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(7.29.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals Submits Fidaxomicin Marketing Authorization Application for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection

(7.28.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals to Present at August 2010 Investor Conferences

(7.8.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals Receives Milestone Payment from Cempra for Next-Generation Macrolide Antibiotic

(6.1.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals to Present at June 2010 Investor Conferences

(5.24.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals and Biocon Limited Announce Manufacturing and Supply Agreement for Fidaxomicin

(5.6.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals Appoints Pedro Lichtinger as President and CEO to Succeed Michael N. Chang, Ph.D., Who Will Serve as Chairman of the Board

(5.6.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial Results

(5.4.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Data from Optimers Second Fidaxomicin Phase 3 Study for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Featured in Oral Presentation at Digestive Disease Week

(4.22.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals Announces Oral Presentation at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) Featuring Data from the Second Fidaxomicin Phase 3 Trial

(4.10.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Positive Results from Optimer Pharmaceuticals Second Phase 3 Study of Fidaxomicin for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) Presented at ECCMID

(4.6.2010) SAN DIEGO
Optimer Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentations of Data from the Fidaxomicin Phase 3 Trials at ECCMID

(3.11.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Financial Results

(3.3.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals to Host Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Financial Results

(3.1.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Cowen and Company 30th Annual Health Care Conference

(3.1.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Completion of Public Offering of Common Stock

(2.24.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock

(2.4.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA
Optimer Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results from Second Fidaxomicin Phase 3 Study in Patients with Clostridium Difficile Infection

(3.1.2010) SAN DIEGO, CA

Optimer Pharmaceuticals to Present at the Cowen and Company 30th Annual Health Care Conference



 
SAN DIEGO- March 1, 2010 - Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTR) is scheduled to present at the Cowen and Company 30th Annual Health Care Conference at The Boston Marriott Copley Place on March 8, 2010, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

A live audio webcast of this presentation will be accessible on the Company’s website at www.optimerpharma.com, under the investors section. A replay of this presentation will be available at the same location for thirty days following the meeting.
 
About Optimer Pharmaceuticals
 
Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing innovative anti-infectives to treat serious infections and address unmet medical needs. Optimer has two late-stage anti-infective product candidates under development. Fidaxomicin, formerly known as OPT-80, is a new class of antibiotics with narrow spectrum bactericidal activity targeted at the site of infection. Recently reported positive top-line results from the second Phase 3 trial confirmed the results from the first Phase 3 trial regarding fidaxomicin’s safety and efficacy in patients with Clostridium difficile infection. Optimer has also successfully completed two Phase 3 trials with Pruvel™, for the treatment of travelers’ diarrhea, a form of infectious diarrhea.  Additional information can be found at http://www.optimerpharma.com.
 
Contacts
 
Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Christina Donaghy, Corporate Communications Manager
John D. Prunty, Chief Financial Officer & VP Finance
858-909-0736
 
Porter Novelli Life Sciences
Jason I. Spark, Vice President
619-849-6005