Portola Pharmaceuticals to Announce Third Quarter 2018 Financial Results and Host Conference Call on Wednesday, November 7, 2018

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.® (Nasdaq: PTLA) today announced that it will host a webcast and conference call to discuss the Company’s financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, and provide a general business overview on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at 4:30 p.m. ET (1:30 p.m. PT).

Conference Call Details
The live conference call on Wednesday, November 7, 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 3387315. 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 commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutics that could significantly advance the fields of thrombosis and other hematologic diseases. The Company’s two FDA-approved medicines are Andexxa® [coagulation factor Xa (recombinant), inactivated-zhzo], the first and only antidote for patients treated with rivaroxaban and apixaban when reversal of anticoagulation is needed due to life-threatening or uncontrolled bleeding, and Bevyxxa® (betrixaban), the first and only oral, once-daily Factor Xa inhibitor for the prevention of VTE in adult patients hospitalized for an acute medical illness. The company also is advancing cerdulatinib, a Syk/JAK inhibitor for the treatment of hematologic cancers.

Investor Contact:		Media Contact:
Cara Miller		Patrick Ryan
Portola Pharmaceuticals		Pure Communications
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