Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Present at the 2008 ICAAC/IDSA Joint Meeting
New Haven, Connecticut. October 20, 2008 — Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
a development stage company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of
novel antibiotics for the treatment of antibiotic resistant infections, today announced
that it will present a poster entitled "A Phase 2 Study Comparing Two Doses of Radezolid to
Linezolid in Adults with Uncomplicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections (uSSSI)" at the 2008
ICAAC/IDSA Joint Meeting in Washington, D.C. Details on the presentation are as follows:
Poster Session: New Treatment Options in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Poster Title: A Phase 2 Study Comparing Two Doses of Radezolid to Linezolid in Adults with Uncomplicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections (uSSSI)
Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008
Time 12:15pm ET - 1:15pm ET
Location: Hall C
"We are extremely proud to have been selected to present at the leading global antimicrobials conference," said Susan Froshauer, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals. "These data result from one of two proof-of-concept phase 2 trials with radezolid, a compound which derives from the Rib-X proprietary drug discovery approach. It is an honor to have our work recognized by the ICAAC/IDSA joint meeting organizers."
About Rib-X Pharmaceuticals
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a product driven small molecule drug discovery and development company focused on the structure based design of new classes of antibiotics. The Company's underlying drug discovery engine capitalizes on its proprietary high-resolution crystal structure of the ribosome, which performs an essential role in the fundamental process of protein synthesis. Many known, commercially valuable antibiotics bind to the ribosome, including those used to treat both community acquired and hospital acquired pathogens. The Company's integrated research strategy, which combines state-of-the-art, proprietary computational analysis, X-ray crystallography, medicinal chemistry, microbiology, and biochemistry, allows it to rapidly synthesize new agents designed to avoid typical antibiotic resistance mechanisms. Rib-X's iterative intelligent engine has yielded several distinctive new antibiotic classes. The Company currently has two programs in human clinical trials, the radezolid (RX-1741) designer oxazolidinone program as an oral/IV agent to treat serious hospital Gram-positive infections and the delafloxacin, (RX-3341) program, a next generation fluoroquinolone, active against a broad spectrum of bacteria, including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Additionally, the Company has multiple drug discovery programs. The first of these is an exciting discovery program that is well on its way toward the identification of new chemical classes of antibiotics active against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria in the hospital. The second of these programs is focused on design and development of an IV and orally active macrolide for treatment of infections in the nursing home and hospital setting, including those caused by MRSA and enterococci. Radezolid and the multiple discovery programs derive from Rib-X's proprietary use of the ribosome structure and computational tools.
Poster Session: New Treatment Options in Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Poster Title: A Phase 2 Study Comparing Two Doses of Radezolid to Linezolid in Adults with Uncomplicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections (uSSSI)
Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008
Time 12:15pm ET - 1:15pm ET
Location: Hall C
"We are extremely proud to have been selected to present at the leading global antimicrobials conference," said Susan Froshauer, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Rib-X Pharmaceuticals. "These data result from one of two proof-of-concept phase 2 trials with radezolid, a compound which derives from the Rib-X proprietary drug discovery approach. It is an honor to have our work recognized by the ICAAC/IDSA joint meeting organizers."
About Rib-X Pharmaceuticals
Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a product driven small molecule drug discovery and development company focused on the structure based design of new classes of antibiotics. The Company's underlying drug discovery engine capitalizes on its proprietary high-resolution crystal structure of the ribosome, which performs an essential role in the fundamental process of protein synthesis. Many known, commercially valuable antibiotics bind to the ribosome, including those used to treat both community acquired and hospital acquired pathogens. The Company's integrated research strategy, which combines state-of-the-art, proprietary computational analysis, X-ray crystallography, medicinal chemistry, microbiology, and biochemistry, allows it to rapidly synthesize new agents designed to avoid typical antibiotic resistance mechanisms. Rib-X's iterative intelligent engine has yielded several distinctive new antibiotic classes. The Company currently has two programs in human clinical trials, the radezolid (RX-1741) designer oxazolidinone program as an oral/IV agent to treat serious hospital Gram-positive infections and the delafloxacin, (RX-3341) program, a next generation fluoroquinolone, active against a broad spectrum of bacteria, including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Additionally, the Company has multiple drug discovery programs. The first of these is an exciting discovery program that is well on its way toward the identification of new chemical classes of antibiotics active against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria in the hospital. The second of these programs is focused on design and development of an IV and orally active macrolide for treatment of infections in the nursing home and hospital setting, including those caused by MRSA and enterococci. Radezolid and the multiple discovery programs derive from Rib-X's proprietary use of the ribosome structure and computational tools.
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