ARIAD to Present at Barclays Global Healthcare Conference

  ARIAD to Present at Barclays Global Healthcare Conference

Barclays Global Healthcare Conference 2013

Business Wire

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- March 6, 2013

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARIA) today announced that it will
present at Barclays Global Healthcare Conference being held in Miami. Harvey
J. Berger, M.D., chairman and chief executive officer, will provide an
overview of the Company’s business on Wednesday, March 13, at 10:45 a.m. (ET).

The ARIAD presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed by visiting
the investor relations section of the Company's website at
http://www.ariad.com/investor. A replay of the presentation will also be
available and archived on the site for three weeks.

About ARIAD

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts and
Lausanne, Switzerland, is an integrated global oncology company focused on
transforming the lives of cancer patients with breakthrough medicines. ARIAD
is working on new medicines to advance the treatment of various forms of
chronic and acute leukemia, lung cancer and other difficult-to-treat cancers.
ARIAD utilizes computational and structural approaches to design
small-molecule drugs that overcome resistance to existing cancer medicines.
For additional information, visit http://www.ariad.com or follow ARIAD on
Twitter (@ARIADPharm).

Contact:

For Investors
Kendra Adams, 617-503-7028
Kendra.adams@ariad.com
or
For Media
Liza Heapes, 617-621-2315
Liza.heapes@ariad.com