SIRT Sierra Natl BK Tehachapi Calif (MM)

Sirtris Pharmaceuticals (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 has been named to the annual FierceBiotech �Fierce 15� list. The complete list of �Fierce 15� companies is available in today�s issue of FierceBiotech and on the FierceBiotech Web site at www.fiercebiotech.com. 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 concerning Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, its product candidates, and those candidates' clinical potential. 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 Company's potential inability to initiate and complete preclinical 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.