Idenix Pharmaceuticals to Hold an Investor/Analyst Day Event on October 30, 2010

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDIX) announced today that the Company will hold an Analyst Day event during the upcoming 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) on Saturday, October 30, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET at the Mandarin Oriental, Boston.

The live and archived webcast of the presentation can be accessed under "Calendar of Events" in the Idenix Investor Center at www.idenix.com.  Please log in approximately 5-10 minutes before the event to ensure a timely connection.  The archived replays will be available on the Idenix website for two weeks following the event.  

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 the hepatitis C virus. For further information about Idenix, please refer to http://www.idenix.com.

Idenix Pharmaceuticals' Contacts:

Jonae Barnes (617) 224-4485 (investors)

Kelly Barry (617) 995-9033 (media)



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