Leerink Partners Comments on Zafgen (ZFGN) Following Patient Death

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Zafgen Issues Statement

October 14, 2015 11:59 AM EDT

BOSTON, Oct. 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zafgen, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZFGN), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to significantly improving the health and well-being of patients affected by obesity and complex metabolic disorders, today issued the following statement:

"Zafgen recently learned of a patient death which occurred in the Companys ongoing double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 3 bestPWS study of beloranib in Prader-Willi Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder with a high rate of mortality linked to obesity and its co-morbidities.  The cause of death remains unknown at this time.  According to normal practice, the event was... More