CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zafgen Inc., a private venture-backed biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel obesity therapeutics today announced that Thomas Hughes, Ph.D. will present at the 2008 Boston Biotech R&D Conference, at 8:20 a.m. (EST) on October 22, 2008 at Harvard Medical School. This conference will bring luminaries from top academic institutions that have been instrumental in establishing the strong Boston biotech community together with executives from several of the area’s most promising emerging biopharmaceutical companies and leaders from the venture capital community and equity markets.
