CombinatoRx To Webcast Conference Call Discussing Fourth Quarter And Year End 2009 Financial Results

CombinatoRx, Incorporated (NASDAQ: CRXX) today announced that it will report financial results for the fourth quarter and year end 2009 before market opens on Thursday, March 25, 2010 followed by a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET in which senior management will provide an update on the company, discuss fourth quarter and year end 2009 financial results and discuss expectations for the future.

To access the call, please dial 866-383-7998 (domestic) or 617-597-5329 (international) five minutes prior to the start time and provide the passcode 67986161. A replay of the call will be available beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET on March 25, 2010. To access the replay, please dial 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international), and provide the passcode 35427451.

A live audio webcast of the call will also be available on the “Investors” section of the company’s website, www.combinatorx.com. An archived audio webcast will be available on the CombinatoRx website two hours after the event.

About CombinatoRx

CombinatoRx, Incorporated (CRXX) develops novel drug candidates with a focus on the treatment of pain and inflammation. The company applies its combination drug discovery capabilities and its selective ion-channel modulation platform to generate innovative therapeutics. To learn more about CombinatoRx, please visit www.combinatorx.com.

Forward-Looking Statement:

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 concerning CombinatoRx, the CombinatoRx drug discovery technologies, and the business plans of CombinatoRx. These forward-looking statements about future expectations, plans, objectives and prospects of CombinatoRx may be identified by words like "believe," "expect," "may," "will," "should," "seek," or “could” and similar expressions and involve significant risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including risks related to the unproven nature of the CombinatoRx drug discovery technologies, the Company's ability to obtain additional financing or funding for its research and development and those other risks that can be found in the "Risk Factors" section beginning on page 31 of CombinatoRx's Form S-4 Registration Statement filed in connection with its merger with Neuromed (File No. 333-161146), on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the other reports that CombinatoRx periodically files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from those CombinatoRx contemplated by these forward-looking statements. These forward looking statements reflect management’s current views and CombinatoRx does not undertake to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect a change in its views or events or circumstances that occur after the date of this release except as required by law.