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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-19-073505
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191213
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191217
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191217

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Stuglik Brian M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001716328

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35403
		FILM NUMBER:		191291068

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O VERASTEM, INC.
		STREET 2:		117
		CITY:			NEEDHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02494

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Verastem, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001526119
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				273269467
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		117 KENDRICK STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			NEEDHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02494
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(781) 292-4200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		117 KENDRICK STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			NEEDHAM
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02494
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>1.34</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-12-13</value>
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            <expirationDate>
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        <footnote id="F1">The option vests as to 50% of the shares on the first anniversary of December 13, 2019 (the &quot;Grant Date&quot;) and as to an additional 12.5% of the shares at the end of each successive three-month period following the first anniversary of the Grant Date, provided that the Reporting Person continues to serve as an employee of or other service provider to the Issuer on each such vesting date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Limited Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Madelyn Zeylikman, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-12-17</signatureDate>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;24</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:45.75pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, Brian M. Stuglik, hereby authorize and designate each of Daniel Paterson, Robert Gagnon and Madelyn Zeylikman, signing singly, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:45.75pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as a member of the Board of Directors or an officer of Verastem,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), Form&nbsp;ID and Forms 3, 4 and 5, in accordance with Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) and the rules&nbsp;and regulations promulgated thereunder;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:45.75pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form&nbsp;ID or Form&nbsp;3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange or similar authority; and</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:45.75pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be to my benefit, in my best interest, or legally required of me, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact&#146;s discretion.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:46.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I hereby further grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:46.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitutes or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#146;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.&#160; I hereby acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:45.75pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Power of Attorney terminates and replaces that certain Power of Attorney dated December&nbsp;11, 2018.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:45.75pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no longer required to file Form&nbsp;ID or Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:45.75pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF,&nbsp;I have caused this Power of Attorney to be duly executed as of this 17th day of December, 2019.</font></p>
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