GlobeNewswire Inc | Oct 27, 2020 07:00AM EDT

October 27, 2020

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- aTyr Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: LIFE), a biotherapeutics company engaged in the discovery and development of innovative medicines based on novel biological pathways, today announced that Sanjay S. Shukla, M.D., M.S., President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a panel titled, Immune Modulators to Ameliorate COVID-19 as part of the ROTH Capital Partners Webinar on COVID-19 Therapeutics in Development on October 28, 2020.

Details of the event are as follows:

Event: ROTH Capital Partners Webinar on COVID-19 Therapeutics in DevelopmentPanel: Immune Modulators to Ameliorate COVID-19Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020Time: 9:00 a.m. 10:20 a.m. Eastern Time

Registration for the webinar is available on the Investors section of the Companys website at www.atyrpharma.com. A replay of the live webcast will be available on the Companys website following the event.

About aTyr

aTyr is a biotherapeutics company engaged in the discovery and development of innovative medicines based on novel biological pathways. aTyrs research and development efforts are concentrated on a newly discovered area of biology, the extracellular functionality and signaling pathways of tRNA synthetases. aTyr has built a global intellectual property estate directed to a potential pipeline of protein compositions derived from 20 tRNA synthetase genes and their extracellular targets. aTyrs primary focus is ATYR1923, a clinical-stage product candidate which binds to the neuropilin-2 receptor and is designed to down-regulate immune engagement in inflammatory lung diseases. For more information, please visit http://www.atyrpharma.com.

Contact:Ashlee DunstonInvestor Relations, aTyr Pharmaadunston@atyrpharma.com