Antimicrobials Working Group Highlights Member Company Participation at IDWeek 2018

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Antimicrobials Working Group (AWG), a coalition of companies with the mission to combat drug resistant infections and spur life-saving innovations, announced today that 16 of its member companies will present data from their clinical and research programs at IDWeek 2018 to be held October 3-7 in San Francisco. AWG members are presenting a total of 40 poster presentations, four oral abstract presentations and four features within the symposium entitled “Exploring the Antibiotic Pipeline 2018.”

IDWeek is an annual scientific meeting that brings together infectious disease professionals to present and discuss the latest approaches in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and epidemiology of infectious diseases.

“We are pleased to have a record number of AWG member companies presenting at IDWeek this year,” said Jeffrey Stein, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Cidara Therapeutics and Chairman of the AWG. “AWG members look forward to presenting data on new antimicrobial molecules in development, including findings that explore the role of novel therapies against antibiotic-resistant organisms, as well as topics in rapid diagnostics. IDWeek provides a rich opportunity to engage with infectious disease professionals from various backgrounds about novel agents, clinical trials, PK/PD studies and a host of different infections with the common goal of improvement of patient care and public health.”

The following AWG member companies will be presenting at IDWeek 2018: Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Arsanis Inc. (NASDAQ: ASNS), Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDTX), ContraFect Corporation (NASDAQ:CFRX), Entasis Therapeutics, Iterum Therapeutics plc (NASDAQ:ITRM), Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MLNT), Motif Bio plc (AIM/NASDAQ:MTFB), Nabriva Therapeutics Plc (NASDAQ:NBRV), Paratek Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRTK), SCYNEXIS, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCYX), Spero Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPRO), Summit Therapeutics plc (AIM:SUMM,NASDAQ:SMMT), T2 Biosystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTOO), Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:TBPH) and Viamet.

For more information on AWG member company presentations and access to specific abstracts, please visit: https://f839307073.nxcli.net/idweek-2018/.

About The Antimicrobials Working Group

AWG was founded in 2012 with the vision of utilizing collective power to improve the regulatory, investment, and commercial environment for emerging infectious disease companies. Today, AWG is comprised of nineteen antimicrobials and diagnostics companies: Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Arsanis Inc., Cidara Therapeutics Inc., ContraFect Corporation, Entasis Therapeutics Inc., Iterum Therapeutics Ltd., Melinta Therapeutics Inc., Motif Bio PLC, Nabriva Therapeutics US Inc., Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc., SCYNEXIS Inc., Spero Therapeutics, Inc., Summit Therapeutics plc, T2 Biosystems Inc., Theravance Biopharma U.S. Inc., Viamet, Vical Incorporated, and Zavante Therapeutics Inc.

For more information, visit: www.antimicrobialsworkinggroup.org

About The Conafay Group

The Conafay Group, led by Stephen R. Conafay, Principal, is a life-sciences government relations firm based in Washington D.C. that serves as Washington counsel and coalition manager for AWG.

For more information, visit: www.conafaygroup.com

SOURCE Antimicrobials Working Group (AWG)

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Dr. Dudley has over 30 years of experience in antiinfective drug research, development, and commercialization. In 2018, he co-founded Qpex Biopharma which raised $33M in Series A financing and acquired the preclinical infectious disease programs from The Medicines Company. He has overseen the development and regulatory approval of 3 antibiotics, most recently a beta-lactamase inhibitor combination product from a new chemical class (vaborbactam) discovered in the company laboratories. The antibiotic product Vabomere™ advanced from discovery to FDA approval in 2017 in less than 8 years. He lead the negotiation for multiple contracts from public-private partnerships (e.g., BARDA of the US Government; Innovative Medicines Initiative for the EU) for a combined total of over $190 million funding to advance antimicrobial agents in development in the US and Europe. Prior to co-founding Qpex, he was Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of Rempex Pharmaceuticals that was acquired by the Medicines Company (MDCO) in 2013, where he remained as the co-leader of the Infectious Disease Business Unit of MDCO. Prior to Rempex, he held VP/SVP/CSO positions of increasing responsibility at the biotech companies Mpex Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Aptalis in 2011), Diversa Corporation, and Microcide Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his career in pharmaceutical industry, he held full-time academic appointments that included Professor of Pharmacy and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy (URI), and Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, RI. As an academic researcher, he conducted preclinical and clinical research in antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral agents, including pioneering work on PK-PD approaches for several classes of antiinfectives. Dr. Dudley has published over 130 scientific papers and book chapters describing the evaluation and clinical use of antiinfective agents and treatment of infectious diseases. He has served as an invited speaker at several FDA and EMA workshops, international meetings on infectious diseases, and advisor to several companies. He has served as an Editor for the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and numerous other editorial and advisory boards. He completed undergraduate work at Pepperdine University and his Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), completed at residency at UCSF, and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Hartford Hospital.

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