Portola Pharmaceuticals to Announce First Quarter 2018 Financial Results and Host Conference Call on Wednesday, May 9, 2018

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.^® PTLA announced today that it will host a webcast and conference call to discuss the Company's financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, and provide a general business overview on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 4:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. PT).

Conference Call Details
The live conference call on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at 4:30 p.m. ET, can be accessed by phone by calling (844) 452-6828 from the United States and Canada or 1 (765) 507-2588 internationally and using the passcode 7068059. The webcast can be accessed live on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://investors.portola.com. It will be archived for 30 days following the call.

About Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Portola Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company developing product candidates that could significantly advance the fields of thrombosis and other hematologic diseases. The Company's first medicine Bevyxxa^® (betrixaban), an oral, once-daily Factor Xa inhibitor, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June 2017. The company is also working to advance two clinical programs for andexanet alfa, a recombinant protein designed to reverse the anticoagulant effect in patients treated with an oral or injectable Factor Xa inhibitor; and cerdulatinib, a SYK/JAK inhibitor in development to treat hematologic cancers. Portola's partnered program is focused on developing selective SYK inhibitors for inflammatory conditions. For more information, visit http://www.portola.com and follow the Company on Twitter @Portola_Pharma.

Investor Contact:     
Cara Miller
Portola Pharmaceuticals 
ir@portola.com

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Pure Communications
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