Versartis Presents 12-Month Data for VRS-317 at Late-Breaker Session at Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting

Versartis, Inc.(Nasdaq: VSAR), an endocrine-focused biopharmaceutical company that isdeveloping a novel, long-acting form of recombinant human growth hormone(rhGH), today announced it was selected to present data from its ongoingExtension Study of pre-pubertal children with moderate growth hormonedeficiency (GHD) in a poster presentation at The Endocrine Society's 97^thAnnual Meeting & Expo (ENDO 2015) in San Diego, CA. While previously disclosed(see press release), this is the first time the results are being presented ina scientific meeting. George Bright, MD, Versartis Vice President of ClinicalDevelopment, will discuss the results at the clinical poster session"Late-breaking Pediatric Endocrinology II" from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. PT today."We are excited to have data from our ongoing pediatric Extension Studyselected as a late-breaking poster presentation at the ENDO 2015 AnnualMeeting. These data demonstrated a dose response in the subset of patientsthat were switched to a higher dose of VRS-317 on a semi-monthly basis, whilemaintaining safety and tolerability in line with results from our Phase 2astudy," said Jeffrey L. Cleland, PhD, Chief Executive Officer. "Importantly,VRS-317 showed less waning of growth response over the 12 month period whencompared to current daily rhGH therapy. With these results in hand, we havefurther confidence in the design of our global Phase 3 VELOCITY study, whichwas initiated in January 2015."Highlights from the Poster Presentation * VRS-317 is safe and well tolerated after 12 months of treatment * Lower rate of related adverse events in second 6 months * All regimens provide similar IGF-I responses comparable to those of daily rhGH and with minimal excursions of IGF-I SDS exceeding 2 * Dose response confirmed by IGF-I SDS moving up nearly 1.0 standard deviation (SD); this was achieved by increasing the dose from 2.5 to 3.5mg/kg semi-monthly * Adjusting VRS-317 dose from 2.5 mg/kg semi-monthly to 3.5 mg/kg semi-monthly resulted in: * Expected increase in IGF-I response (mentioned above) without overexposure * Patients who switched from 1.15 mg/kg weekly to 3.5 mg/kg semi-monthly (n=5) experienced a height velocity increase from 7.5 to 9.3 cm/yr * Less waning of the growth response was observed over the first 12 months of VRS-317 treatment than typically observed with daily rhGH therapyThe Extension Study's primary objective is to study the safety and efficacy oflong-term treatment with VRS-317 in pre-pubertal GHD children and to evaluatethe effect of a dose increase on IGF-I and height velocity within a subset ofthe GHD children. In the ongoing Extension Study, subjects in the Phase 2astudy on a VRS-317 dose of either 2.5 mg/kg semi-monthly or 5.0 mg/kg monthlywere continued on the same dose for an additional 6 months. Subjects in thePhase 2a study on a VRS-317 dose of 1.15 mg/kg weekly (5 mg/kg/month) wereswitched to 3.5 mg/kg semi-monthly (7 mg/kg/month) upon their first visitafter the completion of the Phase 2a study. Subjects enrolled in the ExtensionStudy as they completed the six months of treatment in the Phase 2a study.Poster and Program Details: Title: "Dose Response and 12-Month Safety and Efficacy of VRS-317 in Pre-Pubertal Children with Moderate Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD)" Program: Abstracts – Poster Viewing with Presenters Session: LBF 024-030 Late-breaking Pediatric Endocrinology II Poster: Poster Board LBF-026 Location: Hall D-F (San Diego Convention Center) Date: Friday, March 6, 2015: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. PTThe poster can be viewed by CLICKING HERE and is also available online withinthe "EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS" section of the Company's investor relationswebsite at www.versartis.com.