Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Presentation of Additional Data From Fidaxomicin Phase 3 Study for the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI)

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTR) today announced that new data highlighting fidaxomicin's (OPT-80) lower CDI recurrence rates and reduced risk of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) acquisition from Optimer's North American phase 3 study were presented at the 49th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in San Francisco.