Verastem to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell Remotely From Headquarters in Cambridge, MA

ADVISORY, May 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Verastem, Inc. [VSTM], a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat breast and other cancers by targeting cancer stem cells, will ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell in a special remote opening from the Verastem laboratories in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Christoph Westphal, M.D., Ph.D., Verastem Chairman and CEO, will ring the Opening Bell. The event will mark the first time that the NASDAQ is opened from the laboratories of a biopharmaceutical company.

Where:

Verastem — 215 First Street — Suite 440 — Cambridge, MA 02142

When:

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 — 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET      

Contact:

Kari Watson

(781) 235-3060

kwatson@macbiocom.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jen Knapp

(212) 401-8916

Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

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About Verastem, Inc. [VSTM]:

Verastem, Inc. (Nasdaq:VSTM) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs to treat breast and other cancers by targeting cancer stem cells. Cancer stem cells are an underlying cause of tumor recurrence and metastasis. For more information please visit www.verastem.com.

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