Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [IDIX] CEO to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

ADVISORY, Feb. 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [IDIX], a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square.

In honor of the occasion, Ron Renaud, CEO, and the Idenix executive team will ring the Opening Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Thursday, February 16th, 2012 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET      

Contact:

Teri Dahlman 617-218-7987 [e-mail]

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jen Knapp [phone] [e-mail]

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About Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [IDIX]:

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 patients with chronic hepatitis C infection. For further information about Idenix, please refer to http://www.idenix.com.

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/#!/NASDAQ.) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). 

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