Trius Antibiotics to be Highlighted in 18 Presentations at ICAAC/IDSA
SAN DIEGO, October 20, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Trius Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing "Best-in-Class" drugs for the treatment of serious bacterial infections, announced today that the results of multiple studies on its lead program, TR-701, and its other pipeline programs will be presented in eighteen presentations at the upcoming joint Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) meeting in Washington, DC. Thirteen of the presentations focus on TR-701, a second generation oxazolidinone that recently commenced Phase 2 clinical studies.
"Acceptance of these presentations by the ICAAC committee highlights the interest in and value of the TR-701 program, the Trius pipeline, and our underlying technologies," stated Jeffrey Stein, Ph.D., President and CEO of Trius Therapeutics. "We are especially pleased to provide details of our TR-701 Phase 1 clinical trial results that support the once-daily dosing and short course of therapy in our recently initiated Phase 2 study in complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSIs). It is also exciting to see that the results of studies by external investigators demonstrate the drug's increased potency and expanded spectrum of activity."
The presentations are as follows:
Copies of these posters will be available on the Trius website following the ICAAC/IDSA meeting.
Trius Therapeutics is discovering and developing innovative antibacterial drugs for the treatment of infections caused by drug-resistant pathogens. The company's lead drug candidate, TR-701, is a second generation oral and IV oxazolidinone antibiotic with potent activity against drug-resistant gram-positive bacterial pathogens including those resistant to Zyvox(R). Trius has licensed worldwide rights outside of Korea to TR-701 from Dong-A Pharmaceuticals. Trius' pipeline includes two preclinical programs being developed to treat serious infections including those caused by gram-negative bacterial pathogens. For more information, visit www.triusrx.com.
CONTACT: Cathy Yarbrough of Trius Therapeutics, Inc., +1-858-243-1814, sciencematter@yahoo.com
Web site: http://www.triusrx.com/
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