GlobeNewswire Inc | Jan 4, 2022 08:00AM EST

January 04, 2022

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (GBT) (NASDAQ: GBT) today announced that it will present at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at 11:15 a.m. E.T.

The presentation and Q&A session will be webcast live from GBTs website at www.gbt.com in the Investors section. A replay of the webcast will be archived and available for one month following the event.

About Global Blood Therapeutics Global Blood Therapeutics(GBT) is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and delivery of life-changing treatments that provide hope to underserved patient communities. Founded in 2011, GBT is delivering on its goal to transform the treatment and care of sickle cell disease (SCD), a lifelong, devastating inherited blood disorder. The company has introduced Oxbryta(voxelotor) tablets and tablets for oral suspension, the first FDA-approved medicine that directly inhibits sickle hemoglobin (HbS) polymerization, the root cause of red blood cell sickling in SCD. GBT is also advancing its pipeline program in SCD with inclacumab, a P-selectin inhibitor in Phase 3 development to address pain crises associated with the disease, and GBT021601 (GBT601), the companys next generation HbS polymerization inhibitor. In addition, GBTs drug discovery teams are working on new targets to develop the next wave of potential treatments for SCD. To learn more, please visitwww.gbt.comand follow the company on Twitter@GBT_news.

Contact:Steven Immergut (media)650-410-3258simmergut@gbt.com

Courtney Roberts(investors)650-351-7881croberts@gbt.com