Achillion to Present at Two Upcoming Investor Conferences

NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 11, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ACHN announced today that members of the senior management team will present a corporate overview at two upcoming investor conferences:

• 2014 Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 1:15 p.m. ET at the InterContinental Hotel in Boston, MA; and
   
• JMP Health Care Conference 2014 on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. ET at the Westin New York Grand Central Hotel in New York, NY.

The live audio and subsequent archived webcasts of the Company's presentations will be accessible from the Company's investor relations website, http://ir.achillion.com. The audio recording will be archived for 30 days following the live presentation. Please connect to Achillion's website several minutes prior to the start of the presentation to ensure adequate time for any software downloads that may be necessary.

About Achillion Pharmaceuticals

Achillion is an innovative pharmaceutical company dedicated to bringing important new treatments to patients with infectious disease. Achillion's discovery, clinical development, and commercial teams have advanced multiple novel product candidates with proven mechanisms of action into studies and toward the market. Achillion is focused on solutions for the most challenging problems in infectious disease including HCV and resistant bacterial infections. For more information on Achillion Pharmaceuticals, please visit www.achillion.com or call 1-203-624-7000.