Dicerna to Report First Quarter 2016 Financial Results and Host Conference Call on May 9, 2016

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRNA), a leading developer of investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today announced that the Company will release its first quarter 2016 financial results after market close on Monday, May 9, 2016.

Management will conduct a conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET that day to discuss the Company's financial results and provide a general business update. The conference call will be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed on the "Events & Presentations" page under the “Investors & Media” section of the Dicerna Pharmaceuticals website, www.dicerna.com, prior to the event. The webcast will also be archived on the Company's website.

The call can also be accessed by dialing (855) 453-3834 or (484) 756-4306 (international), and referencing conference ID 92953440 prior to the start of the call. After the conference call, a replay will be available until May 16, 2016. To access the replay, please dial (855) 859-2056 or (404) 537-3406, and refer to conference ID 92953440.

About Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is an RNA interference-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative treatments for rare, inherited diseases involving the liver, for other therapeutic areas in which the liver plays a key role, and for cancers that are genetically defined. The Company is using its proprietary RNA interference (RNAi) technology platform to build a broad pipeline in these therapeutic areas. In many cases, Dicerna is pursuing targets that have historically been difficult to inhibit using conventional approaches, but where connections between targets and diseases are well understood and documented. The Company intends to discover, develop, and commercialize these novel therapeutics either on its own or in collaboration with pharmaceutical partners. For more information, please visit www.dicerna.com.

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