Synta to Present at Upcoming Conferences

LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2015-- Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. (NASDAQ: SNTA) today announced that the Company will present at the following investor conferences:

Cowen and Company 35th Annual Healthcare Conference in Boston
Wednesday, March 4, at 9:20 a.m. (ET)

27th Annual ROTH Conference in Laguna Niguel, CA
Monday, March 9, at 12:30 p.m. (PT) / 3:30 p.m. (ET)

Live audio webcasts and replays of these presentations will be available on the "Investors" section of the Company's website, www.syntapharma.com.

About Synta Pharmaceuticals

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. is an innovative, agile biopharmaceutical company focused on research, development and commercialization of novel oncology medicines that change cancer patients’ lives. Synta’s lead oncology drug candidate, ganetespib, a novel heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) inhibitor, is currently being evaluated in several clinical trials including the pivotal GALAXY-2 Phase 3 trial in non-small cell lung cancer. Building on its extensive expertise in the science of Hsp90, Synta also has a novel proprietary Hsp90 inhibitor Drug Conjugate (HDC) small molecule drug development program. IND enabling studies have commenced for the first clinical candidate from the HDC program, STA-12-8666, and preclinical evaluation of additional HDC candidates is ongoing. For more information, please visit www.syntapharma.com.

Source: Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.

Investors:
Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Daniel Cole, 781-541-7250
dcole@syntapharma.com
or
Argot Partners
Andrea Rabney, 212-600-1494
andrea@argotpartners.com
or
Media:
Argot Partners
Eliza Schleifstein, 917-763-8106
eliza@argotpartners.com