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Optimer Announces Presentation of Additional Data from Fidaxomicin Phase 3 Study for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Presented at ICAAC
Date:9/14/2010

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTR) announced that new data from its North American and European fidaxomicin Phase 3 clinical trials in patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) was presented at the 50th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in Boston.

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"Patients with CDI often have persistent infections or develop new infections during the course of CDI treatment and are often administered concomitant antibiotics. Although clinically necessary the use of concomitant antibiotics has a deleterious effect on outcomes of cure, recurrence and global cure. Compared to vancomycin therapy, fidaxomicin blunts these negative effects by significantly lowering recurrences and increasing global cure of patients," said Pedro Lichtinger, Optimer's President and Chief Executive Officer.  "The additional data presented suggest fidaxomicin has the potential to become the product of choice for CDI, if approved."

Kathleen M. Mullane, D.O., Pharm. D., an investigator from the University of Chicago, Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, in Illinois, presented combined data from Optimer's two Phase 3 trials indicating that the use of concomitant antibiotics is a significant risk factor for a negative CDI treatment outcome.  Many patients with CDI have persistent infections or develop new infections during the course of CDI treatment making concomitant antibiotics clinically necessary and common.  Overall, 34% of subjects received antibiotics in addition to fidaxomicin a
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