Top Stocks 2009 - Anady's ( ANDS ) Pharmaceuticals

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Anady's Pharmaceuticals ( ANDS ) - $4.28 Up 172% in 2009 - Anady's ( ANDS ) is exploding in 2009 on huge news. Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANDS) today announced results from the first cohort of an ongoing Phase Ib clinical trial of ANA598, the Company's investigational non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitor. ANA598 was very well-tolerated and demonstrated potent antiviral activity in patients infected with chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in this first cohort of the study - LINK

About Anadys Pharmaceuticals -ANDS is a bio pharmaceutical company, engages in developing medicines in the areas of hepatitis C and oncology. It develops ANA598, a small-molecule non-nucleoside inhibitor of the NS5B polymerase for the treatment of hepatitis C; and ANA773, an oral toll-like receptor 7 agonist prodrug for cancer. The company was founded in 1992. It was formerly known as ScripTech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and changed its name to Scriptgen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1994. Later, the company changed its name to Anadys Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 2000. Anadys Pharmaceuticals is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Merriman Curhan Ford covers ANDS stock with a Buy Rating - January 8, 2009

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