Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. To Present At The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) CEO & Investor Conference

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it will present at the BIO CEO & Investor Conference on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 11:15 a.m. EST (8:15 a.m. PST) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Lawrence C. Fritz, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Anadys Pharmaceuticals, will present an overview of Anadys and its clinical development and discovery programs.

The presentation will be simultaneously webcast and can be accessed on the Company’s website at www.anadyspharma.com. Listeners are encouraged to visit the website approximately five minutes prior to the corporate presentation to download or install any necessary software. A replay of the presentation will be available approximately one hour after the live webcast concludes and will be archived until February 28, 2007.

About Anadys

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., www.anadyspharma.com, is a biopharmaceutical company committed to advancing patient care by discovering, developing and commercializing novel small molecule medicines for the treatment of viral diseases and cancer. The Company has core expertise in developing Toll-Like Receptor-based small molecule therapeutics and utilizing structure-based drug design coupled with medicinal chemistry to identify new product candidates. Anadys is developing compounds for the treatment of hepatitis C infection, hepatitis B infection and cancer.

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. Risk factors that may cause actual results to differ are discussed in Anadys’ SEC filings, including Anadys’ Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and the “Risk Factors” section of Anadys’ Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. 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.

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

CONTACT: Vince Reardon, Sr. Director, Investor Relations & CorporateCommunications of Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc., +1-858-530-3653,vreardon@anadyspharma.com

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