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ViroPharma Announces Presentation of Data from Non-Toxigenic Clostridium difficile (VP20621) Phase 1 Study
Date:9/15/2010

EXTON, Pa., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ViroPharma Incorporated (Nasdaq: VPHM) today announced the presentation of data from its Phase 1 study of VP20621 (non-toxigenic Clostridium difficile), a novel treatment approach for preventing recurrent Clostridium difficile infections (CDI), a common and dangerous gastrointestinal infection typically occurring in older adults after use of antibiotic medications.  VP20621 contains the spores of a naturally occurring non-toxin producing strain of C. difficile.  

The poster entitled 'Phase 1 Evaluation of an Oral Suspension of VP 20621, Spores of a Non-Toxigenic C. difficile Strain (NTCD), in Healthy Older Subjects Pretreated With Oral Vancomycin' is being presented today at the 50th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in poster session F1-2127b by Stephen Villano, M.D., ViroPharma's vice president of clinical research and development.

The Phase 1 study was designed to determine the safety and tolerability of VP20621 dosed orally as single and repeat escalating doses in healthy young (18 to 45 years of age) and older (60 years of age and older) adults.  Because VP20621 was shown to be well tolerated following single and repeat doses in younger and older healthy subjects, the company also performed repeat dosing in older adults following exposure to oral antibiotic.  The new data presented today was from healthy subjects above 60 years of age who were pre-dosed with oral vancomycin to disrupt their gastrointestinal flora and render them potentially susceptible to C. difficile colonization. Subjects were subsequently given either placebo or VP20621 doses of 10(4),10(6), or 10(8) spores (once daily for 14 days).  Conclusions from the study include:

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