SIRT Sierra Natl BK Tehachapi Calif (MM)

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRT), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing small molecule drugs to treat diseases of aging such as Type 2 Diabetes, announced today that it will be presenting at the Emerald Asset Management Fifteenth Annual Groundhog Day Investment Forum on Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 9:00 am EST. Sirtris recently announced positive Phase 1b clinical trial results with drug candidate SRT501, a proprietary formulation of resveratrol, in patients with Type 2 Diabetes. SRT501, which targets the SIRT1 enzyme, was found to be safe and well-tolerated, and significantly lowered glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test conducted as part of the 28 day Phase 1b trial. Sirtris has new chemical entities (NCEs), which activate SIRT1, that are chemically distinct from resveratrol and are 1000 times more potent. The company plans to have one of these NCEs in clinical trials in the first half of 2008. Sirtris will discuss the company's strategy for discovering and developing first-in-class therapeutics that modulate sirtuins, a class of enzymes associated with age-related diseases, as well as the company's clinical progress. About Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Sirtris Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing proprietary, orally available, small molecule drugs with the potential to treat diseases associated with aging, including metabolic diseases such as Type 2 Diabetes. Our drug candidates are designed to mimic certain beneficial health effects of calorie restriction, without requiring a change in eating habits, by activation of sirtuins, a recently discovered class of enzymes that control the aging process. The company's headquarters are in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, the potential therapeutic effects of SIRT1 activators for diseases of aging, the progress and results of pre-clinical and clinical studies of SIRT1 activators, development of first-in-class therapeutics that modulate sirtuins, and the potential of sirtuin modulators to receive regulatory approval. These forward-looking statements about future expectations, plans and prospects of Sirtris Pharmaceuticals involve significant risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including risks related to the lack of results that would provide a basis for predicting whether any of the Company's product candidates will be safe or effective, or receive regulatory approval, the possibility that results of pre-clinical studies are not necessarily predictive of clinical trial results, the Company's potential inability to initiate and complete pre-clinical studies and clinical trials for its product candidates, the fact that none of the Company's product candidates has received regulatory approvals, the potential inability of the Company to gain market acceptance of the Company's product candidates, and those other risks factors that can be found in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from those Sirtris Pharmaceuticals contemplated by these forward-looking statements. Sirtris Pharmaceuticals does not undertake to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect a change in its views or events or circumstances that occur after the date of this release.