Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Present at Two Upcoming Investor Conferences
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDS) announced today that it will present at the Stifel Nicolaus Healthcare Conference on Friday, September 9, 2011 at 10:55 a.m. EDT (7:55 a.m. PDT). The conference is being held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston. Steve Worland, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Anadys, will provide an overview of Anadys and its clinical development programs, setrobuvir and ANA773.
Dr. Worland will also present at the Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 9:35 a.m. EDT (6:35 a.m. PDT). The conference is being held at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York City.
Each presentation will be webcast at the time of presentation and can be accessed on the Investor Relations page of the Company's website at www.anadyspharma.com. Listeners are encouraged to visit the website approximately five minutes prior to each presentation to download or install any necessary software. A replay of the presentations will be available approximately one hour after the live webcasts conclude and will be available through September 23, 2011 and September 27, 2011, respectively.
About Anadys
Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patient care by developing novel medicines for the treatment of hepatitis C. The Company believes hepatitis C represents a large unmet medical need in which meaningful improvements in treatment outcomes may be attainable with the introduction of new medicines. Anadys is conducting a Phase IIb study of setrobuvir, the Company's DAA, added to pegylated interferon and ribavirin for the treatment of hepatitis C. The Company is also developing ANA773, the Company's oral, small-molecule inducer of endogenous interferons that acts via the Toll like receptor 7, or TLR7, pathway in hepatitis C and plans to initiate a Phase IIa study shortly.
Safe Harbor Statement
Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause Anadys' actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For example, the results of preclinical and early clinical studies may not be predictive of future results, and Anadys cannot provide any assurances that setrobuvir (ANA598) or ANA773 will not have unforeseen safety issues, will have favorable results in ongoing or future clinical trials or will receive regulatory approval. In addition, Anadys' results may be affected by competition from other biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, its effectiveness at managing its financial resources, its ability to enter into transactions around its product candidates, its ability to successfully develop and market products, difficulties or delays in its non-clinical studies or clinical trials, difficulties or delays in manufacturing its clinical trials materials, the scope and validity of patent protection for its products, regulatory developments and its ability to obtain additional funding to support its operations. Risk factors that may cause actual results to differ are more fully discussed in Anadys' SEC filings, including Anadys' Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Anadys is providing this information as of this date and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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