CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Transkaryotic
Therapies, Inc. (Nasdaq: TKTX) today announced that the company will present
at Thomas Weisel's Healthcare Tailwinds Conference being held September 8-10,
2004 in Boston, Massachusetts. Michael J. Astrue, President and Chief
Executive Officer will present an overview of TKT's business activities at
10:35 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, September 9, 2004. A live audio webcast
of this presentation will be available at http://www.tktx.com on TKT's
Investor Information website under the Events category. A replay will be
available until September 23, 2004.
About TKT
Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company primarily
focused on researching, developing and commercializing treatments for rare
diseases caused by protein deficiencies. Within this focus, the company
markets Replagal(TM), an enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease, and is
developing treatments for Hunter syndrome and Gaucher disease. In addition to
its focus on rare diseases, TKT intends to commercialize Dynepo(TM), its Gene-
Activated(R) erythropoietin product for anemia related to kidney disease, in
the European Union. TKT was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, with additional operations in Europe, Canada and South America.
Additional information about TKT is available on the company's website at
http://www.tktx.com.
Gene-Activated(R) is a registered trademark and Replagal(TM) is a
trademark of Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. Dynepo(TM) is a trademark of
Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Contact:
Daniella M. Lutz
Corporate Communications Manager
(617) 349-0205
SOURCE Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc.
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CONTACT:
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Manager of TKT, +1-617-349-0205
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