EASL-Idenix will present data on IDX719

Idenix Announces Data Presentation at the 48th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:IDIX), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases, today announced that it will present data on IDX719, the Company's pan-genotypic HCV NS5A inhibitor, at the 48th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) which is being held April 24 – 28, 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Full abstracts can now be viewed at the EASL website at www.easl.eu.

McCarville, et al, "Treatment-Emergent Variants Following 3 Days of Monotherapy with IDX719, a Potent, Pan-Genotypic NS5A Inhibitor, in Subjects Infected with HCV Genotypes 1-4", will be presented in a poster session on Saturday, April 27.

About Idenix

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases. Idenix's current focus is on the treatment of infections caused by hepatitis C virus. For further information about Idenix, please refer to www.idenix.com.

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