Aridis Pharmaceuticals to Host Investor Day Showcasing APEX™ Technology Platform and Key Opinion Leader Panels on Cystic Fibrosis and Pneumonia

Publisher: The Insight Partners

Aridis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARDS), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel anti-infective therapies to treat life-threatening bacterial infections, announced today that it will host an Investor Day on Thursday, March 12th, 2020 in New York City from 12:00PM-2:00PM EST. 

The event will provide development updates on the Company's key clinical programs and feature key opinion leader (KOL) panels moderated by leading healthcare analysts, Louise Chen of Cantor Fitzgerald and Jason McCarthy from Maxim Group. Participating experts include Dr. Steven Opal of Brown University and Dr. Lisa Saiman of Columbia University who will provide insights on the acute pneumonia and cystic fibrosis indications and the current therapeutic landscape. Medical reimbursement will also be discussed.

In addition to the KOL panel discussion, the forum is intended to provide investors and analysts with a comprehensive profile of APEX™, the Company's cutting-edge antibody discovery and production platform along with an update on lead programs AR-301 for the treatment of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and AR-501, an inhalable therapy for chronic lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. Aridis is advancing AR-301 in a global clinical trial which remains on track to report top line data in 1H 2021, and enrolling AR-501's Phase 1/2a clinical trial with top-line data expected in 1H 2020 (healthy subjects), and in 2H 2021 (cystic fibrosis subjects).