Portola Pharmaceuticals Announces Several Scientific Presentations at International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis XII Congress

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, - Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced several scientific presentations at the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) XII Congress in Boston that will feature its investigational antiplatelet drug elinogrel, a P2Y(12) ADP receptor antagonist currently in Phase II clinical development, and its oral Factor Xa inhibitor anticoagulant antidote in pre-clinical development, as well as a presentation by Portola co-founder David Phillips on new directions in antithrombotic drug discovery.

In the past six months, Portola has announced global development and commercialization agreements with Novartis for elinogrel and with Merck & Co., Inc. for betrixaban, an investigational oral Factor Xa inhibitor anticoagulant currently in Phase II clinical development.

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