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Curis to Release Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results and Hold Conference Call on August 2, 2012

LEXINGTON, Mass., July 26, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Curis, Inc. (Nasdaq:CRIS), a drug development company seeking to develop proprietary targeted medicines for cancer treatment, today announced that the Company will release its second quarter financial results on Thursday, August 2, 2012, before the market opens. The Company will also hold a conference call on the same day at 9:00 A.M. Eastern time to discuss: (i) Erivedge™ (vismodegib), a hedgehog pathway inhibitor under collaboration with Genentech that is the first and only FDA-approved medicine for advanced forms of basal cell carcinoma, (ii) CUDC-101, CUDC-907 and Debio 0932 (iii) its financial results as of and for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2012, and (iv) additional corporate activities. Daniel Passeri, President and Chief Executive Officer of Curis, will host the call.

To access the live conference call, please dial (877) 868-1829 from the United States or (253) 237-1135 from other locations, shortly before 9:00 A.M. EDT. The conference ID number is 10305459. The conference call can also be accessed on the Curis website at www.curis.com in the Investors section. Replay will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call and through 5:00 P.M. EDT, Friday, August 10, 2012. To access the replay, please call (855) 859-2056 from the United States or (404) 537-3406 from other locations and reference the conference ID number 10305459.

About Curis, Inc.

Curis is a drug development company that is committed to leveraging its innovative signaling pathway drug technologies to seek to create new targeted small molecule drug candidates for cancer. Curis is building upon its previous experiences in targeting signaling pathways, including in the Hedgehog pathway, in its effort to develop proprietary targeted cancer programs. For more information, visit Curis' website at www.curis.com.

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CONTACT: Michael P. Gray

         CFO & COO

         Curis, Inc.

         617-503-6632

         mgray@curis.com