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Destiny Pharma plc
("Destiny Pharma" or "the Company")
Scientific Advisor Prof Dale Gerding to chair C. diff. Foundation Symposium
Brighton, United Kingdom - 02 July 2021 - Destiny Pharma plc (AIM: DEST), a clinical stage innovative biotechnology company focused on the development of novel medicines to prevent life-threatening infections, is pleased to announce that its Scientific Advisory Board member, Professor Dale Gerding, a world-leading expert in C. difficile infections (CDI) and the discoverer of NTCD-M3, will be chairing the "C. diff. Patient, Family, and Caregiver" Symposium, to be held virtually on 16 July 2021.
The Symposium, hosted by the C Diff Foundation, will be a gathering of healthcare professionals, practitioners, thought leaders, and C. diff. survivors focused on transforming the patient experience of people living with C. diff. infections worldwide.
Distinguished members and keynote speakers will provide insight on how to identify, evaluate, and prioritize innovations that can quickly touch the lives of patients battling C. diff. infections.
Destiny Pharma's late-stage asset, NTCD-M3, is a novel microbiome therapeutic being developed to reduce the recurrence of C. diff infections in the gut. CDI is the leading cause of hospital acquired infection in the US and current treatments lead to significant recurrence. In the US, there are approximately 500,000 cases of CDI each year; many of these initial cases then recur leading to 29,000 deaths per year.
NTCD-M3 has the potential to become the leading treatment for CDI, as it has shown to deliver clear advantages to both existing CDI treatment options and also to those currently in clinical development.
Symposium registration is free of charge and is a live online event. Please register here.
For further information, please contact:
Destiny Pharma plc
Neil Clark, CEO
Shaun Claydon, CFO
+44 (0) 1273 704 440
pressoffice@destinypharma.com
Optimum Strategic Communications
Mary Clark/ Hollie Vile/ Manel Mateus
+44 (0) 203 174 1789
destinypharma@optimumcomms.com
About Destiny Pharma plc
Destiny Pharma is a UK based, clinical stage, innovative biotechnology company focused on the development of novel medicines that can prevent life-threatening infections. Its pipeline has novel microbiome-based biotherapeutics and XF drug clinical assets including NTCD-M3, a Phase 3 ready treatment for the prevention of C. difficile infection (CDI) recurrence, which is the leading cause of hospital acquired infection in the US and also XF-73 nasal gel, which has recently completed a positive Phase 2b clinical trial targeting the prevention of post-surgical staphylococcal hospital infections including MRSA. It is also co-developing SPOR-COV, a novel, biotherapeutic product for the prevention of COVID-19 and other viral respiratory infections, and has earlier grant funded XF research projects.
For further information on the company, please visit https://www.destinypharma.com