SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNSS - News), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of new oncology therapeutics for the treatment of solid and hematologic cancers, today announced that NASDAQ has approved its application to transfer the listing of its common stock from The NASDAQ Global Market to The NASDAQ Capital Market. The transfer will be effective at the opening of the market on August 3, 2009. Sunesis will continue to trade under the symbol “SNSS.”