ContraFect Corporation (NASDAQ: CFRXU) to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell


ADVISORY, July 29, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

ContraFect Corporation (Nasdaq:CFRXU), a biotechnology company focused on protein and antibody therapeutic products for life-threatening infectious diseases, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square in celebration of its initial public offering (IPO) which occurred on July 29, 2014.

In honor of the occasion, Julia P. Gregory, Chief Executive Officer will ring the Opening Bell.

Where:

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

When:

Wednesday, July 30, 2014 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET

ContraFect Corporation Media Contact:
Barry Kappel, Ph.D., MBA
SVP Business Development
(914) 207-2300
invest@contrafect.com
or visit: www.contrafect.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:
Christine Barna
(646) 441-5310
Christine.Barna@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:
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Webcast:

A webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: https://new.livestream.com/nasdaq/live or http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.

About ContraFect Corporation (NASDAQ: CFRXU):

ContraFect Corporation is a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing therapeutic protein and antibody products for life-threatening, drug-resistant infectious diseases, particularly those treated in hospital settings. Due to drug-resistant and newly emerging pathogens, hospital acquired infections are currently the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, following heart disease, cancer and stroke. The company intends to address drug-resistant infections using our therapeutic product candidates from our lysin and monoclonal antibody platforms to target conserved regions of either bacteria or viruses (regions that are not prone to mutation). ContraFect's initial product candidates include new agents to treat antibiotic-resistant infections such as MRSA (drug-resistant staphylococcus bacteria) and influenza.

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