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 10, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MNTA), a biotechnology company specializing in the characterization and engineering of complex drugs, announced today that Ram Sasisekharan, Ph.D. has tendered his resignation as director of the Company. This decision was made following Dr. Sasisekharan’s consideration of his increasing academic obligations. He will continue to lend his expertise to the Company as a scientific advisor. Dr. Sasisekharan is a co-founder of Momenta and has been a director since May of 2001.