Rigel to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 2018 Prescriptions for Success Healthcare Conference in New York City

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. RIGL today announced that Dean Schorno, the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer, is scheduled to present a company overview at the BMO Capital Markets 2018 Prescriptions for Success Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 2:20pm EST. 

To access the live webcast of the presentation or the subsequent archived recording, log on to www.rigel.com. Please connect to Rigel's website several minutes prior to the start of the live webcast to ensure adequate time for any software download that may be necessary.

About Rigel (www.rigel.com)
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering, developing and providing novel small molecule drugs that significantly improve the lives of patients with immune and hematologic disorders, cancer and rare diseases. Rigel's pioneering research focuses on signaling pathways that are critical to disease mechanisms. The company's first FDA approved product is TAVALISSE™ (fostamatinib disodium hexahydrate), an oral spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor, for the treatment of adult patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia who have had an insufficient response to a previous treatment. Rigel's clinical programs include an upcoming Phase 3 study of fostamatinib¹ in autoimmune hemolytic anemia and an ongoing Phase 1 study of R835¹, a proprietary molecule from its interleukin receptor associated kinase (IRAK) program. In addition, Rigel has product candidates in development with partners BerGenBio AS, Daiichi Sankyo, and Aclaris Therapeutics.

¹ The product for this use or indication is investigational and has not been proven safe or effective by any regulatory authority.

Please see www.TAVALISSE.com for full Prescribing Information.

Contact: David Burke
Phone: 650.624.1232
Email: dburke@rigel.com

Media Contact: Jessica Daitch
Phone: 917.816.6712
Email: jessica.daitch@syneoshealth.com

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