Advanced Life Sciences participates as exhibitor in 50th ICAAC

Sep 16 2010

Advanced Life Sciences Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ADLS), a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of novel drugs in the therapeutic areas of infection, oncology and respiratory diseases, today participated in the 50th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (www.icaac.org).  The International conference is being held in Boston, Massachusetts this week.

As an exhibitor at this year's conference, Advanced Life Sciences was successful in updating and interacting with more than 10,000 physicians, researchers and other healthcare professionals from around the globe who have gathered at the 50th ICAAC to focus on solutions to the problem of infectious disease.  Data on the Company's lead product, Restanza™ (cethromycin), its novel once-daily oral antibiotic, was presented showing the drug's efficacy against 30 strains of Burkholderia pseudomallei, a serious, life-threatening bacterial pathogen that is also a potential agent of biological warfare or bioterrorism, and is listed on the Centers for Disease Control list as a Category B bioterrorism agent.  Restanza showed significant in vitro activity against clinical and environmental strains of B. pseudomallei as measured by minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC), the lowest concentration of an antimicrobial that will inhibit the visible growth of a microorganism after 24 hours of incubation. Restanza demonstrated antibacterial activity with MIC values ranging from 0.5−8 ug/ml and an MIC90 value of 4 ug/ml. Most notably, Restanza also demonstrated positive activity against strains that were resistant to a commonly used antibiotic, azithromycin, for which MIC values were all greater than 64 ug/ml.