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About Anadys

Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patient care by developing novel medicines in the areas of hepatitis C and oncology. For the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, the Company is developing ANA598, a non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitor, and ANA773, an oral TLR7 agonist prodrug. The Company is also developing ANA773 for the treatment of cancer.

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements". Such statements include, but are not limited to, references to (i) the expected timing and planned development activities for ANA773, including the timing for commencing dosing in the planned ANA773 HCV clinical trial; (ii) the belief that ANA773 has the potential to demonstrate benefit in patients infected with HCV; (iii) the belief that the TLR7 mechanism will potentially be complementary to ANA598; (iv) expectations regarding Anadys' cash utilization for 2008; (v) the planned study design of the two-part protocol of the ANA773 clinical trial in HCV; (vi) Anadys' expectation to begin dosing HCV-infected patients with ANA773 prior to the completion of the healthy volunteer portion of the study at a dose that will have demonstrated a desired magnitude of immune stimulation in the healthy subjects; and (vii) the belief that ANA773 can elicit immune stimulation of a magnitude sufficient to confer therapeutic potential without adverse safety issues. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause Anadys' actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any
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