ViroPharma Incorporated to Release 2008 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results on February 24, 2009

- Conference Call to Discuss Results to Be Held at 9:00 A.M. -

EXTON, Pa., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ViroPharma Incorporated’s fourth quarter and year end financial results for 2008 are expected to be released on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 before the open of the U.S. financial markets.

The company will host a conference call and live audio webcast at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the same day. During the conference call, ViroPharma management will discuss the 2008 fourth quarter and full year financial results and other business.

The press release and the live webcast of the conference call will be accessible via ViroPharma’s corporate website at http://www.viropharma.com. An audio archive will be available at the same address until March 16, 2009. To participate in the conference call, please dial (888) 299-4099 (domestic) and (302) 709-8337 (international). After placing the call, please tell the operator you wish to join the ViroPharma investor conference call.

About ViroPharma Incorporated

ViroPharma Incorporated is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of products that address serious diseases treated by physician specialists and in hospital settings. ViroPharma commercializes Vancocin(R) (vancomycin hydrochloride capsules, USP), approved for oral administration for treatment of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis caused by Clostridium difficile and enterocolitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant strains, and Cinryze(TM) (C1 inhibitor (human)) for routine prophylaxis against angioedema attacks in adolescent and adult patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), also known as C1 inhibitor deficiency (for prescribing information on ViroPharma’s commercial products, please download the package inserts at http://www.viropharma.com/Products.aspx). ViroPharma currently focuses its drug development activities in diseases including cytomegalovirus (CMV), HAE and C. difficile.

ViroPharma routinely posts information, including press releases, which may be important to investors in the investor relations and media sections of our company’s web site, www.viropharma.com. The company encourages investors to consult these sections for more information on ViroPharma and our business.

CONTACT: William C. Roberts, Vice President, Corporate Communications,
+1-610-321-6288, or Robert A. Doody, Assistant Director, Investor
Relations, +1-610-321-6290, both of ViroPharma Incorporated

Web site: http://www.viropharma.com/

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