Anacor Awarded $1.5 Million in Grant Funding from U.S. Government

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Anacor Pharmaceuticals today announced that it was awarded approximately $1.5 million in grant funding from the United States Department of the Treasury under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program. Anacor will receive $1.4 million in November 2010 and $0.1 million in the first quarter of 2011.

The Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program, which is part of the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, provides for $1 billion in federal funds to support research with the potential to produce new therapies for unmet medical needs.

About Anacor Pharmaceuticals

Anacor is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel small-molecule therapeutics derived from its boron chemistry platform. Anacor has discovered and is developing five clinical compounds, including its three lead programs: AN2690, a topical antifungal for the treatment of onychomycosis; AN2728, a topical anti-inflammatory PDE-4 inhibitor for the treatment of psoriasis and GSK 2251052, or GSK ‘052 (formerly referred to as AN3365), a systemic antibiotic for the treatment of infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria, which has been optioned for development by GlaxoSmithKline under the companies' research and development agreement. In addition, Anacor is developing AN2718 as a topical antifungal product candidate for the treatment of onychomycosis and skin fungal infections, and AN2898 as a topical anti-inflammatory product candidate for the treatment of psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. For more information visit www.anacor.com.

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