SHAREHOLDERS OF EPIX AND PREDIX VOTE FOR MERGER

EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that its shareholders have voted to approve the Company's merger with Predix Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc., which was previously announced on April 3, 2006, as well as each of the other proposals related to the merger. In addition, the shareholders of Predix also approved the transaction. The companies expect that the merger will close August 16th. BioSpace (http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/biospace/index.jsp?epi-content=GENERIC&newsId=20060815005722&ndmHsc=v2*A1155034800000*B1155685113000*DgroupByDate*J2*N1000122&newsLang=en&beanID=1229976837&viewID=news_view)