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Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Focuses Resources on Development of Voreloxin Formerly SNS-595

Published in Oncology Business Week, June 22nd, 2008

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNSS) announced a corporate realignment to focus on the development of the company's lead oncology product candidate, voreloxin (formerly SNS-595). In conjunction with this strategic restructuring, Sunesis expanded the company's late-stage development leadership team and announced a workforce reduction of approximately 60 percent, including the winding down of its research activities. These changes are intended to concentrate the company's financial and human resources on the strongest path to potential near-term value creation for the company's stockholders.

"Based on the promising clinical data achieved to date, we have made a...

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