EMERYVILLE, Calif., Sept. 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NovaBay® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE-MKT:NBY), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing its first-in-class, anti-infective Aganocide® compounds for the local non-systemic treatment and prevention of infections, announces data supporting the mechanism of action for its lead Aganocide compound, NVC-422, against toxins secreted by bacteria such as Escherichia coli (E. coli). The data was presented at the 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), San Francisco, on September 12, 2012 in a poster that featured a collaborative study with the Innsbruck Medical University.